POSSIBILITIES OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF THE CURRANT MOTH (Incurvaria capitella Cl.)
For the first time the possibilities of biological control of the currant moth Incurvaria capitella Cl. by biological formulations based on entomopathogenic nematodes under the condition of Novosibirsk region have been studied. According to laboratory experiments field trials were conducted in 2010–2012 with biological formulations Nemabact (Steinernema carpocapsae Weiser) and Entonem-F (Steinernema feltiae Filipjev) by soil surface treatment using 500 thousand larvae per bush in flowering period of black currant cultivar Svetlolistnaya. The treatment of the plantations by biological formulations lead to the significant decrease of the pest numbers. The efficacy of Entonem-F was higher than efficacy of Nemabact. Compared with untreated plots the black currant yield increased to 40 percent under the treatment with Nemabact and to 60 percent under the treatment of Entonem-F. The results obtained here testified of the prospects of the currant moth (Incurvaria capitella) biological control based on entomopathogenic nematodes application under West Siberia condition.