Integrated soil management strategies for reducing wireworm (Agriotes spp., Elateridae) damage in potato fields : a three-year field study

Bohinc, Tanja (avtor), Adamič Zamljen, Sergeja (avtor), Vučajnk, Filip (avtor), Trdan, Stanislav (avtor)

Between 2023 and 2025, we conducted experiments at the Laboratory Field of the Bio-technical Faculty in Ljubljana to study alternative methods for controlling wireworms in potato fields. The trials were arranged in three blocks with five first-order (Brassica carinata, Brassica juncea, Nemakil 330, Rasti Soil Tonic G, positive control) and five second-order treatments (entomopathogenic nematodes, entomopathogenic fungi, zeolite combined with half-doses of these products, positive control with tefluthrin, and negative control), giving twenty-five treatments per block. Foliar pests and diseases were managed with contact plant protection products. We measured total tuber yield and divided it into three size classes, then assessed wireworm damage (holes per tuber). The purpose of the soil excavations in the first-order treatments was to verify the abundance of wireworms in the soil. Most combinations reduced wireworm abundance. The lowest tuber damage comparable to the positive control occurred when using zeolite with half-doses of entomopathogenic nematodes and fungi. The highest yields across all three weather-distinct years resulted from combining Rasti Soil Tonic with zeolite and half-dose entomopathogenic products. Although Nemakil 330 increased soil phosphorus, it neither improved yield nor reduced wireworm damage. Overall, the tested environmentally acceptable methods show promising insecticidal potential for sustainable wireworm control in potatoes.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: wireworms, potato, field experiment, Brassica carinata, Brassica juncea, Beauveria bassiana, Steinernema feltiae, zeolite, Rasti Soil Tonic G, Nemakil 330
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: BF - Biotehniška fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2025
• Št. strani: 25 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 15, iss. 12, art. 2831
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-176827
• UDK: 632
• ISSN pri članku: 2073-4395
• DOI: 10.3390/agronomy15122831
• COBISS.SI-ID: 260991491
• Datum objave v RUL: 11.12.2025

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Agronomy
• Založnik: AG
• ISSN: 2073-4395
• COBISS.SI-ID: 522953241

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: strune, škodljivci rastlin, krompir, okoljsko sprejemljive metode zatiranja

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: L4-4554
• Naslov: Preučevanje sinergizma med različnimi okoljsko sprejemljivimi načini zatiranja škodljivcev poljščin in vrtnin

• Financer: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Food of the Republic of Slovenia (MKGP)