Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXVIII, Issue 1
Written by Iuliana Elena GOLACHE, Monica HEREA, Ionel PERJU, Iulia MINEAŢĂ, Ionuț Vasile UNGUREANU, Mihai TĂLMACIU
Black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa L.) is a fruit-bearing shrub that has come to the attention of growers due to the content of antioxidants and vitamins in the fruit. Being a perennial crop, it provides stable habitats for both useful and harmful entomofauna. The aim of the work was to evaluate the diversity of existing arthropods in an aronia plantation within the experimental plots of RSFG Iași. The experience was organized in four variants: V1- in which approved treatments for ecological agriculture were applied; V2- ecological treatments and irrigation, V3- in which approved conventional treatments, V4-conventional treatments and irrigation, each variant having three repetitions. Arthropod densities were sampled using Barber-type soil traps, in which the fixing solution was sodium chloride (NaCl) with a concentration of 25%. The harvestings were made periodically, from the beginning of May to the end of September 2022. The structure of the collected material varied according to the experimental variant. The arthropod fauna was made up of species that systematically fall into the following orders: Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Heteroptera, etc.
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