Mass-production of Rhizophagus grandis Gyll. (Coleoptera:
Rhizophagidae): first trial of mass-production in boxes in Turkey

that was originally performed in Belgium

Hazan ALKAN AKINCI¹           Yaşar AKSU²

¹Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi, Orman Fakültesi, Orman Mühendisliği Bölümü 08000, Artvin
hazan.akinci@artvin.edu.tr
²Artvin Orman Bölge Müdürlüğü 08000, Artvin
Abstract

             Dendroctonus micans (Kug.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) which has been detected first in a Caucasian spruce in 1966 (Acatay 1968) has distributed continuously since then and today it can be found in almost all parts of East Black Sea Region where Caucasian spruce is very common (Alkan-Akıncı et al. 2009, 2010). Causing heavy losses in stands where they are distributed, pests are treated with mechanical pest control between 1966 and 1972 and chemical pest control between 1972-1985 (Özder 1984; Eroğlu 1995; Alkan 2000; Eroğlu et al. 2005; AlkanAkıncı et al. 2009) .Since 1985 biological control has been put into practice (Aksu 2011). More than 3.5 million predatory have been reproduced in the laboratories of Artvin Regional Directorate of Forestry within the scope of biological control studies. (Aksu 2011)

             Key words: Dendroctonus micans, Rhizophagus grandis, mass rearing

 Yayın yeri: Akıncı,A,H.; Aksu,Y.; Rhizophagus grandis Gyll. (Coleoptera: Rhizophagidae)’in kitle-üretimi: Belçika’da uygulanan kutuda üretim yönteminin Türkiye’deki ilk deneyimi, Bartin Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi,  Türkiye II. Orman Entomolojisi ve Patolojisi Sempozyumu Bildiriler Kitabı Nisan 2014 Sayfa 82 Antalya