The Effects of Climate Change on the Activity of the Lobesia botrana and Eupoecilia ambiguella Moths on the Grapevine Cultivars from the Târnave Vineyard

Maria Comșa (), Liliana Lucia Tomoiagă, Maria-Doinița Muntean, Mihaela Maria Ivan, Sorița Maria Orian, Daniela Maria Popescu and Veronica Sanda Chedea
Additional contact information
Maria Comșa: Research Station for Viticulture and Enology Blaj (SCDVV Blaj), 515400 Blaj, Romania
Liliana Lucia Tomoiagă: Research Station for Viticulture and Enology Blaj (SCDVV Blaj), 515400 Blaj, Romania
Maria-Doinița Muntean: Research Station for Viticulture and Enology Blaj (SCDVV Blaj), 515400 Blaj, Romania
Mihaela Maria Ivan: Research Department, SC Jidvei SRL, 517385 Jidvei, Romania
Sorița Maria Orian: Research Department, SC Jidvei SRL, 517385 Jidvei, Romania
Daniela Maria Popescu: Research Department, SC Jidvei SRL, 517385 Jidvei, Romania
Veronica Sanda Chedea: Research Station for Viticulture and Enology Blaj (SCDVV Blaj), 515400 Blaj, Romania

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-18

Abstract: Knowledge about the geographical areas preferred by grapevine moths, the size of the populations, and the attraction to certain cultivars supports winegrowers for a better zoning of vineyards and vine cultivars, which is in continuing dynamic due to the climate change. Grapevine moths Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiffermüller) and Eupoecilia ambiguella (Hübner) are the main pests of grapes in the Târnave vineyard. For this reason, the influence of the cultivar in the climatic conditions of 2016–2019 period on the dynamics of the two moths species was evaluated in five plantations (Jidvei, Șona, Sâmniclăuș, Tăuni and Cenade) from Târnave vineyards on five cultivars Fetească regală, Sauvignon blanc, Chardonnay, Traminer and Rhine Riesling. During the studied period, the climate experienced deviations from the multiannual values. Our results highlight different activities of the two moth species. The number of captures was influenced by climatic conditions, geographical area and grape cultivar. L. botrana prefers drier climates, lower geographical areas and Traminer cultivar; meanwhile, E. ambiguella prefers wetter climates, higher hilly areas and the Sauvignon blanc cultivar. These findings are important in the general context of grapevine protection in order to reduce the use of pesticides by choosing the right cultivars in the appropriate climate conditions.

Keywords: Lobesia botrana; Eupoecilia ambiguella; Târnave vineyard; pheromone traps; climatic conditions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/21/14554/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/21/14554/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:21:p:14554-:d:964321

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().