Proposals of biological control of pests in greenhouse cultivation of aromatic plants in Poland and problems related to its application

摘要

The paper presents the first ground rules for biological control of pests in greenhouse cultivation of aromatic plants. Piercing sucking insects, mainly aphids (Aphidoidea), thrips (Thysanoptera), and a single leafhopper species (Cicadomorpha) cause the greatest losses in greenhouse cultivation. Chemical protection has been banned in aromatic plant greenhouse cultivation and no insecticides have been registered so far. The data was collected during eight-year observations of the fauna of aromatic plants and attempts to regulate its numbers. The main goal of the study was to develop the procedures of biological control of pests. We investigated an application of natural enemies of herbivorous insects, that are used in other greenhouse cultivation. Itwas concluded that the biological methods used in other greenhouse cultivation, sometimes fail in the case of aromatic plants. In this paper we indicated methods of biological control of thrips, aphids, moths (Lepidoptera) and sciarid flies (Sciaridae)in greenhouse cultivation of aromatic plants.