Pest · maize
Western corn rootworm
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeconteEPPO code DIABVI
- Ukrainian
- західний кукурудзяний жук · Мінагрополітики України
- Russian
- западный кукурузный жук · Інфоіндустрія / Infoindustry (infoindustria.com.ua)
- Kazakh
- Батыстық жүгері қоңызы · Министерство сельского хозяйства Республики Казахстан
- English
- western corn rootworm · European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization
When and with what to treat
Registered against this organism by a ministry order · 3
MBI 306, КСOrder No. 4158
Кукурудза
Еводія (Evodia®), ЗПOrder No. 4158
Кукурудза
ЕМІПРИД ПРО, МЕOrder No. 1372
Кукурудза
No rate and no spray timing here: both come from the label and the register.
Without chemicals, and prevention
- Agronomy
- To reduce the impact of the pest, it is important to introduce monitoring systems, resistant maize hybrids and integrated plant protection methods.
Biology and where it is
- Favourable conditions
- Weather conditions strongly affect the beetle's life cycle, especially cold winter periods.
Sources and how we checked
Every fact rests on a quote from its source, and each quote was checked against the page it is printed on.
- EPPO Global Database · European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization
- Прогноз фітосанітарного стану агроценозів України та рекомендації щодо захисту рослин у 2025 році · Держпродспоживслужба, НААН, НАН · p. 224
- Photos: Jeffrey Lee (he/him/his), iNaturalist, CC0 1.0 · carnifex, iNaturalist, CC BY 4.0