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© Benaki Phytopathological Institute
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture,
Suleyman Demirel University, 32260 Isparta, Turkey
Present address: North Florida Research and Education
Center, 32351 Quincy, Florida, USA
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Hellenic Plant Protection Journal
5:
27-29, 2012
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First record of the cotton bollworm,
Helicoverpa armigera
(Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), on the oil-bearing rose,
Rosa damascena
Miller, in Turkey
O. Demirözer
Summary
The cotton bollworm
, Helicoverpa armigera,
was recorded for the first time on the oil-be-
aring rose,
Rosa damascena
, at Isparta and Burdur, Turkey in May 2010. Cotton bollworm was found to
cause damages not only on oil-rose plants in the field but also on dried rose petals in rose oil factori-
es. As
H. armigera
is a cosmopolitan pest, the potential risk posed to the oil-bearing rose crop should
be considered.
Additional keywords: Helicoverpa armigera
,
Rosa damascena
, pest, Turkey
ditionally, groundnut, okra, peas, field be-
ans, soybeans, lucerne,
Phaseolus
spp., to-
bacco, potatoes, maize, flax,
Dianthus
spp
.
,
Rosa
spp
.
,
Pelargonium
spp.,
Chrysanthe-
mum
spp., a number of fruit trees and forest
trees could also be potential hosts for
H. ar-
migera
(7, 9, 15).
Many insects are considered pests for
R
.
damascena
. In Bulgaria, Nikolova reported
14 specific and 56 polyphagous species in
Kazanlika (11, 12, 13, 14) and Natskova recor-
ded 9 aphid species in Sophia (10). In Ispar-
ta-Turkey, two armoured scale insects were
recorded for the first time in 2009 increasing
the number of pests on
R
.
damascena
to 25
(1, 5).
In 2011, Demirözer and Karaca conduct-
ed a comprehensive survey of arthropods
in oil-bearing rose orchards in Isparta, the
results of which bring the total number of
phytophagous arthropods to 62 species.
However, only three species of moths have
been recorded as pests on oil-bearing rose
in Turkey:
Notocelia rosaecolana
(Double-
day),
Archips rosana
(L.) (Lepidoptera: Tor-
tricidae) and
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla
(Denis & Schiffermüller) (Lepidoptera: Ptero-
phoridae) (1, 3, 4).
The present study is a first record of in-
The oil-bearing rose (
Rosa damascena
Miller)
(
R
.
gallica
L. and
R
.
phoenicia
Boiss hybrid) is
an important aromatic plant providing vol-
atile oils which are used for the production
of medicines, perfumes, cosmetics and oth-
er aromatherapy products. It is cultivated
as an agricultural crop in various countries
of the northern hemisphere such as Bulgar-
ia, China, Egypt, France, India, Iran, Morocco
and Turkey. Among these countries, Turkey
and Bulgaria are the largest producers of
this crop all over the world. The annual pro-
duction of oil-bearing rose is approximately
1.5–2 tons and 1-1.5 tons in Turkey and Bul-
garia respectively (2, 8, 16).
Helicoverpa armigera
(Hübner, 1808) (Le-
pidoptera: Noctuidae) is a cosmopolitan
pest with a wide host plant range of more
than 200 species. It is a polyphagous pest
and many of its host plants are economical-
ly important crops in Africa, Asia, Oceania
and Europe (6). Among other crops, tomato,
cotton, pigeon pea, chickpea, sorghum and
cowpea are the most important hosts. Ad-
