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This research was partially funded by the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) grant numbers 88887.818356/2023-00 (awarded to Rodrimar Barboza Goncalves) and the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) grant numbers 314625/2023-2 (awarded to Maria Aparecida Cassilha Zawadneak). The APC was partially funded by discount vouchers awarded to Jose Manuel Miras-Avalos, Alex Sandro Poltronieri, and Maria Aparecida Cassilha Zawadneak.

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February 9, 2025
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Occurrence and Behavior Analysis of Duponchelia fovealis on Strawberry Plants: Insights for Integrated Pest Management

Publicated to:Horticulturae. 11 (1): 86- - 2025-01-01 11(1), DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae11010086

Authors: Goncalves, Rodrimar Barboza; Zawadneak, Maria Aparecida Cassilha; Kuhn, Taciana Melissa de Azevedo; Gulinelli, Thales Fernando Moreno; Pimentel, Ida Chapaval; Poltronieri, Alex Sandro; da Rosa, Joatan Machado; Miras-Avalos, Jose Manuel; Araujo, Emily Silva

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Agri Food Res & Technol Ctr Aragon CITA, Dept Environm Agr & Forest Syst, Avda Montanana 930, Zaragoza 50059, Spain - Author
Biol Mission Galicia MBG CSIC, Avda Vigo S-N,Campus Vida, Santiago De Compostela 15705, Spain - Author
Fed Univ Parana UFPR, Dept Basic Pathol, Postgrad Program Plant Prod, BR-81531980 Curitiba, PR, Brazil - Author
Univ Fed Santa Catarina, Sch Agr Sci, Agr Entomol Lab, BR-88034001 Florianopolis, SC, Brazil - Author

Abstract

The European pepper moth, Duponchelia fovealis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), is a key pest to strawberries in America and Europe. Understanding its behavior in the field can support integrated management strategies. In this work, field surveys were conducted to confirm the presence of this pest in commercial areas within the State of Paran & aacute; (Brazil) and to determine on which plant organ it prevailed. Semi-field experiments evaluated oviposition preference as a function of strawberry cultivar. Based on pest behavior, insecticide distribution was assessed following conventional field applications. Our results determined that D. fovealis spread within a 400 km radius from the site in which it was first recorded in Paran & aacute;, and the infested area reached 68.2% by the end of the survey. This species concentrated on basal leaves and crowns, where more than 90% of the larvae were collected. Moreover, the number of eggs per plant was significantly higher in the 'Albion' cultivar. The sprayed insecticide remained in the upper and middle thirds of the strawberry plant canopy, not reaching the organs where D. fovealis larvae were mainly detected. This study provides useful information on the cryptic habit of this pest that may help in designing efficient monitoring and control strategies.

Keywords

1st record<italic>fragaria x ananassa</italicCanopy spraying limitationsCrambidaeCropsCryptic habitEuropean pepper mothFragaria ananassaFragaria × ananassaGestión integrada de enfermedadesHosHubner lepidoptera-noctuidaeIntegrated pest managementLepidopteraOviposiciónOviposition preferencePest spatial distributionPesticidePheromonePulverizaciónZeller

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Horticulturae due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 7/38, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Horticulture.

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-14:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 4.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 7 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Brazil.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Silva Araujo, Emily).

the authors responsible for correspondence tasks have been Miras Ávalos, José Manuel and Silva Araujo, Emily.