Study of Phyllonorycter robiniae and Parectopa robiniella Feeding Preference for Feeding on the Leaves of Different Black Locust Clones
Leopold Poljaković-Pajnik 1*, Milan Drekić 1, Branislav Kovačević 1, Verica Vasić 1
1 University of Novi Sad, Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, Novi Sad, Serbia
Corresponding author:
Leopold Poljaković-Pajnik, E-mail: leopoldpp@uns.ac.rs
Abstract
The feeding preference of Phyllonorycter robiniae Clemens and Parectopa robiniella Clemens (Locust Digitate Leaf miner) for seven clones of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) in 2011, at the base of the intensitsity of leaf dameging. The results of these trials also suggest that the genotypes could be selected that are not considerably preffered by pest.
Keywords: Phyllonorycter robiniae, Parectopa robiniella, feeding preference, black locust, clones