Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
VIII. International Symposium on Ecology and Environmental Problems (ISEEP-2017), Çanakkale, Türkiye, 4 - 07 Ekim 2017, sa.83, ss.63, (Özet Bildiri)
Rangelands are such areas that meet the 70% forage need of livestock and the 16% of the world's food production. 18.8% surface area of Turkey is covered with rangelands and pastures that fulfill an approximate of 30.1% fodder needs of livestock animals. It has been shown an increase of weed plants there that affect the quality and yield of grasslands as well as animals' activities, health and production. Asphodelus aestivus (Brot.) is one among those unwanted plants that commonly found in the rangelands of South and West Anatolia in Turkey. This weed plant makes complicate the economic use of rangelands and grazing of animals due to its widespread characteristic and inclusion of toxic compounds. In present time, only the chemical control method is being commonly used along with cutting, pulling and the application of artificial fertilizer practices to overcome this weed in our country despite of naturally presence of the biocontrol agent of this weed in the rangelands of our country namely, Capsodes infuscatus. This is a monophagous bug. The nymphs and adults voraciously feed on flowers, leaves, stems and seed pod saps of A. aestivus with their piercing-sucking mouth parts. In this review work, our main target is to find the most appropriate and suitable methods of rearing of this monophagous insect under laboratory conditions, increase an effective bug population and then effectively release its egg, nymphal and adult stages to the rangelands of our country as a biocontrol agent against the high population density of A. aestivus so that to minimize the application of different pesticides, decrease artificial fertilizer costs, save time and energy by doing cutting and pulling practices, provide a wide range for grazing to our livestock animals and improve the quality and yield of the rangelands.