Considerations on the entomofauna in some apple orchards

Abstract

Observations were made at the SC Loturi Service SRL Delesti, Vaslui in a fruit-growing orchardwith intensive apple trees where a vegetal carpet is made especially of graslands between the rows of trees.The plantation has been chosen to maintain the vegetal carpet that can influence the local ecosystem conditions, such as the physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics of the soil; biodiversity of useful entomofauna; reducing the level of attack of phytopathogenic agents and specific pests, and with multiple effects on the quantity and quality of fruit and ultimately on the profitability of apple crops.For the collection of the entomological we have been used Barber traps type soil of being six in number, arrangedin a single row of fruit at a distance of 10 m between them.Samples were harvested constantly every 10-25days.At each collection, the trap material was cleansed by plant debris, and the entomofauna collected was brought to the lab and then the useful andharmful species were identified.