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Monitoring of lepidopteran defoliators infesting cork oak in Sardinia

Factsheet type: Practice

NWFP: Cork

Country: Italy

Theme: Climate change adaptation & forest health

Position in the value chain: Forestry

Scale: Subnational

Keywords: Cork, cork oak, lepidopteran defoliators, Lymantria, sampling methods

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The aim is to monitor the population densities of the lepidopteran defoliator Lymantria dispar in Sardinian oak woodlands. This is done through egg mass counts with the aim of predicting the areas at risk of defoliation and plan insecticide applications accordingly.

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