Iyo hanzvadzi mhando mitsetse yemagaka beetle (Acalymma vittatum) uye yekumadokero mitsetse yemagaka nyuchi (Acalymma trivittatum) zvipembenene zvakakosha pazvirimwa mumhuri yeCucurbitaceae, inosanganisira squash, mapundu, magaka, uye manwi. Beetles vanogara zvakanyanya muUS, Canada neMexico. Kukuvadza kunogona kuuraya mbesa, kudzivirira michero kumisikidzwa, kutapurira utachiona, uye kuita kuti michero isatarisike.
Madhiri makuru ane hunyanzvi ane hunyanzvi hwekutsvaga nekukurumidza uye kuunganidza pane zvirimwa zvavo zvavanoda kupa chikafu. Vakadzi vanobva vaisa mazai pazasi pezvirimwa zvecucurbit pazasi pevhu pevhu. Mushure mekuchochonya, makonye anodya pamidzi, pupate muvhu, uye obuda sechizvarwa chinotevera chevakuru.
Varimi vanowanzo shandisa mishonga yekuuraya zvipuka (organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethroids, uye neonicotinoids) kugadzirisa cucumber nyuchi. Nekudaro, makemikari aya anogona kurasikirwa nekushanda nekufamba kwenguva sezvo nyongori dzinowedzera kusagadzikana. Zvakare, dzinogona kuve nemhedzisiro inokanganisa pazvipembenene zvisina chinangwa, kusanganisira nyuchi dze squash, mabhuru, uye nyuchi dzeuchi dzakasimudza zvirimwa zvecucurbit. Organic control sarudzo (kaolin ivhu, pyrethrins, uye spinosyns) inoratidza zvisingaenderane uye zvinowanzoita mashoma kushanda. Kudzora kwakasimba kwecucumber bete pazvirimwa zvecucurbit saka zvinofanirwa kusanganisira mamwe matanho ekudzora.
Uku kutsvagurudza kunoongorora biology, matanho ehupenyu, kukuvara, uye zvazvino uye zvingangodaro nzira dzekugadzirisa idzi dzakakosha cucurbit tupukanana.
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Magwaro: Ariela I Haber, Anna K Wallingford, Ian M Grettenberger, Jasmin P Ramirez Bonilla, Amber C Vinchesi-Vahl, Donald C Weber, Striped cucumber Beetle neWestern Striped Cucumber Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Chinyorwa cheYakabatanidzwa Pest Management, Vhoriyamu 12, Nyaya 1, 2021, 1, https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmaa026.