'Yan'uwa nau'in ƙwanƙwasa kokwamba (Acalymma vittatum) da ƙwanƙwasa kokwamba na yamma (Acalymma trivittatum) sune manyan kwari akan amfanin gona a cikin dangin Cucurbitaceae, wanda ya haɗa da squash, gourds, cucumbers, da melons. Beetles suna rayuwa galibi a Amurka, Kanada da Mexico. Lalacewa na iya kashe tsire-tsire, hana tsarin 'ya'yan itace, watsa ƙwayoyin cuta, da sanya 'ya'yan itace marasa kasuwa.
Manya-manyan beetles sun shahara wajen ganowa da kuma tattara amfanin gonakin da suka fi so don ciyarwa. Mata sai su sa ƙwai a gindin tsire-tsire na cucurbit a ƙasan ƙasa. Bayan ƙyanƙyashe, larvae suna ciyar da tushen su, su yi farin ciki a cikin ƙasa, kuma suna fitowa a matsayin manya na gaba.
Masu noma yawanci suna amfani da maganin kashe kwari (organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethroids, da neonicotinoids) don sarrafa ƙwaro kokwamba. Koyaya, waɗannan sinadarai na iya rasa inganci na ɗan lokaci yayin da yawan ƙwaro ke haɓaka juriya. Bugu da ƙari, za su iya yin illa ga kwari masu amfani waɗanda ba manufa ba, ciki har da kudan zuma, bumblebees, da ƙudan zuma da aka sarrafa da ke lalata amfanin gona na cucurbit. Zaɓuɓɓukan sarrafa kwayoyin halitta (kaolin yumbu, pyrethrins, da spinosyns) suna nuna rashin daidaituwa kuma galibi ƙayyadaddun inganci. Dorewawar sarrafa ƙwaro kokwamba akan amfanin gona na cucurbit don haka dole ne a haɗa wasu matakan sarrafawa.
Wannan binciken yana duba ilimin halitta, matakan rayuwa, lalacewa, da na yanzu da yuwuwar dabarun sarrafa waɗannan mahimman kwari na cucurbit.
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Karanta cikakken labarin akan www.entomologytoday.org.
Alamomi: Ariela I Haber, Anna K Wallingford, Ian M Grettenberger, Jasmin P Ramirez Bonilla, Amber C Vinchesi-Vahl, Donald C Weber, Sriped kokwamba Beetle da Western Striped Cucumber Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Journal of Integrated Kwari Management, Volume 12, Fitowa ta 1, 2021, 1, https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmaa026.