본 연구는 배 유기재배 과수원에서 그물망과 정향유물을 처리하였을 때 큰검정풍뎅이에 의한 잎 피해를 예방할 수 있는지 확인하고자 수행 되었다. 2017년 6월 하순에 보성과 함평의 배 과수원에서 그물망, 그물망 + 정향유, 무처리구 등 3처리구를 두고 큰검정풍뎅이 밀도와 잎 피해율을 조사하였다. 또한 그물망 설치 위치를 달리하여 과수원 외부, 평덕시설의 상부, 평덕시설의 하부에 그물망을 설치하여 포획된 성충 개체수를 계수하였다. 그 결과 그물망 처리구에서 20.4~34.7%, 그물망 + 정향유 혼합처리구에서 21.1~38.1% 수준으로 무처리구보다 낮은 성충수가 포 획되었다. 또한 그물망 설치위치에 따른 포획 개체수는 수관하부 설치구 대비 과수원 외곽은 10.9~14.3배, 수관 상부는 5.1~9.1배로 더 많이 포획되었다. 처리구별 잎 피해율을 조사 한 결과 두 지역 모두 무처리구와 비교하여 유의적으로 그물망, 그물망 + 정향유 처리구에서 잎 피해율이 낮았다. 따라서 큰검정풍뎅이에 의한 잎 피해를 예방하기 위해 그물망을 외곽에 처리하는 것이 실용적 대안이라고 판단된다.

Sex pheromone blends of large black chafer, Holotrichia parallela (Motschulasky), which consist of a major component L-isoleucine methyl ester (LIME) and a minor component (R)-(-)-linalool, showed different attractiveness depending on the mixing ratios of the two components in potato fields in South Korea. The best ratio for H. parallela attraction was 2.5:1 of LIME and (R)-(-)-linalool. The attraction ability of pheromone traps bated with 2.5:1 ratio did not drop up to 14m, but significantly decreased at 21m from H. parallela release point. Korean population of H. parallela showed almost same periodical activity to sex pheromone with that reported in Japan, which showing a circabidian periodicity of 48h cycle.

The study investigated the efficacy of four different essential oils on the repellent responses of large black chafer (Holotrichia parallela) Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in organic pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) orchards. Cinnamon, pine, peppermint, and eucalyptus oils were used, and the behavioral responses and repellent effects against H. parallela were investigated under laboratory and field conditions. Adult beetle responses to different oils were examined using a Y-tube olfactometer in the laboratory and four absorbent blocks with each oil in the field. The repellent responses rates of H. parallela were 100% for cinnamon oil; however, only 67% of adult beetles avoided peppermint and eucalyptus oil in the Y-tube olfactometer bioassay. In the field tests, the least damage to leaves was observed on trees treated with cinnamon oil, whereas the most damage was observed in the control (non-treated) trees and those treated with peppermint oil, followed by eucalyptus and pine oil. Therefore, cinnamon oil can be used as a repellent to avoid damage form large black chafers in organic pear orchards.

The efficacy of different control techniques against the large black chafer, Holotrichia parallela Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), in organic pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) orchards was evaluated. In this study, field trials were conducted in three locations in Korea—Naju, Hampyeong, and Boseong—to evaluate different techniques to suppress these beetles. Pheromone traps, bio-insecticides (Hongmengye and Melchungdaejang), and a combination of the two were applied as treatments. In Naju, Hampyeong, and Boseong, the highest number of adult H. parallela were caught in the control plots (n=45, n=39, and n=20, respectively), while the fewest were caught in the pheromone plus bio-insecticide plot (n=19) in Naju and in the combined treatment plot in Hampyeong (n=10). In Naju, the greatest leaf damage was observed in the control (66%), and in all locations (Naju, Boseong, and Hampyeong), the least damage occurred in the combined treatment plots (42%, 36%, and 24%, respectively). Regarding the tree canopy, the greatest leaf damage was observed in the upper canopy, and less damage was observed in the lower canopy. These results demonstrate that the combination of sex pheromone traps and bio-insecticides can be used to manage H. parallela in organic pear orchards.