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Control Methods for the Licorice Flea Beetle (Diorhabda tarsalis)

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A leaf-eating pest of the Chrysomelidae family, it is one of the main obstacles to the development of licorice production. It is distributed to varying degrees in the ** Uyghur Autonomous Region, the Hexi region of Gansu Province, and the licorice-producing areas of Liaoning Province, mainly damaging sweet licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) and not harming other trees, shrubs, or other herbaceous plants. Throughout the entire growing season, adults are the main agents of damage and consume large amounts of foliage; adults and larvae often overlap in causing damage. In severely affected plots, entire stands of licorice are eaten down to only stems or leaf veins, and from a distance it looks as though the autumn withered and fallen-leaf period has arrived. Try

A leaf-eating pest of the Chrysomelidae family, it is one of the main obstacles to the development of licorice production. It is distributed to varying degrees in the ** Uyghur Autonomous Region, the Hexi region of Gansu Province, and the licorice-producing areas of Liaoning Province, mainly damaging sweet licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) and not harming other trees, shrubs, or other herbaceous plants. Throughout the entire growing season, adults are the main agents of damage and consume large amounts of foliage; adults and larvae often overlap in causing damage. In severely affected plots, entire stands of licorice are eaten down to only stems or leaf veins, and from a distance it looks as though the autumn withered and fallen-leaf period has arrived.

Tests have shown that trichlorfon, phoxim emulsion, and dimethoate emulsion all have very good insecticidal effects.

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