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Zone Member State Main weed species
C
South
Poland Abutilon theophrasti; Amaranthus spp.; Ambrosia artemisiifolia; Anthemis
spp.; Calystegia sepium; Chenopodium album; Cirsium arvense;
Convolvulus arvensis; Datura spp.; Digitaria sanguinalis; Echinochloa
crus-galli; Fallopia convolvulus; Elymus repens; Gallium aparine;
Geranium spp.; Poa annua; Polygonum spp.; Portulaca oleracea; Setaria
viridis; Solanum nigrum; Stellaria media; Tripleurospermum inodorum;
Viola spp. and Veronica spp.
Romania Agropyron repens; Amaranthus retroflexus; Chenopodium album; Cirsium
arvense; Convolvulus arvensis; Echinocloa crus-galli; Setaria spp.;
Sonchus arvensis and Sorghum halepense
Slovakia Agropyron repens; Amaranthus retroflexus; Chenopodium album; Cirsium
arvense; Echinocloa crus-galli; Polygonum spp.
Slovenia -
the United
Kingdom d
-: no data available
3.3.2 Pests
Bulgaria -
Cyprus -
-
France Abutilon theophrasti; Amaranthus spp.; Calystegia sepium; Chenopodium
spp.; Datura spp.; Digitaria sanguinalis; Echinochloa crus-galli;
Mercurialis spp.; Panicum spp.; Polygonum spp.; Setaria spp. and
Solanum nigrum; Sorghum halepense; Stellaria media; Tripleurospermum
inodorum; Veronica spp. and Xanthium spp.
Greece -
Italy Abutilon theophrasti; Agropyron repens; Agropyron repens; Amaranthus
spp.; Atriplex patula; Calystegia sepium; Chenopodium album;
Chenopodium spp.; Cirsium arvense; Convolvulus arvensis; Datura spp.;
Digitaria sanguinalis; Echinochloa crus-galli; Lamium purpureum;
Matricaria chamomilla; Panicum spp.; Poa annua; Polygonum spp.;
Portulaca oleracea; Setaria viridis; Solanum nigrum; Sorghum halepense;
Stellaria media; Urtica urens; Viola arvensis and Xanthium spp.
Portugal -
Spain Abutilon theophrasti; Agropyron repens; Amaranthus spp.; Chenopodium
spp.; Cirsium arvense; Convolvulus arvensis; Conyza spp.; Cyperos
rotundus; Cyperus esculentus; Datura spp.; Digitaria sanguinalis;
Echinochloa crus-galli; Equisetum spp.; Helianthus (volunteer); Hordeum
(volunteer); Kochia scoparia; Lolium (volunteer); Malva sylvestris; Oxalis
latifolia; Panicum spp.; Polygonum spp.; Portulaca oleracea; Raphanus
raphanistrum; Rumex spp.; Salsola kali; Setaria spp; Sicyos angulatus;
Sinapis arvensis; Solanum nigrum; Sorghum halepense; Spergula
arvensis; Stellaria media; Triticum (volunteer) and Xanthium spp.
A listing of maize pests is provided in Table 5. The following review is based on Meissle et al., 2010.
At present, the most important arthropod pest of maize in Europe is the European corn borer, Ostrinia
nubilalis Hbn. (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). In the infested areas, O. nubilalis occurs in a large
proportion of fields ranging from 20% in Hungary to 60% in Spain and estimated yield losses between
5% and 30% are typical without control measures. In the northern parts of its distribution range, it
produces one generation per season; in the southern parts two, or occasionally more, depending on
the climatic conditions in spring and summer.
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