BERGER, Harald K.
Federal Office and Research Center of
Agriculture, Spargelfeldstraße 191; 1226 VIENNA, AUSTRIA
In 2000 monitoring of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera has been carried out by the Federal Office and Research Center for Agriculture together with the responsible persons for Plant Protection from the Agricultural Chambers for Agriculture in Lower Austria, Burgenland and Styria. Observations were made in locations close to the International Airport in Vienna (Schwechat) and mainly along the border to Hungary; especially at the border crossings (road and railway) several traps were set out. Only pheromone traps (Hungarian origin) were used in this year. Altogether 20 traps were set out on June 27th , 2000. Checks were made on July 12th and 20th as well as on August 17th and September 13th. Diabrotica virgifera virgifera was not found on basis of this detection survey in Austria in the year 2000.