Evaluation and identification of the most effective control methods for current pests of legumes and identification of the most important factors affecting pollinator viability Project leader Jānis Gailis Team of project Maksims Fiļipovičs Jānis Gailis Inta Jakobija Laura Ozoliņa-Pole Viktorija Zagorska Guna Bundzēna Betija Rubene Agnese Ludborža Zane Gita Grase Duration 2019 - 2023 Research focus 1. Implementation of the "One Health" concept and species interaction studies in the context of climate change Source of funding Ministry of Agriculture projects Project partners Armands Kviesis Description of project The aim of research To study one of the most harmful pest - broadbean seed beetle Bruchus rufimanus in feeld beans and to carry out in-depth studies on the composition of bee species The tasks of project: To develop methods for the determination and monitoring of the economic threshold for broadbean seed beetle damage studyTo test pest control strategies for the control of broadbean seed beetleTo study the composition of bee species occurring in different agrocenoses in different regions of LatviaTo do seasonal monitoring of bees on agricultural land in different regions of Latvia regionsTo use of information technology in honey bee colony studies Results Global taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of bees in apple orchards // Science of the Total Environment. Vol. 901 (2023), article number 165933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165933 Bee colony remote monitoring based on IoT using ESP-NOW protocol // PeerJ Computer Science. Vol. 9 (2023), article number e1363. https://doi.org/10.7717/PEERJ-CS.1363 Comparing weight dynamics between urban and rural honey bee colonies in Latvia // Agronomy Research. Vol. 21(S2) (2023), 471.-481.lpp. https://doi.org/10.15159/AR.23.019 Susceptibility of Faba Bean Variety ‘Merkur’ to Broadbean Seed Beetle (Bruchus rufimanus) in Latvia // Research for Rural Development,. Vol. 39 (2024) http://doi.org/10.22616/RRD.30.2024.001 Biology of broadbean seed beetle (Bruchus rufimanus; Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Latvia / Jānis Gailis, Nameda Astašova, Edīte Jākobsone, Laura Ozoliņa-Pole // Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B - Plant & Soil Science. Vol. 72(1), (2022), p. 4-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/09064710.2021.1977841
