Abstract
This study was conducted to develop labor-saving pest management system by reduced pesticide sprays for cut flower rose cultivation in greenhouses. The number of pesticide spray in conventional rose greenhouses was estimated as over 40 times per year, and the major pests related with the pesticide sprays were two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae), western flower thrip (Frankliniella occidentalis), sweetpotato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci), aphids, and moths. Major problems in conventional spray were resistance of pests against pesticides and too high pest management cost. So, we developed pest management system with reduced pesticide sprays by considering occurrences and control efficiencies of each pest in cut-rose cultivations. In a comparison of pest control efficiencies between reduced and conventional sprays, the pest densities in reduced sprays were similar to those of conventional sprays. Spatial distribution of two-spotted spider mites in a commercial rose greenhouse in Gimje was analyzed with the Taylor’s power law. The two-spotted spider mites showed a clumped distribution (TPL b = 1.61 > 1), and a simple sampling method was developed by using binomial counts of the mites in the leaves. The results showed that it would be possible to successfully manage insect pests in rose cultivation by timely spray of pesticides with reduced number for labor and cost savings in commercial cut flower rose cultivations.