A new insecticide with a unique mode of action for the control of the Colorado potato beetle in potato crops

Posted on 17.03.2026 by admin
UDC 635.21:633.49:631.563
https://doi.org/10.25630/PAV.2026.90.77.002

Belov G.L., Barkov V.A., Tuchkov I.V., Derevyagina M.K., Vasilyeva S.V., Zeyruk V.N., Gaidamakin A.V.

In 2024–2025, the biological efficacy of a new spinosad-based biological insecticide (Zhukoed Bio, SK; 240 g/l) against the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa ​​decemlineata Say (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) on potatoes was assessed in the Moscow Region. The studies were conducted at the experimental facilities of the A.G. Lorkh Federal Research Center of Potato (Lyubertsy, Korenevo, Moscow Region). The soil in the experimental plot was sod-podzolic sandy loam. The preceding crop was a vetch-oat mixture. Weather conditions during the study years contributed to the high numbers and harmfulness of the phytophage. The experimental plot had a natural background of phytophagous colonization. A single treatment of plants during the period of mass larval emergence ensured high and stable insecticidal activity. The biological effectiveness of Zhukoed Bio, SK at a dosage of 0.15 l/ha on the first day after treatment was 97.2% and was comparable to the effectiveness of the reference insecticides Scutum, SK at a dosage of 0.07 l/ha and Borey Neo, SK - 0.15 l/ha, representing widely used chemical classes. The use of the preparation contributed to a significant reduction in damage to the assimilation surface of plants and the preservation of the productive potential of potatoes. In the variants with the use of insecticides, 7 days after treatment, 5.6 - 7.0% of plant leaves were eaten and the effectiveness of reducing damage to the tops relative to the control was 80.5 - 84.4%. The obtained results indicate the feasibility of using an insecticide based on spinosad in the potato protection system, including its use in the schemes of alternating active substances, as well as in organic farming technologies.

Key words: potato, insecticides, Colorado potato beetle, resistance, population density, biological efficacy.

Belov G.L., DSci (Agr.), leading research fellow, Russian Potato Research Center. E-mail: belov.grischa2015@yandex.ru. ORCID: 0000-0002-3002-8173. SPIN-code: 9563-4765 Barkov V.A., head of Product Development Department, JSC “Avgust”. E-mail: v.barkov@avgust.com

Tuchkov I.V., potato specialist, Product Development Department, JSC “Avgust”. E-mail: i.tuchkov@avgust.com

Derevyagina M.K., Cand. Sci. (Biol.), leading scientist, Russian Potato Research Center. E-mail: coordinazia@mail.ru. ORCID: 0000-0003-3179-4723, SPIN-code: 4834-7461

Vasilyeva S.V., Cand. Sci. (Agr.), leading scientist, Russian Potato Research Center. E-mail: coordinazia@mail.ru. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9930-4463, SPIN-code: 1512-0687

Zeyruk V.N., D.Sci.(Agr.), Cand. Sci. (Biol.), chief research fellow, Russian Potato Research Center. E-mail: vzeyruk@mail.ru. ORCID: https: 0000-0002-9930-4463, SPIN-code: 3937-5336.

Gaidamakin A.V., postgraduate student of the Department of Chemistry and Plant Protection of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Stavropol State Agrarian University”. E-mail: gajdamakin97@mail.ru

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