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Submitted: 2024-07-04
Crop Production and Environment
Published: 2024-09-15

Integrated control strategies of invasive land snails

Unité de Zoologie Agricole, Département de Protection des Plantes et de l’Environnement, Ecole Nationale d’Agriculture de Meknès, Maroc
Laboratoire d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Génie de l’Environnement, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Fès, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah.
Unité de Zoologie Agricole, Département de Protection des Plantes et de l’Environnement, Ecole Nationale d’Agriculture de Meknès, Maroc
Unité de Zoologie Agricole, Département de Protection des Plantes et de l’Environnement, Ecole Nationale d’Agriculture de Meknès, Maroc

Abstract

The land’s snail Theba Pisana (Helicidae) is a very harmful snail that exists in some crops and lives on attacking fruits and ornamental plants. It has another name, which is the white garden snail. Theba Pisana is native to the western Palearctic but it became invasive in many parts of the world. It negatively affects the agriculture industries. In this review, we will study the results of some studies about the biology- ecology of the white snail and some other snails. Control strategies using trapping, essential oil plants, natural enemies, and chemical pesticides, will be represented as a part of an integrated pest management against snails in order to evaluate their effectiveness, sustainability, and feasibility in fields.

Keywords: White snail, Theba Pisana, crops, pest management, biocontrol