1. Introduction

Forestry production constantly requires research and selection of valuable plants species to add on the crop structure group.This activity not only enriches the species of forest products, diversifying silviculture, meeting the requirements of forest business, but also creates opportunities for promoting the advantages of each locality, especially in the trend of the forest wood product market is expanding, the demand for wood products is increasing, the number of products is increasing day by day. Therefore, the research and development of promising plant species is a right direction, in line with the process of sustainable forest management in our country today [1, 4].

Gao vang (Nauclea orientalis (L) is a native species; naturally distributing in northern Australia, New Guinea, Viet Nam, Malaysia Myanmar and Thai Lan. It has been successfully grown in Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Surinam, Taiwan, Venezuela, tropical and sub-tropical countries [4].

This species is being cultivated in Vietnam, mainly in the South West Region. However, to intensive plantation, there are number of damaging pests that often appear. Research on pests and diseases of Nauclea orientalis in Indonesia has identified the larvae of some beetle species that often feed on roots and damage trees at the age of 1-2 years [5]. Another research in Indonesia reported fungal and foliar pests, but the plants usually get recovered well after that [6].

Research on composition ofleaf-eating caterpillars (Moduzaprocris Cramer), it usually eats part of the leaf blade or the whole leaf flesh and leave only the veins. Leafworms commonly damage fruit and vegetable crops in Bangladesh [7].

The results of the study on the composition of the butterfly beetles showed that the leafhopper species distribution was found in India [8] in Nam Ka Nature Reserve, Dak Lak and in Phu Mat National Park, Nghe An, Vietnam [1]. In Vietnam, there have been programs to plant Neolamarckiacadamba and Nauclea orientalisforests, focusing on the southern provinces. In the models of plantation of Neolamarckiacadamba and Nauclea orientalisin Ca Mau province, two consecutive pest waves have been recorded in the year and appeared since 2015. This article presents the results of the investigation and identification characteristics of the pests. eating leaves harms the Nauclea orientalis plantation in Quy Chau district [3].

2. Materials and methods

2.1. Morphological characterization and identification

Sampling of phases including: adult, egg, larva and pupae, detailed description of shape, size, color, antennae, forewing, hindwing... and compare with Inayoshi's classification key [9, 10] for identification of Nauclea orientalis leaf worm.

2.2. Assessment of the harmful situation

Pests and diseases investigation:  Set a standard plot of 25 m2 (12 standard plots), counting the total number of plants in the Standard Plots and at the same time to investigate pests and diseases on trees by branches (2 base leaves, 2 middle leaves and 2 top leaves in different directions). Plants are in investigation marked with red paint streaks to avoid confusion, sample surveys according to the standards of pest investigation in the textbook of plant diseases and insects of the Viet Nam National University of Forestry.

- Time of investigation: one in every month (form 12^th to 15^th)

- Pest status survey: Classification of damage levels for surveyed plants in standard plots according to 5 levels of damage [2].

Table 1. Classification of damage levels

The rate of plants affected by pests was determined by the formula:

Of which: n number of damaged plants; N is total number of surveyed plants

The average damage level in is calculated according to the formula

The degree of harmfulness is determined based on the average level of harm (R), specifically as follows:

Table 2. Level of harmfulness

3. Results and discussion

3.1. Pests damaging Nauclea orientalis

The results of the pest and disease investigation performs the resistance to adverse conditions and the resistance to pests and diseases and is an important and indispensable indicator in the breeding work. It represents the adaptation of the variety to the regional ecological environment. Tolerance to adverse conditions and resistance to pests is highly dependent on cultivars, cultivation techniques and climate. If a variety has good growth potential, but has poor tolerance to adverse conditions and poor resistance to pests and diseases, are considered not a good variety. It is therefore, accurate assessment of resistance to adverse conditions and resistance to pests will help the selection of varieties in general and the selection of Nauclea orientaliscultivars in particular, and the selection of good varietywill facilitate subsequent afforestation. The results of the survey are shown in Table 1.

Table 3. Situation of caterpillars harmful to Nauclea orientalis species in Quy Chau district

From the Table 3, the presence of caterpillars can be seen (Moduzaprocris Cramer) but at a mild level, there are no signs of affecting the growth and development of Nauclea orientalisspecies on the specific study area.

- At the first follow-up: The harm rate is 13.6%, the level of damage of 0.23 concludes the level of damage is mild

- At the 2nd follow-up: The harm rate is 13.2%, the level of damage 0.24 concludes that the damage is mild

- At the 3^rd follow-up: The harm rate is 13.8%, the level of damage 0.25 concludes that the damage is mild.

Commenting on the pest situation in the study area, it can be seen that the pest rate is at a slight level of damage because in this period the plants grow strongly, so its resistance to the environment is good and Nauclea orientalisis a favorite plant and it is the light loving plant that grow fast in the early stages, so the resistance to the external environment is better. This is true with the growth rules of forest plant and coincides with the research outcomes of Ngon Van Thao, Nguyen Van Chien and the other authors on the growth of Nauclea orientalisspecies

3.2. Morphological and biological characteristics of insects and pests to Nauclea orientalis.

- Mature: Adult upper side reddish-brown, underside light reddish-brown (Fig. 2 & 3), forewings 1 row each with 8 white spots and an additional 1 point near base of wings, hind wings with 1 row of 7 white colored spots, wing tip with 3 small black lines. Average wingspan 56mm, length 20.5mm

-Egg: green, 1 mm diameter

-Baby worm: young caterpillars, 5 years old of color and size change with age+ Age 1: The young caterpillars are pale green, with small spines on the body, the average length is 4.8mm. (Fig. 4)

Figure 1. The caterpillar eats the leaves of a 1-year-old Nauclea orientalisplantation forest in Quy Chau district

Figure 2. Mature upper side   

Figure 3. Mature underside

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