A MECHANICAL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LAND SNAILS ON PEAR TREES IN EGYPT. | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||
| Article 5, Volume 73, Issue 2, June 1995, Pages 357-363 PDF (1.56 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.1995.433430 | ||
| Author | ||
| JOZEF M. NAKHLA | ||
| Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The aim of the present study is to protect the orchard trees from land snails by using a band of metal around the tree trunk. The rings tested were in the shape of a corona and were made of copper sheet, aluminium sheet, wire screen gauze (14 mesh) and a fibre cord (Rope). This study was conducted in a severely infested pear orchard located at Alexandria governorate. The land snails found in this orchard were Eobania vermiculata (Muller), Helicella vestalis (Pfeiffer), Theba pisana (Muller) and Cochlicella acuta (Muller). The results revealed that wire screen rings gave the highest percentage of protection against the different snails followed by the copper sheet rings. Aluminium sheet rings gave intermediate protection, while the rope rings gave poor protection. | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 41 PDF Download: 33 |
||
