Studying the Interaction Between Asphondylia punica and Its Host Plant, Atriplex halimus, and Predicting Their Potential Geographic Distribution in Egypt by Using Maxent Technique
Ragab, S., Kamel, M., Bream, A., Moursy, M. (2020). Studying the Interaction Between Asphondylia punica and Its Host Plant, Atriplex halimus, and Predicting Their Potential Geographic Distribution in Egypt by Using Maxent Technique. EKB Journal Management System, 13(3), 283-298. doi: 10.21608/eajbsa.2020.117504
Sanad H. Ragab; Mohamed Kamel; Ahmed S. Bream; Mohamed M. Moursy. "Studying the Interaction Between Asphondylia punica and Its Host Plant, Atriplex halimus, and Predicting Their Potential Geographic Distribution in Egypt by Using Maxent Technique". EKB Journal Management System, 13, 3, 2020, 283-298. doi: 10.21608/eajbsa.2020.117504
Ragab, S., Kamel, M., Bream, A., Moursy, M. (2020). 'Studying the Interaction Between Asphondylia punica and Its Host Plant, Atriplex halimus, and Predicting Their Potential Geographic Distribution in Egypt by Using Maxent Technique', EKB Journal Management System, 13(3), pp. 283-298. doi: 10.21608/eajbsa.2020.117504
Ragab, S., Kamel, M., Bream, A., Moursy, M. Studying the Interaction Between Asphondylia punica and Its Host Plant, Atriplex halimus, and Predicting Their Potential Geographic Distribution in Egypt by Using Maxent Technique. EKB Journal Management System, 2020; 13(3): 283-298. doi: 10.21608/eajbsa.2020.117504

Studying the Interaction Between Asphondylia punica and Its Host Plant, Atriplex halimus, and Predicting Their Potential Geographic Distribution in Egypt by Using Maxent Technique

Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology
Article 24, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2020, Page 283-298  XML PDF (1.8 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/eajbsa.2020.117504
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Authors
Sanad H. Ragab1; Mohamed Kamel2; Ahmed S. Bream1; Mohamed M. Moursy3
1Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
2Department of Environmental Basic Sciences, Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain shams University, Egypt
3Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
Galls and their inducing insects represent one of the most challenges that facing entomologists because of their unique life history and the highly characteristic gall structure. Gall-inducing insects and their distributions in Egypt of little studies which depend on few researchers from countries of Europe during their scientific journeys. Asphondylia punica (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) is associated with one of the most important medicinal plants, the Atriplex halimus (Chenopodiaceae). A. punica induces fusiform swellings galls on the stem of A. halimus with multiple chambers. The interaction between the gall inducer Asphondylia punica and its host plant A. halimus were studied.  The results indicated that there was a significant correlation between the number of galls per plant and the plant cover but there was no correlation between the number of galls per plant and altitude. The predicted distributions of Asphondylia punica in Egypt were done by using MaxEnt technique. The results showed that the prediction distribution of Asphondylia punica and its host plant Atriplex halimus is concentrated in Mediterranean coastal regions
Keywords
Galls; Distribution; Maxent; Mediterranean coast; Interactions; Asphondylia punica; Atriplex halimus
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