INCIDENCE AND DISTRIPTION OF IN MITES (ACARI) ASSOCIATED WITH DATE PALM TREES IN ISMAILIA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||||
| Article 7, Volume 95, Issue 1, March 2017, Page 107-113 PDF (492.3 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2017.146287 | ||||
 View on SCiNiTO | ||||
| Authors | ||||
| GAMAL A. EL-KADY1; TAREK A. SALMAN2; MOHAMED K. ABBAS2; HAMDY M. EL- SHARABASY1 | ||||
| 1Plant Protection Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Plant Protection Research Institute. ARC, Dokki, Giza. Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| the aims of this work was to survey mites on varieties of date palm trees at Ismailia Governorate. Results revelled that, the occurrence of 13 mite species belonging to 8 families. These mites were classified according to their feeding habits into three categories; four mite species belonging to two families are phytophagous; eight mite species belonging to five families are predaceous and one mite species is miscellaneous feeding. Results show also that, mite extracted from Hayani variety were more dominant than Zaghloul variety. Raoiella indica Hirst was the highest number as phytophagous mites. On the other hand, Amblyseius swirskii (A.-H.) recorded the highest population as predaceous mites. Cheletogenes orntus (Can.&Fons.) and Saniosulus nudus summers also found in high numbers in Hayani variety as predaceous mites. Results show that, from 4191 mites were counted in the first year of study; phytophagous were 39.2% & 40.3%; predaceous mites were 57.1% & 56.2% and the miscellaneous mite species were 3.7% & 3.7% from Hayani and Zaghloul varieties, respectively. In the second year of study; from 5791 mite individuals were counted; phytophagous were 41.7% & 39.2%; as well as the predaceous mites recorded 55.4% & 56.5% and the miscellaneous mite species were 2.9% & 4.4% from Hayani and Zaghloul varieties, respectively. | ||||
|
Statistics Article View: 91 PDF Download: 271 |
||||
