Mites Inhabit Fig Trees at Menoufia Governorate with Control of Phytophagous Mites
Abo-Taka, S., Heikal, H., Zakaria, S. (2014). Mites Inhabit Fig Trees at Menoufia Governorate with Control of Phytophagous Mites. EKB Journal Management System, 8(2), 45-48. doi: 10.21608/ajesa.2014.163844
Safaa M. Abo-Taka; H. M. Heikal; Samah Zakaria. "Mites Inhabit Fig Trees at Menoufia Governorate with Control of Phytophagous Mites". EKB Journal Management System, 8, 2, 2014, 45-48. doi: 10.21608/ajesa.2014.163844
Abo-Taka, S., Heikal, H., Zakaria, S. (2014). 'Mites Inhabit Fig Trees at Menoufia Governorate with Control of Phytophagous Mites', EKB Journal Management System, 8(2), pp. 45-48. doi: 10.21608/ajesa.2014.163844
Abo-Taka, S., Heikal, H., Zakaria, S. Mites Inhabit Fig Trees at Menoufia Governorate with Control of Phytophagous Mites. EKB Journal Management System, 2014; 8(2): 45-48. doi: 10.21608/ajesa.2014.163844

Mites Inhabit Fig Trees at Menoufia Governorate with Control of Phytophagous Mites

Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology
Article 8, Volume 8, Issue 2, December 2014, Page 45-48  XML PDF (3.84 MB)
Document Type: Original research articles
DOI: 10.21608/ajesa.2014.163844
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Authors
Safaa M. Abo-Taka1; H. M. Heikal1; Samah Zakaria2
1Economic Entomology and Agricultural Zoology Dept., Fac. of Agric., Menoufia University, Egypt
2Plant Protection Research. Institute , Agri. Res. Center, Giza, Egypt
Abstract
In a field survey, Aceria fictis, Tetranychtis urticae and the predator, Phytoseius finitimtis, were registered on fig trees from mid of March 2013 to mid of January 2014. A. fiicus population reached its peak at mid September with mean number of 29.05 individuals/leaf. T. iirticne at the end of August with mean number of 10.9 individuals/leaf, whereas the predator,
P. finitim us reached at mid September. For control, the highest reduction percentages in eriophyid mite population occurred when P. finitimtis was released by 1 predator/3 Eriophyid mite, resulting in reduction of 90.21 %. The tested pesticides: Acaristop, Dumper and High point, recorded reduction percentages 88.14, 86.84, and 85.06 % in eriophyid mite population, respectively, while red pepper plant extract gave 82.39 %. Numbers of T. urticae decreased after all levels of release, where the highest decrease was at the level of 1 predator: 3 preys (0.03, 0.8 individual/ leaf) after 2 and 4 weeks, respectively, when compared with check. The study recommend the efficiency of the predatory mite, P. finitimu8 at release levels of 1: 3 and 1: 5, in addition to red pepper plant extract 10 %.
Keywords
Aceria ficus; Tetranychus urticae; Phytoseius finitimus; Fig trees; Biological control; Plant extracts
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