BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMETRICAL CHARACTERS OF QUEEN ( AP/S MELLIFERA L.) ARTIFICIALLY REARED BY DIFFERENT GRAFTING TECHNIQUES IN NORTH SINAI, EGYPT | ||||
| Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology | ||||
| Article 1, Volume 28, Issue 8, August 2003, Page 6399-6406 PDF (9.55 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2003.245232 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| M. A. Abd AI- Fattah,1; M. N. EI-Basiony2; H. M. Mahfouz2 | ||||
| 1Dept. Economic Entomology and Pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Gi%.a, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Plant Production and Protection Dept., Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Sciences at AI-Arlsh, Suez Canal Unlversity,lsmailia, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Study was carried out to investigate the effect of worker larval age which used in grafting process and the technique of grafting on some biological and biometricsl characters of queen cells and virgin queens that reared in Al-Arish, North Sinai. The results appeared that percentage acceptance, sealing cells and emerging queens were significantly higher when the grafted larvae were 24 h. old. followed by 36 h. old then 12 h. old. On the other hand, heaviest queens, diameter of queen abdomen, depth, width and volume of queen cells were significantly larger with 12 h. old larvae, followed by 24h.old, then 36 h. old larvae. Double grafting technique attained the highest percentages of acceptance, sealing queen cells and emergence of queens. Wet grafting method ccrne next for the previous parameters. then dry grafting technique. No significant differences were found between double and wet grafting methods for body weight of virgin queens and measurements of both diameter of queen abdomen, depth, width and volume of queen cells. All parameters were in lowest measure when dry grafting technique '/85 followed. | ||||
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