Biological Control of Certain Sugar Beet Insects by Two Salticid Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Egyptian Sugar Beet Fields | ||||
| Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology | ||||
| Article 2, Volume 15, Issue 2, February 2024, Page 75-80 PDF (698.24 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2024.264795.1211 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
H. M. Hassan1; K. G. Bazazo  2
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| 11Biology Department, Faculty of Science at Yanbu, Taibah University, King Khalid Rd. , AlAmoedi, 46423, Yanbu El-Bahr, Saudi Arabia. 2Department of Economic Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafr El Sheikh University 335 16, Kafr El – Sheikh, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Sugar Crops Res. Insti. Agricultural Res. Center, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Recent studies in agriculture focusing on reducing insecticide uses which have lead to growing interest in spiders as potential biocontrol agents. Salticidae is the largest family of spiders, with over 5000 species. Many studies have demonstrated that spiders can significantly reduce insect pest densities. Thus, this current work was carried out at the Experimental Farm of Sakha Agricultural Research Station, Kafr El – Sheikh Governorate during 2021 / 2022 and 2022 / 2023 seasons.This study recorded two salticid species in Egyptian sugar beet fields; Heliophanillus fulgens (O.P. Cambridge) and Neaetha cerussata (Simon, 1868). In addition to, the findings demonstrated that the dominant prey to these salticid spiders were Pegomyia mixta Vill. (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) larvae, Scrobipalpa ocellatella (Boyd.) (Lepidotptera: Gelechiidae) larvae , Cassidavittata Vill. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larvae (different instars), Spodoptera spp.( Lepidotptera: Noctuidae) larvae , and aphid species (Homoptera: Aphididae) (nymph+adults). In the light of these results, spiders (Araneae) espically salticid species, may help reduce the population of sugar beet insects, without using insecticides. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Biological; control; Salticidae; sugar beet; Egyptian | ||||
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