Efficiency of Sampling Techniques for Collecting Hymenopterous Insects Inhabiting Rice Nurseries | ||||
| Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology | ||||
| Article 2, Volume 7, Issue 6, June 2016, Page 357-360 PDF (203.74 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2016.50578 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| A. H. Abdel-Salam1; A. S. Hendawy2; Ghada M. Abdel-Hamid2 | ||||
| 1Economic Entomology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University | ||||
| 2Biological Control Research Department, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Four sampling techniques; pitfall traps, water pan traps and sweep net (in 2014 and 2015 rice seasons) and light trap (in 2015 season) were used to collect arthropods from rice nurseries. The traps were fixed during the nursery duration; April – May. Results of the first three traps revealed the occurrence of 42 and 81 hymenopterous individuals, in the first and second seasons, respectively. Most of the captured insects were found belonging to families Diapriidae (32 individuals in 2015 season), Eulophidae (8 individuals in 2014 season), Figitidae (11 individuals in the second season), Formicidae (12 individuals in the second season) and Mymaridae (13 individuals in the first season). The most efficient tool, in 2014 season, was water pan trap that collected 61.90% out of total catch, followed by pitfall trap (23.81%). This situation was reversed in the 2015 season, with pitfall trap occupying the first rank (51.85%), followed by water pan trap (41.98%). However, in both seasons, the sweep net technique captured the lowest catch. The modified light trap, used only in 2015 season, collected mainly Cataglyphis sp. (Formicidae), followed by Trichopria sp. (Diapriidae). The variable catches, in the current investigation, could be attributed to the type of the trap, insect behavior, and to the population density of the target insects. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Hymenopterous insects; rice nurseries; sampling methods | ||||
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