ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON INSECT PARASITOIDS ATTACKING PINK HIBISCUS MEALYBUG Maconellicoccus hirsutus (GREEN) (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AT KAFR EL- SHEIKH GOVERNORATE
El-Sherbeni, A., El-Hawary, I., Farrag, Z., Hendawy, A., Mashaal, R. (2010). ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON INSECT PARASITOIDS ATTACKING PINK HIBISCUS MEALYBUG Maconellicoccus hirsutus (GREEN) (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AT KAFR EL- SHEIKH GOVERNORATE. EKB Journal Management System, 1(11), 909-920. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86955
A. E. El-Sherbeni; I. S. El-Hawary; Z. S. Farrag; A. S. Hendawy; R. E. Mashaal. "ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON INSECT PARASITOIDS ATTACKING PINK HIBISCUS MEALYBUG Maconellicoccus hirsutus (GREEN) (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AT KAFR EL- SHEIKH GOVERNORATE". EKB Journal Management System, 1, 11, 2010, 909-920. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86955
El-Sherbeni, A., El-Hawary, I., Farrag, Z., Hendawy, A., Mashaal, R. (2010). 'ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON INSECT PARASITOIDS ATTACKING PINK HIBISCUS MEALYBUG Maconellicoccus hirsutus (GREEN) (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AT KAFR EL- SHEIKH GOVERNORATE', EKB Journal Management System, 1(11), pp. 909-920. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86955
El-Sherbeni, A., El-Hawary, I., Farrag, Z., Hendawy, A., Mashaal, R. ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON INSECT PARASITOIDS ATTACKING PINK HIBISCUS MEALYBUG Maconellicoccus hirsutus (GREEN) (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AT KAFR EL- SHEIKH GOVERNORATE. EKB Journal Management System, 2010; 1(11): 909-920. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86955

ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON INSECT PARASITOIDS ATTACKING PINK HIBISCUS MEALYBUG Maconellicoccus hirsutus (GREEN) (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AT KAFR EL- SHEIKH GOVERNORATE

Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology
Article 7, Volume 1, Issue 11, November 2010, Page 909-920  XML PDF (363.5 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86955
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Authors
A. E. El-Sherbeni1; I. S. El-Hawary1; Z. S. Farrag1; A. S. Hendawy2; R. E. Mashaal1
1Plant Protection Dept. (Economic Entomology), Fac. Agric., Tanta Univ.
2Biological Control Res. Dept., Plant Protection Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Center
Abstract
A search for theParasitoids of the pink hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus(Green) was conducted at Kafr El- Sheikh Governorate. Two parasitoids were recorded; the first one was Allotropa mercida (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) which was the most abundant with 13.37 and 16.84 % parasitism during 2005/06 - 2006/ 07, while the second one was Anagyrus kamali (Moursi) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) with 6.68 and 5.75 % parasitism. The parasitoids were found during a period extending from mid March till early December, and the highest populations of the both parasitoids occurred in September. Both parasitoids, A. kamali and A. mercida population exhibited positive response to the increase of its host population. The effect of temperature and relative humidity on parasitoids was assessed during various seasons.  
Keywords
Maconellicoccus hirsutus; Anagyrus kamali; Allotropa mecrida; Encyrtidae; Platygastridae; Parasitism
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