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Losses of tomato crop by wild birds in El-Beheira and Matrouh governorates, Egypt

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Agricultural Zoology and Nematology

Abstract

Somewildbird species cause losses and damage to many agricultural crops, especially vegetable crops such as tomato. Such problem leads to reduce the sustainable development efforts and economic loss for the farmers. This research aims to estimate the losses of tomato fruits due to wild birds, with providing some recommendations to reduce these losses. The hooded crow (Corvus cornix sardonius Kleinschmidt, 1903) and house sparrow (Passer domesticus niloticus Nicoll and Bonhote, 1909) are major pests for many crops in Egypt. In this study during the growing season 2020, Bird damage assessment in tomatoes carried out in three agricultural districts (Abou-Hommos and Elqahir districts) in El-Beheira Governorate and (Elhamam district) in Matrouh Governorate was studied nearby buildings, trees and field crops habitats. Birds attacked tomato during the different Stages of maturity (The flowering stage - Immature green stage - Typical mature green stage - Breaker stage - Turning stage - Pink stage - Light red stage - Red stage - Over-ripe stage) during the twelve weeks from starting the flowering stage until the end of harvest with mean values (1.04 1.33 0.67 % in Abou-Hommos district and 1.83 2.50 1.00 % in Elqahir district at El-Beheira Governorate), and (1.50 1.92 0.79 % in Elhamam district at Matrouh Governorate) nearby buildings, trees and field crops habitats in all respectively. In conclusion, the highest damage caused by wild birds in tomatoes was recorded in the Light red stage during the 9th week, from starting the flowering stage are recorded (9.50%) nearby trees habitat in Elqahir district. Thus, we recommend to harvest tomato crops in the pink stage and left it until ripe, and avoid reaching the highest loss rate.

DOI

10.21608/ajar.2022.255498

Keywords

Losses, damage, wild bird, vegetable crops, Tomato

Authors

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Mahmoud

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Saad elsawy

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Agriculture Zoology and Nematology, Department, Faculty, Agriculture, Al- Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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mahmoudelsawy2617.el@azhar.edu.eg

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ابوحمص

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M. A.

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Mohafez

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Agriculture Zoology and Nematology, Department, Faculty, Agriculture, Al- Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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M. A.

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El- Danasory

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Agriculture Zoology and Nematology, Department, Faculty, Agriculture, Al- Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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Volume

47

Article Issue

1

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36279

Issue Date

2022-06-01

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2022-02-20

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2022-06-01

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1

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7

Print ISSN

1110-1563

Online ISSN

2786-0051

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https://ajar.journals.ekb.eg/article_255498.html

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929

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Al-Azhar Journal of Agricultural Research

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https://ajar.journals.ekb.eg/

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Losses of tomato crop by wild birds in El-Beheira and Matrouh governorates, Egypt

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22 Jan 2023