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Effect of Bunch Covering and Biological Control on Insects and Microbial Load of Date Palm Fruits

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Palm pests and diseases.(control)

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of bunch covering and biological control on safety from insects and microbes of two date palm cultivars grown in Egypt, Siwi date (semi dry cv.) in two zones (El-Dakhla and Bahariya Oasis) and Bartamoda (dry cv.) in Aswan governorate during two successive seasons 2020 and 2021. The results found that insect pests such as Parlatoria blanchardii, Carpophilus sp., Oryzaephilus surinamensis and Ephestia calidella in semi-dry and dry dates without bunch cover and biological control comparing other treatments. Results indicated that bunch covering of date fruits at the suitable time and biological control with Trichogramma sp. cards were reduced number of insects, symptoms, and microbial loads of date fruits higher than that other ones. Insect infestation percentages were ranged from (9.85) to (18.82 %) of Sewi semi dry dates. while, (7.8 and 9.5 %) of Bartamoda dry dates with control. while, the treated bunch covering and biological control were reduced less than (3.11 %) of semi dry dates and less than 2.88% of dry dates, respectively. Also, results indicated that using Trichogramma sp. cards in sawmill reduced infestation percentages and microbial loads compared with control.

DOI

10.21608/esjp.2022.255827

Keywords

date fruits, bunch covering, pest control, biological control, microbial load

Authors

First Name

M

Last Name

Assous

MiddleName

T

Affiliation

The Central Laboratory of Date Palm Researches and Development, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, 12619, Egypt.

Email

assous2010@yahoo.com

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First Name

W

Last Name

El-Shafei

MiddleName

K

Affiliation

The Central Laboratory of Date Palm Researches and Development, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, 12619, Egypt.

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Orcid

0000-0002-9746-7832

First Name

L

Last Name

Lewaa

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

The Central Laboratory of Date Palm Researches and Development, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, 12619, Egypt.

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First Name

A

Last Name

Abd- Allah,

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

The Central Laboratory of Date Palm Researches and Development, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, 12619, Egypt.

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City

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-

First Name

Y

Last Name

Diab

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

The Central Laboratory of Date Palm Researches and Development, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, 12619, Egypt.

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City

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Orcid

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First Name

Ezz Eldin

Last Name

Gadalla

MiddleName

GadAlla

Affiliation

Horticulture and Biotecnology, CLDPRD, ARC

Email

ezzgad20@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0001-6569-6385

Volume

2

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

36308

Issue Date

2022-01-01

Receive Date

2022-08-22

Publish Date

2022-01-01

Page Start

13

Page End

23

Online ISSN

2735-5152

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https://esjp.journals.ekb.eg/article_255827.html

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255,827

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Researches

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2,258

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian International Journal of Palms

Publication Link

https://esjp.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Effect of Bunch Covering and Biological Control on Insects and Microbial Load of Date Palm Fruits

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Article

Created At

23 Jan 2023