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Influence of Various Ecological Factors on Population Fluctuations of Icerya Seychellarum (Westwood) Infesting Guava Orchard in El-Behara Governorate.

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Economic entomology

Abstract

Icerya seychellarum (Westwood) (Homoptera: Monophelibidae) is the most important mealybug species in Egypt which attacking guava orchards. The purpose of this study was to observe the fluctuations in population of this insect pest in guava orchards throughout two seasons of 2020/ 2021 and 2021/ 2022 in  Rashed region, El-Behara  governorate. The obtained results indicated that, I. seychellarum had 2-3 peaks of population density during the first and second years of the study. There was a good synchronization between nymphal population of I. seychellarum and populations of the two predators Rodalia cardinalis (Mulsant) (r= 0.69 and0.78) and Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) (r = 0.63 and 0.61) during the previous period. The impact of weather factors (temperature and relative humidity) on population of  I. seychellarum and the associated predators (R. cardinalis and C. carnea) were examined.

DOI

10.21608/jalexu.2023.243472.1161

Keywords

Seychellarum mealybug, Predators, synchronization, guava, weather factors

Authors

First Name

wafaa

Last Name

El_Baradey

MiddleName

M. M.

Affiliation

Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Email

wafaaelbaradey3@gmail.com

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First Name

Elsayed

Last Name

Refaei

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Egypt

Email

rfes2000@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

https://orcid.org/00

First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Amer

MiddleName

E. S.

Affiliation

Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Email

dr.marwasanad@gmail.com

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-

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Volume

28

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

44127

Issue Date

2023-12-01

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2023-10-18

Publish Date

2023-12-01

Page Start

795

Page End

802

Print ISSN

1110-5585

Online ISSN

2785-9525

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https://jalexu.journals.ekb.eg/article_325995.html

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3

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Research papers

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1,789

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Journal

Publication Title

Journal of the Advances in Agricultural Researches

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https://jalexu.journals.ekb.eg/

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Influence of Various Ecological Factors on Population Fluctuations of Icerya Seychellarum (Westwood) Infesting Guava Orchard in El-Behara Governorate.

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28 Dec 2024