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Suitability of Egyptian Clover and Alfalfa as Safe Habitats Tonatural Enemies in The Egyptian Agrosystem

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Economic entomology

Abstract

In Egypt, clover is the main forage crop, particularly in winter. It plays a vital role in the sustainability of agricultural ecosystem, as it enriches the soil by fixation of atmospheric nitrogen. Clover is an environmentally friendly crop because no pesticides are used.  The present study was carried out at the experiment farm of Sakha Agricultural Research Sation during 2020/2021 and 2021/ 2022 seasons from November to June to survey arthropods using the seep net at Egyptian clover, Trifolium alexandrium and alfalfa, Medicago sativa fields.
The relative abundances of nine insect pest species were monitored. The specific insect pest of clover, Hypera brunnipennis (Boheman) was collected in small portions (5.16 and 4.83% out of total collected insect pests) from Egyptian clover and alfalfa plots, respectively. Sitona lividipes exhibited the highest relative abundance with values of 57.15 and 30.92% on Egyptian clover and alfalfa, respectively. On the other hand, 17 insect predator species were collected. Orius spp. were the most occurring predators, with relative abundances of 24.64 and 25.96%, and coccinellids exhibited considerable portions with values of 45.07 and 53.51%  out of total collected predators on both crops, respectively. Parasitism of Hypera brunnipennis eggs by Anaphes fusceipennis was monitoredfrom March 23rd till the end of the season, and was assessed as 21.72 and 17.92% in the first and second seasons, respectively.

DOI

10.21608/jalexu.2024.272983.1191

Keywords

Egyptian clover, alfalfa Hypera brunnipennis, natural enemies

Authors

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Amany

Last Name

A. Khalifa

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Department of Biological Control Research, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt-

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amanykhalifa268@gmail.com

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First Name

Badawy

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S.M.

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A.

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Forage Crops ResearchDepartment, Field Crops Research Institute, ARC,Giza, Egypt

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abdelkarimbadawy@gmail.com

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29

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1

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45940

Issue Date

2024-03-01

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2024-02-26

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2024-03-31

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72

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84

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1110-5585

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2785-9525

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1,789

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Journal of the Advances in Agricultural Researches

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

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Suitability of Egyptian Clover and Alfalfa as Safe Habitats Tonatural Enemies in The Egyptian Agrosystem

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28 Dec 2024