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Biological Control of Certain Sugar Beet Insects by Two Salticid Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Egyptian Sugar Beet Fields

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Recent studies in agriculture focusing on reducing  insecticide uses which  have lead to growing interest in spiders as potential biocontrol agents. Salticidae is the largest family of spiders, with over 5000 species. Many studies have demonstrated that spiders can significantly reduce insect pest densities. Thus, this current work was carried out at the Experimental Farm of Sakha Agricultural Research Station, Kafr El – Sheikh Governorate during 2021 / 2022 and 2022 / 2023 seasons.This study recorded two salticid species in Egyptian sugar beet fields; Heliophanillus fulgens (O.P. Cambridge) and Neaetha cerussata (Simon, 1868). In addition to, the findings demonstrated that the dominant prey to these  salticid spiders were Pegomyia mixta Vill. (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) larvae, Scrobipalpa ocellatella (Boyd.) (Lepidotptera: Gelechiidae) larvae , Cassidavittata Vill. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larvae (different instars), Spodoptera spp.( Lepidotptera: Noctuidae) larvae , and aphid species (Homoptera: Aphididae) (nymph+adults). In the light of these results, spiders (Araneae) espically salticid species,  may help reduce the population of sugar beet insects, without using insecticides.

DOI

10.21608/jppp.2024.264795.1211

Keywords

biological, control, Salticidae, Sugar beet, Egyptian

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Hassan

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M.

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1Biology Department, Faculty of Science at Yanbu, Taibah University, King Khalid Rd. , AlAmoedi, 46423, Yanbu El-Bahr, Saudi Arabia. 2Department of Economic Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafr El Sheikh University 335 16, Kafr El – Sheikh, Egypt.

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hanyhasan3@yahoo.com

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K.

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Bazazo

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G.

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Sugar Crops Res. Insti. Agricultural Res. Center, Egypt.

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kamalbazazo23@gmail.com

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15

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46121

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2024-02-01

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2024-03-04

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2024-02-01

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75

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80

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2090-3677

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2090-3758

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Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology

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Biological Control of Certain Sugar Beet Insects by Two Salticid Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Egyptian Sugar Beet Fields

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30 Dec 2024