408996

THE ROLE OF SOME DIFFERENT SILICON FORMULATIONS AND WINDBREAKS TO CONTROL MANGO SHIELD SCALE INSECT (MILVISCUTULUS MANGIFERAE (GREEN) (HEMIPETRA: COCCIDAE) ON MANGO TREES AFFECTE

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Last updated: 01 Feb 2025

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Abstract

The current study was carried out during the two successive seasons of 2021 and 2022 on Ewais mango cultivar affected by the movement of sand dunes and grown in a private orchard in El-Mostakbal City, Ismailia Governorate, Egypt, to evaluate the effect of silicon formulations spraying and casuarina windbreak to control mango shield scale insect Milviscutulus mangiferae (green) (Hemipetra: Coccidae), and its effect on vegetative growth, leaf characteristics and yield. It can be concluded that the successful control of the mango shield scale insect can be achieved by diatom and Aglev Si 300 with a reduction percentage of more than 80%, followed by kaolin (60-87%) and bentonite (50-70%), respectively in different stages of mango shield scale insect (immature, adult and ovipositing adult stages). The efficacy of kaolineted potassium silicate and Si El-Ghanem compounds on the infestation percentage decreased with different stages with a reduction percentage of 79-91%, respectively against different stages of M. mangiferae. Extra power, triple power, boiled lime and sulfur against different stages had more than 90% reduction, compared to the control treatment. The results revealed that spraying silicon formulations with casuarina windbreak led to an increase in shoot diameter and length, leaf area, leaf total chlorophyll content, leaf water content, and yield. While, it decreased hard leaf character and leaf succulence grade, which led to an increase in the effectiveness of spraying silicon formulations in reducing infection. In addition, the casuarina windbreak significantly reduced sand drift.  

DOI

10.21608/ejdr.2024.328413.1187

Keywords

Milviscutulus mangiferae, Mango, minerals, potassium silicate, casuarina windbreak, sand drift, Vegetative growth, yield

Authors

First Name

Essam

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Pesticides Unit, Department of Plant Protection, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

Email

essamnewtoka@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-9734-3135

First Name

Sahar

Last Name

Attia

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

Department of Sand Dunes, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

Email

saharali376@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

0009-0003-4346-9415

First Name

Hosam Eldein

Last Name

Elgamal

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of Scale Insects and Mealy Bug, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center

Email

elgamalhosam@hotmail.com

City

-

Orcid

0009-0001-4253-8947

Volume

74

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

49920

Issue Date

2024-12-01

Receive Date

2024-10-22

Publish Date

2024-12-31

Page Start

459

Page End

493

Print ISSN

1687-8043

Online ISSN

2356-9875

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https://ejdr.journals.ekb.eg/article_408996.html

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408,996

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117

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Desert Research

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https://ejdr.journals.ekb.eg/

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THE ROLE OF SOME DIFFERENT SILICON FORMULATIONS AND WINDBREAKS TO CONTROL MANGO SHIELD SCALE INSECT (MILVISCUTULUS MANGIFERAE (GREEN) (HEMIPETRA: COCCIDAE) ON MANGO TREES AFFECTE

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01 Feb 2025