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ESTIMATION OF PERCENT INFESTATION AND RECORD OF THREE PREDATORS OF COLORAD POTATO | ||
| IRAQ JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE | ||
| Article 1, Volume 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 0-0 | ||
| Author | ||
| S. A. Saleh | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The results of estimation of infestation percentage of Colorado potato beetle (CPB) Leptinotarsa decemlineata in the fields of the solaneous plants in Al-Sallameyyah, Bashiqah, Hammam Al-Alil, Rashedeyyah and Telkif areas showed that the infestation was observed in the fields of potato and eggplant and the insect was not observed in tomato and green pepper fields. The general infestation percentage ratio in the potato fields reached 21.6% in comparison to 12.2% in the fields of eggplant. Concerning the survey of the natural enemies of Colorado potato beetle, results revealed that there were three predators found on the stages which are Zicrona coerulea L. from the subfamily Asopinae, which belong to family Pentatomidae (Hemiptrera), it is considered as first record as a predator on the CPB in Iraq; and the second predator was Pullus syriacus (Mars.) from the family Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), and this predator is registered for the first time as a predator of the CPB eggs in the world. However, there is another predator that is not identified which belongs to the family Carabidae (Coleoptera) it was observed preying on insect larvae of CPB. | ||
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