Background: Aphids are noxious and serious persistent insect pests in the open-fields and greenhouses worldwide. Many entomologists have studied the possibility of aphid control by applying ladybirds and green lacewings at different releasing rates either under open-field or unde...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2022/v14i330215
Background: Agrotis ipsilon (Hüfn.), is known as a hazardous destructive pest for corn, Zea mays (L.) in Egypt, where it negatively affects corn yield production. Using insecticides continuously were sharply affected the progress of pest development in the field. The frequent use...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2020/v10i430128
Background: The larval internal parasitoids in the genus Meteorus attack certain lepidopterous larvae in different Egyptian fields. Two species, M. rubens and M. gyrator were the most abundant species reared from several lepidopterous larval species, which feed on different host...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2020/v10i230105
Toxicity effects of Cyfluthrin insecticide on Agrotis ipsilon (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) immature stages were studied with respect to temperature thresholds and thermal requirements for each stage. The bioassays were carried out by applying the recommended concentration, its half a...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35076
Mamdouh Maher Matter, Atef Abd El-Rahman Ali, Shahira Saad El-Din Marei, Ola Omar El-Fandary, Nagy Abdellatef Farag & Mohamed Ahmed Gesraha·Asian Journal of Biology·2018
Aims: This work aims to explore the side effects of sulphur formulation (Sorell-98%) on two important beneficial insects to give the basis of sulphur impacts on them. Study Design: Evaluation of the effects of sulphur formulation on some predators naturally occurred in open field...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOB/2018/45607