Effect of some Materials for Controlling Green Peach Aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 faculty of science, Al- Azhar University ( for Girls), ARE

2 Plant Protection Research Institute- Agriculture Research Center, ARE

3 Faculty of science, Al- Azhar University ( for Girls), ARE

Abstract

Myzus persicae (Sulzer)is one of major insect pests which infest many vegetable crops especially potato plants. Some natural materials such as, neem oil, menthol oil and nano chitosan were used in controlling M. persicae. The results showed that, neem oil was the most effective compound in controlling M. persicae with LC50 63.60 ppm, followed by menthol oil then nano chitosan with LC50 100.26 and 101.62 ppm, respectively.