El-Sherbeni, A., El-Hawary, I., Farrag, Z., Hendawy, A., Mashaal, R. (2010). ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON INSECT PARASITOIDS ATTACKING PINK HIBISCUS MEALYBUG Maconellicoccus hirsutus (GREEN) (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AT KAFR EL- SHEIKH GOVERNORATE. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 1(11), 909-920. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86955
A. E. El-Sherbeni; I. S. El-Hawary; Z. S. Farrag; A. S. Hendawy; R. E. Mashaal. "ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON INSECT PARASITOIDS ATTACKING PINK HIBISCUS MEALYBUG Maconellicoccus hirsutus (GREEN) (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AT KAFR EL- SHEIKH GOVERNORATE". Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 1, 11, 2010, 909-920. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86955
El-Sherbeni, A., El-Hawary, I., Farrag, Z., Hendawy, A., Mashaal, R. (2010). 'ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON INSECT PARASITOIDS ATTACKING PINK HIBISCUS MEALYBUG Maconellicoccus hirsutus (GREEN) (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AT KAFR EL- SHEIKH GOVERNORATE', Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 1(11), pp. 909-920. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86955
El-Sherbeni, A., El-Hawary, I., Farrag, Z., Hendawy, A., Mashaal, R. ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON INSECT PARASITOIDS ATTACKING PINK HIBISCUS MEALYBUG Maconellicoccus hirsutus (GREEN) (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AT KAFR EL- SHEIKH GOVERNORATE. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2010; 1(11): 909-920. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86955
ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON INSECT PARASITOIDS ATTACKING PINK HIBISCUS MEALYBUG Maconellicoccus hirsutus (GREEN) (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) AT KAFR EL- SHEIKH GOVERNORATE
2Biological Control Res. Dept., Plant Protection Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Center
Abstract
A search for theParasitoids of the pink hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus(Green) was conducted at Kafr El- Sheikh Governorate. Two parasitoids were recorded; the first one was Allotropa mercida (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) which was the most abundant with 13.37 and 16.84 % parasitism during 2005/06 - 2006/ 07, while the second one was Anagyrus kamali (Moursi) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) with 6.68 and 5.75 % parasitism. The parasitoids were found during a period extending from mid March till early December, and the highest populations of the both parasitoids occurred in September. Both parasitoids, A. kamali and A. mercida population exhibited positive response to the increase of its host population. The effect of temperature and relative humidity on parasitoids was assessed during various seasons.