Taghreed Anad Mahmood Al-Khazraji and Husham Naji Hameed✉
Department of Life Sciences, College of Education, Samarra University Department of Life Sciences, College of Education, Samarra University, Iraq
Received: Mar 2, 2023/ Revised: Mar 28, 2023/ Accepted: Mar 30, 2023
(✉) Corresponding Author: tghrydnad65@gmail.com
Abstract
The study was conducted on ornamental plants located in the Dujail district of Salah al-Din Governorate for the year 2021-2022 in the winter and summer season of insect predators, as the larvae of the predator Coccinella septempunctata were more abundant on the succulent plant, so the average number of larvae in the winter season was 12.3. As for the adults, the parasite Aphidius ervi Haliday on the aster plant was 16.7, while the summer season the density of larvae and adults of the predator Coccinella septempunctata on the zinnia plant was 8.3 and 5.7, respectively.
Keywords: Insect Pests, Ornamental Plants, Predators
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How to cite this article
Al-Khazraji, T. A. M. and Hameed, H. N. (2023). Estimation of the numerical number of insect predators on ornamental plants. Science Archives, Vol. 4(1),67-72. https://doi.org/10.47587/SA.2023.4111
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