Anzeiger für Schädlingskunde, Pflanzenschutz, Umweltschutz (2002) 75, 128-131

F.N. Zaki, M.F. El-Shaaraway and N.A. Farag (2002)
Populations of aphids, whiteflies and associated predators and parasites on different vegetables cultivated in plastic greenhouses
Anzeiger für Schädlingskunde, Pflanzenschutz, Umweltschutz 75 (5), 128-131
Abstract: During 1996 and 1997, populations of aphids and whiteflies and their parasites were studied in plastic greenhouses under a chemical control program and in those free of pesticides. In the greenhouses free of pesticides, the parasite A. colemani destroyed 14.7 % of the aphids. B. tabaci had no effect on the cucumbers during the spring cultivation. However, it attacked the autumn cultivation. The parasite E. mundus killed 30 % of these nymphs.
The parasite A. colemani parasitized up to 10 % of aphids on tomato plants in greenhouses free of chemical pesticides. The parasite E. mundus killed 15.7 % of whitefly nymphs.
In greenhouses under a chemical pesticides program, aphids and whiteflies were found on the plants at the end of the plantation season, after the pesticide spraying had stopped. Although the pest population was low, the parasite A. colemani parasitized 8 % of the aphid population. Whiteflies were not found on tomato plants in greenhouses under extensive pesticides use.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
surveys/distribution/isolation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Bemisia tabaci	Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)	Egypt
Aphidius colemani (parasitoid)			Egypt
Eretmocerus mundus (parasitoid)	Bemisia tabaci	Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)	Egypt