International Journal of Tropical Insect Science (2021) 41, 1683-1687

Hisham Mohammed El-Bassouiny (2021)
Environmental friendly technique to control cotton pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella in Egypt
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 41 (2), 1683-1687
Abstract: The cotton bollworms are major pests that reduce yield and quality of the growing cotton crop all over the world. (PBW) pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella onseder a common injurious bollworms of cotton in Egypt, a field studies were performed to evaluate the management of mercantile bollworm pheromones and/with parasitoid Trichogramma evanecens, compared with recommended bollworms insecticides, carried out at El-Behira, governorate, Egypt, during two cotton seasons (2018 and 2019) to reduce the population's density of (PBW) pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella. The obtained results revealed that the treatment of pheromones and/ with parasitoids induced real reduction of pink bollworm infestation (90%) followed by insecticide (88–87%) in both seasons respectively. Furthermore, the costly economic ratio of pheromones and/with parasitoids was less than insecticides and gave highest cotton yield. Specific friendly technique pheromones and/with parasitoids had good potential for providing effective protection system for pink bollworm.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
evaluation - screening - selection

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Pectinophora gossypiella	Cotton (Gossypium)	Egypt
Trichogramma evanescens (parasitoid)	Pectinophora gossypiella	Cotton (Gossypium)	Egypt