| publication name | EVALUATION OF SOME BIOPESTICIDES AND THEIR ADDITIVES APPLIED IN MAIZE FIELDS ON SESAMIA , CRETICA(LED.) |
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| Authors | SHALABY, F. F. , A. A. HAFEZ1, M. F. EL-METWAL.LY2 AND AMANI.S. EL-HEFNY2 |
| year | 2007 |
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| Local/International | Local |
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Abstract
Field treatments 2003 & 2004 early summer season, the 9 assayed treatments bacterial biopesticides alone and mixed with additives (molasses 10% and K2C03 1%) were evaluated against Sesamia cretica (Led.) in maize fields. Dipel at lower concentration [I] + molasses 10%, Dipel at higher concentration [II] and Dipel [I] + K2C03, could be, fairly, considered the best treatments. Those led to more than 80% reduction in egg-masses, mostly more than 7O% reduction in S. cret/ca larval counts, more than 75% reduction in the dead heart-cases, increasing the resultant dry ears yield (17.1, 16.0 and 14.8 ardab / feddan), reflects 95.9, 83.7 and 69.4% increase in corn yield than control, respectively. In addition, these treatments manifested latent effect when caused severest reduction in pupal weight ranged 30.9 to 43.56% than control. Also, evaluation of these treatments proved as more safe of predaceous insects when achieved higher numbers of predaceous insects were recorded after using D [I] + molasses and D [Ij + K2C03 in early summer maize season. Accordingly these treatments have to be considered as main component of the integrated pest management items of the pink stem borer S. cretica Led.