Survay of Arthropod that attacks date palm Fruits in Libya

Authors

  • Ali A. Bataw Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Omar Al-Mukhtar University - Al-Bayda p. B. 919 - Libya Author
  • A. A. Ben Saad The National Office for Agricultural Consultation and Studies - Tripoli - Libya. Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54172/mjsc.v2i1.452

Keywords:

Arthropod, Date palm Fruits, Libya

Abstract

The study of dates in Libya either in the field or stores revealed that the date fruit attacked with twenty two pests in all the fruit stages. Six of them recorded for the first time in Libya. The intensity of infestation show vary between the field and stores. Although most infestation started in field, but the clear symptoms and damages appeares on the stores. Also the study revealed that most damage caused by Lepidoptera species followed by Coleoptera species. The study provided a tramendous informations about the date fruit pests in Libya, their damages, geographical distribution and abundance.

Downloads

Published

1995-12-31

Issue

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Bataw, A. A., & Ben Saad, A. A. (1995). Survay of Arthropod that attacks date palm Fruits in Libya. Al-Mukhtar Journal of Sciences, 2(1), 87-96. https://doi.org/10.54172/mjsc.v2i1.452

Most read articles by the same author(s)