Survay of Arthropod that attacks date palm Fruits in Libya

• Ali A. Bataw

  Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Omar Al-Mukhtar University - Al-Bayda p. B. 919 - Libya

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• A. A. Ben Saad

  The National Office for Agricultural Consultation and Studies - Tripoli - Libya.

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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.

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