Abstract—Termites are eusocial insects that are found on all continents except Antarctica. Termites have serious destructive impact, damaging local huts and crops of poor subsistence. The annual cost of termite damage and its control is determined in the billions globally. In Egypt, most of these damages are due to the subterranean termite species especially the sand termit hypostoma. Pyrethroids became ... إقراء المزيد

EVALUATION OF HERBICIDES EFFICIENCY ON SUGARCANE CROP By Amira, O. A. Baker1, Ahmed, A. A. Sallam2, and Ashraf, O. Abd El-latif2 _1 Agricultural Research Station, kom-Ombo, Aswan, Agricultural Research center,Dokki, Giza, Egypt_ _2Plant Protection Dept. Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt_ _ABSTRACT_- The present study was carried out at kom-Ombo Agricultural Research Station farm, Aswan Governorate, Agricultural Research Center, ... إقراء المزيد

The objective of the study is to study the population density of the white bellied rat Rattus rattus frugivorus at the Experimental Station of the Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University in El-Kawther city, Sohag Governorate, Egypt for 2014-2016 years. The results were showed that the population density of white bellied rat, R.r. frugivorus increases in summer and decreases in winter. ... إقراء المزيد

The toxicity of seven pesticides belonging to different chemical groups asmetaldehyde, abamectin, methomyl, profenofos,copper hydroxyl, chlorfenapyr and imidaclopridby using three different methodsas DLL (Dipping lettuce leaves), BBMB (Baits of bran with methylene blue) and BBM (Baits of bran with molasses) against land snails, M. obstracta under laboratory conditions. Results presented that metaldehyde was the most toxic compound where LC50 values ... إقراء المزيد

Eight insecticides used in the present study were chloropyriphose, methomyl, lambada cyhalothrine, imidacolpyrid, abamectin, chlorfenapyr, chlorantraniliprole, and emamectin benzoate representing different insecticides with different modes of action were chosen to evaluate their toxicity against the tomato leaf miner, T. absoluta under laboratory and field condiations. Data clearly indicate that the order of efficiency of the tested insecticides was the same ... إقراء المزيد