Author(s): I.S. Eissa
Article publication date: 1983-03-01
Vol. 1 No. 1 (yearly), pp. 224-230.
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Keywords
Vegetables, Qatar, insects
Abstract
Brevicoryne brassicae and Aphis gossypii were recorded to be the two most important insect pests of vegetables grown in Qatar. The present studies revealed that out of cabbage, radish and garden rocket, the first one proved to be the most preferred host for Brevicoryne brassicae (L) followed by garden rocket. Radish. however, did not prove conductive to the development of this pest. On the other hand. Aphis gossypii was found to develop equally on squash and cucumber. Snake cucumber, however, proved to be the least preferred host out of the three.