Fadel Rahim Ali Khazraji and Husham Naji Hameed
Department of Life Sciences, College of Education, Samarra University
Received: Nov 27, 2022/ Revised: Dec 20, 2022/ Accepted: Dec 22, 2022
Abstract
The results of the study on tomato cultivars (AMWAJ, NOUN, MAESTRO, BAYAN) in tomato fields located in the Dujail region of Salah al-Din governorate showed that insect predators were present in abundance in the tomato crop, as the average number of pests for the cultivar was in the two regions Dujail1 and Dujail2 (the average is the larvae of the predator), 7.46, 6.75, and 6.39, respectively. As for the (average of predatory animals), they were 21, 5.29, 4.56, and 3.23, respectively.
Keywords: Predator, cultivar, Tomato, predatory animals
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Ali Khazraji, F. R. and Hameed, H. N. (2022). Estimation of the numerical number of some insect predators on four tomato cultivars. Chemical and Environmental Science Archives, Vol. 2(4), 40-45. https://doi.org/10.47587/CESA.2022.2402
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