Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) infesting apple, apricot, pear trees and their abundant parasitoids in Egypt

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Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza

Abstract

Scale insects are the major pests infesting apple, apricot and pear trees in Egypt.
The aim of the present work is to study a survey of scale insects infesting apple,
apricot, pear trees and their abundant parasitoids in Egypt. A survey of scale insects
infested apple, apricot, pear trees and their abundant parasitoids were carried out all
over Egypt during 2009-2011. The results indicated that apple, apricot and pear trees
were infested by 19, 10 and 10 scale insect species and associated with 12,6 and 8
parasitoid species, respectively.

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