Dynamics of Aphids on Pepper Plant Depending on Its Natural Enemy Coccinella Algerica Kovar, 1977 at Bioresources Station (Biskra, Algeria)

I Malika, Rahmouni; Mohamed, Belhamra; Kamel, Ben Salah M.

doi:10.21608/eajbsa.2019.46197

Dynamics of Aphids on Pepper Plant Depending on Its Natural Enemy Coccinella Algerica Kovar, 1977 at Bioresources Station (Biskra, Algeria)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ 1. Mohamed Khider University of Biskra, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Sciences of Nature and Life. Department of Agronomic Sciences. Biskra-Algeria. 2. Scientific and technical Research center on the Arid Regions C.R.S.T.R.A. Biskra, Algeria

² Laboratory diversity of ecosystems and dynamics of production systems agriculture in arid zones, university Mohamed Khider. Department of Agricultural Sciences. Biskra; Algérie

³ Scientific and technical Research center on the Arid Regions C.R.S.T.R.A. Biskra, Algeria

10.21608/eajbsa.2019.46197

Abstract

The importance of the damage caused by aphids on Solanaceae crop in greenhouse has stimulated the present research, regarding the monitoring of the aphid dynamics on the pepper in greenhouse according to its agent of spontaneous regulation within a framework of biological control.
This study permit to follow the fluctuations in the aphid populations, as well as those of their predator ladybug Coccinella algerica knowing that period of aphid activity (extends from March until the beginning of May) correlated with the period of activity of Coccinella algerica (which extends between the months of March until mid-June).

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