Hekmat B. Alhmadi
Department of Chemistry,College of Medicine, AL-Muthanna University, Iraq.
Nabeel Abdalla Al-Kaeath, Malik H. Karem
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, AL-Muthanna University, Iraq.
A Novel Study in Iraq Changing The Behavior of Food Preference for Adult Ladybirds on Aphis Fabae Scopoili when Spraying Prey with Plants Extracts
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Abstract
During the present study, the method of attracting the predator (Ladybird) to one of its preference food (Aphis fabae Scopoili) was sprayed with three extracts of plants (Radish, Corn and Nerium) at a concentration of 75% extract / distilled water. Mile Ladybird adult with eleven points (Coccinella undecimpunctata) To measure the increase of (Aphis fabae Scopoili) A. fabae when spraying the extracts of these plants on the leaves of prey. The results showed a predilection of adult predator during all stages of the study to consume the highest percentage of Aphis fabae Scopoiliinsect when sprayed with a solution of the solution and then repeated the experiment when applying potted plants infected with Aphis fabae Scopoili and were treated the same way the three above By 5%.