Studies on the leafminers; Liromyza cicerina (rondani) and Liariomyza bryoniae (kaltenbach) (diptera: agromyzidae) and their parasitoids in faba bean in Egypt [electronic resource].

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Liriomyza cicerina (Rondani) is a new recorded pest species attacking faba bean, Vicia faba L., at Damnhour and with L. bryoniae (Kaltenbach) at Sids and El-Zarka. L. bryoniae was found with L. sativae (Blanchard) and L. congesta (Becker) at Luxor. Mine density, larval and pupal parasitism were studied on untreated faba bean plants at Damnhour and sids during 1999-2000 season. Mine density was generally higher at Sids than at Damnhour. It coincided 35.6, 37.3% and 1.6, 10.9% of larval and pupal parasitism. In both regions, mine density increased gradually then declined at the peaks of parasitism, after two weeks from infestation and during March. Larval parasitism and mine density harboured the highest levels on the lower and middle leaflets when compared with the other two levels.

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