TY - SER AU - Abd El-Karelm,A.I. AU - El-Nagar,M.E. AU - Marouf,Amal E. TI - Survey of predaceous insects associated with four medicinal plants KW - Insect pests KW - Biological control KW - Medicinal plants KW - Diseases and pests KW - Predatory insects KW - Chamomile KW - Coriandrum sativum KW - Fennel KW - Caraway N1 - Includes references N2 - The present work was conducted during 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 seasons to survey the predaceous insect species inhabiting certain medicinal plants chamomile , (Matricaria chamomilla) coriander,(Coriandrum sativum L) Fennel, (Foeniculum vulgare Miller) and caraway,( Carum carvi, L ) The predaceous insects were collected by using the sweeping net and yellow sticky traps. Results showed that the sweeping net proved to be the best method to collect all the tested predaceous insect species. Yellow sticky traps have a remarkable selectivity for attracting certain predaceous species UR - http://nile.enal.sci.eg/EALE/2011/MUJPPP/211/6/623.pdf ER -