Abou-Tayesh, M.A.M.

Survey of soil acarina and collembola inhabiting onion (Allium cepa, L.) at two locations in Egypt [electronic resource]. حصر لاكاروسات التربة والكولمبولا المصاحبة لمحصول البصل فى منطقتين بمصر. - p.1020-1034.

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Two different locations were selected for carrying out the present investigation (Desouk city at Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate and Sadat City at Menufiya Governorate). The investigated fields were grown up with Onion crop (Allium cepa, L.) fauna was recorded till 20 cm soil deep. An investigation that lasted for seven months in two seasons was conducted aimed to survey the occurring soil arthropods and the diversity between species and families within the recorded organism in the two selected cites. Results revealed in recording 12, 10 and 15 species of collembola, predacious mite and miscellaneous mite, respectively belonging to 33 families from Desouk city,. While, Sadat city region, recorded 9, 8 and 12 species of collembola,


Summary in Arabic.


Onions--Diseases and pests.
Mites.
Mites--Classification.
Collembola--Egypt.