Evaluation of some alternative control methods of wasp beetle, Chlorophorus varius mull. (coleoptera: cerambycidae) in mango orchards in Egypt [electronic resource].

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Alternative control methods of Chlorophorus varius Mull. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in mango orchards by horticultural, mechanical, microbial, and local chemical treatments were evaluated at El-Tall El-Kebeer, Ismailia Governorate during one and two successive years (2009/2010 and 2010/2011). The respective rates reductions of infestation with the following 12 treatments applied for single and two successive years were as follows: dormant pruning (31.04% increased to 45.45%), summer pruning (5.7 increased to 7.14%), dormant and summer pruning (34.9 increased to 48.21%), worming (4.19 increased to 6.85%), bacterial or fungal (8.39 or 6.88 increased to 14.58 or 11.31%), local painting or local spraying (73.32 or 72.15 increased to 84.52 or 79.46%), pruning, worming, together with bacterial or fungal (38.76 or 40.27 increased to 49.40 or 48.81%), while pruning, worming, and local painting or local spraying treatments (84.23 or 82.55 increased to 95.24 or 93.75%). Accordingly, it could be recommended that control of C. varius could be effectively achieved by the safe means such as winter pruning and local painting or spraying of the infested sites.

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