Effect of intercropping of some medical and aromatic plants as well as sow spacing in kidney bean to control the two spotied spider mite, Tetranychus urticae koch [electronic resource].

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An experiment was conducted in a field at Menoufiya Governorate to estimate the effect of intercropping of certain medical and or aromatic plants; as well as sow spacing on kidney bean plantation on the population of the two spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch in spring period during the two successive seasons (2010 and 2011). Kidney bean plant was cultivated as a control, each plant species of mint, fennel and black cumin was intercropped with the bean plant, and four sow spacing of kidney bean were chosen 10, 20, 30 and 40cm. The obtained results indicated that the population average numbers of the two spotted spider mite, T. urticae was a significantly different among the four different treatments in the both seasons (LSD; P < 0.05). The fennel intercropped on bean plant showed the lowest spider mite population, followed by the mint and black cumin whereas; the bean plant alone had the highest spider mite population during the two seasons.

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