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Biweekly field visits starting
from January to the end of April 2011 were conducted to tomato fields
(open and plastic houses) heavily
infested with the tomato borer Tuta absoluta, in order to survey natural
enemies associated with this pest.
Three hemipterans were found: Orius albidipennis, Orius sp. (Anthocoridae)
and Nesidiocoris tenuis (Miridae).
In addition, the parasitic wasp Bracon (Habrobracon) concolorans,
(Hymenoptera: Brachonidae) is recorded for the first
time from Jordan.
Biweekly field trips were
conducted to collect natural enemies associated with T. absoluta in
heavily
infested tomato fields in the
different parts of Jordan from January to the end of April 2011.The survey
included farms in Central and
Southern Jordan Valley (Ghour As Safi, at southern tip of the Dead Sea). The
specimens were collected by
aspirator or by direct picking from tomato in open fields and plastic houses.
Most of
the natural enemies, especially
the parasites, were collected after the infestation exceeded the economic
injury level and no more
insecticides were applied. The specimens were kept in small vials containing
75% alcohol
and sent to the National History
Museum in UK to confirm our preliminary identifications. Voucher
specimens were preserved in the
University of Jordan Insect Museum.
Bracon
(Habrobracon) Concolorans (Marshall, 1900), (Hymenoptera:
Brachonidae)
Orius
Albidipennis (Reuter,
1884) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae)
Orius Sp. (Hemiptera:
Anthocoridae)
Nesidiocoris
Tenuis (Reuter,
1895)
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World Applied Sciences Journal 17
(5): 589-592, 2012
ISSN 1818-4952
̮̩̉̉ IDOSI Publications, 2012
Corresponding
Author: Ahmad
Katbeh- Bader, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture,
University of Jordan, Amman 11942 Jordan. E-mail; [email protected] Tel:
009626-5355000. Extension. 22521. 589
First
Observation and Identification of Some Natural Enemies
Collected from
Heavily Infested Tomato by Tuta absoluta
(Meyrick)
(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Jordan
1Ibrahim J.
Al-Jboory, 2Ahmad Katbeh-
Bader and 3Al-Zaidi Shakir
1Department of Plant Protection,
College of Agriculture, University of Baghdad, Iraq
2Department of Plant Protection,
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, Amman 11942 Jordan
3Russell IPM, 68 Third Avenue,
Deeside Industrial Park, Flinshire, CH5 2LA, UK