ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Impact of Foliar Treatments on Aulacaspis tubercularis Control and Mango Yield
 
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Department of Scale Insects and Mealybugs Research, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, 12619 Giza, Egypt
 
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Guangxi Key Laboratory for Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Science Education, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P. R. China
 
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State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi Key Laboratory for Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Science Education, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, Guangxi, China
 
 
Submission date: 2024-07-20
 
 
Final revision date: 2024-08-27
 
 
Acceptance date: 2024-09-21
 
 
Online publication date: 2024-12-30
 
 
Corresponding author
Moustafa Mohamed Sabry Bakry   

Scale Insects and Mealybugs Research Department, Plant Protection Research Institute, A.R.C, Dokii, Giza, Egypt., ESNA, LUXOR, Egypt
 
 
Xiaoyun Wang   

Guangxi Key Laboratory for Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Science Education, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P. R. China
 
 
 
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Aulacaspis tubercularis (Newstead) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) is one of the most important pests of mango trees. Therefore, the first objective of the work is to field-evaluate some chemical and nonchemical control agents against the white-scale insect on Golek mango trees. The second goal is to determine the effectiveness of eight foliar treatments applied with and without the addition of potassium silicate and zinc sulfate in improving the productivity and quality of mango fruits. According to the findings, A. tubercularis adult females were less susceptible to the evaluated treatments than the nymphs. Additionally, Actellic treatment proved to be the most successful in controlling A. tubercularis nymphs and adult females on mango leaves. Even though orange oil treatment was the least dangerous treatment for this pest, a number of evaluations are necessary to determine how effective these treatments are for beneficial insects. Also, the highest increase in the fruits' physical characteristics, yield, and fruit quality compared to untreated trees was recorded in trees treated with pirimiphos-methyl in addition to a mixture of potassium silicate at 5 ml/liter of water and zinc sulfate at 5 g/liter of water. The lowest of them was seen in trees treated with orange oil only.
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