Research article

EVALUATION OF SOME ELEMENTS OF INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT IN CONTROLLING THE WHITE FLY, BEMISIA TABACI (HEMIPTERA: ALEYRODIDAE), WHICH INFECTS OKRA CROP IN CENTRAL IRAQ.

Zahraa Hamza abbas and Feryal Hassony Sadik

Online First: June 10, 2023


This study was conducted in a field belonging to the Department of Horticulture at the College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences / University of Baghdad for the season 2021-2022 with the aim of controlling the white fly (Hemipteh: Aleyrodidac) Bemisia tabaci on the okra crop with three cultivars (bitra, hasanawia, Abeer) and with three dates using three species of the pesticides are the chemical pesticide Decis and growth regulators Applaud, Match. The results showed the excelled of the Decis pesticide, as it achieved the highest killing rate (71.58, 74.94, 77.11) for the cultivar Btre and for the three dates. The results also showed excelled of the pesticide itself for hasanawia cultivar and for the three dates with a killing rate of (74.04, 74.94, 77.11).Where the killing rate for the cultivar and for the three dates was (70.41, 76.13, 79.27). The results of the study showed that the cultivar was superior to the rest of the other cultivars, and the third date was excelled on the rest of the other dates.

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