تقدير ضرر الديدان السلكية Agriotes spp. على محصول البطاطا في وسط العراق

الملخص EN

The study was conducted in three different fields in Radhwania, provenance of Baghdad – Iraq during 2003 and 2004 growing season of potato crop in order to assessment the damge caused by Wireworm Agriotes spp.

The percent of infection and damage in spring season is higher than that in fall season.

The percentage of the damage tubers were 37% of the total number and 50.60% as percentage of total weight, where as the percentage in fall season were 18.52% and 22.62% respectively.

The most injured and damage tubers were reported in the classes of small weighted tubers .

The damaged tubers as percentage taken from the injured tubers represent more than 50% in the all classes of tubers.

it is possible to determine the level of injury or damge depending on only the number of the holes without cutting the tuber