الإدارة المتكاملة لأهم الآفات الحشرية للنخيل Phoenix Dactylifera L. في محافظة البصرة جنوبي العراق

Abstract EN

Date palm tree Phoenix dactylifera L.

is one of the most important fruit trees in province of Basrah, Iraq.

The Plantation of date palms are infested by many key insect pests annually.

The Red Palm Weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790) is a devastating pest of palm trees, recently invaded the Iraqi date palm tree of Basrah.

Palm borers, the longhorn date palm stem borer Jebusaea hammerschmidtii (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and Rhinoceros beetle Oryctes spp.

(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) have been recognized also as serious pests.

However, Lesser Date Moth (LDM) Batrachedra amydraula (Lepidoptera: Batrachedridae) is a key pest of the fruits of dates.

In addition to the Termites which infested many date palm orchards in Basrah.

Pest recognition is an important step in integrated pest management.

Precise detection of e economical ly important pests in the field allows effective and efficient pest management programs to prevent damage to the agricultural products.

In this study, IPM protocols of the most economically significant insects infesting commercial plantations of date palms at different regions of Basrah province were reported.