اتجاهات زراع أشجار الحمضيات بشأن المكافحة المتكاملة لحشرة ذبابة الياسمين البيضاء في ناحية الطارمية-بغداد

Abstract EN

The present research aims at investigating citrus farmers’ attitudes towards the integrative control of the white fly (Aleurociava Jasmini) in Al–Tarmiyah District/ Baghdad .

The attitudes scale was designed as follows: agree, neutral ,and don’t agree ; and the scores 3, 2 and 1 were given for these levels, respectively.

The total score of the attitudes scale is two.

The study population is 1250 citrus farmers in 8 districts .A sample was randomly chosen using the stratified random method with a percentage of 25% of villages under study and 10% of citrus farmers .So, the number of villages involved in the study sample is 2 and the sample farmers are 48.

Data were collected using questionnaire via personal interview .The statistical tools used are the weighted mean ,percentages , arithmetic mean , and correlation between the study variables.

The research concludes that citrus farmers’ attitudes toward integrative control are inadequate .

It includes a number of recommendations that aim at changing and developing the level of farmers’ attitudes towards using integrative control methods to lessen or exterminate the white fly (Aleurociava Jasmini)on citrus trees in the research district .