ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Harmful Hemiptera of Lygus genus (Miridae, Hemiptera) on alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) in hamedan province (Western Iran)
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Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Tehran University, Karaj-Iran
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Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan-Iran
Corresponding author
Mirab-balou Majid
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Tehran University, Karaj-Iran
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Tehran University, Karaj-Iran
Journal of Plant Protection Research 2008;48(3):313-322
KEYWORDS
alfalfaMiridaeHeteropteraLygus rugulipennis PLygus pratensis LLygus gemellatus H.-SLygus punctatus ZHamedanIran
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ABSTRACT
The research on the occurrence of herbivorous heteroptera of Lygus genus on alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) was carried out over 2005–2006 in the Hamedan province (Western Iran). The analysis of the faunistic material collected from Hemiptera showed the occurrence of 4 species where dominant Heteroptera were represented by: Lygus rugulipennis Poppius, L. pratensis L., L. gemellatus H.-S.
and L. punctatus Z. The maximum abundance of these species coincided with full flowering alfalfa. Among Lygus species, L. rugulipennis P. was the most highly abundant in alfalfa’s the main species in these fields.
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