Assessment of damage caused by rodents in some maize varieties in Farshut area, Qena governorate, Egypt | ||
| Archives of Agriculture Sciences Journal | ||
| Article 13, Volume 4, Issue 1, April 2021, Pages 168-173 PDF (302.72 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/aasj.2021.65638.1057 | ||
| Authors | ||
| A. A. A. Elrawy* 1; N. A. Mahmoud1; S. A. S. Baghdadi1; A. S. S. Desoky2 | ||
| 1Agricultural Zoology and Nematology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt | ||
| 2Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The work herein was carried out to estimate the damage caused by rodent species on some cultivars of yellow and white maize crop at EL-Dahasa village, Farshut district, Qena governorate, Egypt during the summer 2018 and 2019 seasons. The genotypes studied were three Yellow maize (Balady and Single Cross: S. C. 2055, S. C. 2066) and four white maize [ (Single cross: S. C. 4 and S. C. 6) and (three ways cross: T.W. C. 310 and T. W. C. 11)]. The Balady variety is more attacked by rodents compared to the single and triple hybrids, and this may be due to the early maturing variety (80-90 days) compared to the single and triple hybrids (110-120 days). Also, the yellow corn cultivars are more vulnerable to rodents than the white cultivars, due to the fact that they contain a greater amount of oils compared to the white cultivars. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| rodents; maize; hybrid variety; maturing variety; white cultivars | ||
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