Utilization of Essential Oils and Chemical Substance against Varroa Mite, Varroa destructor Anderson and Trueman on Two Stocks of Apis mellifera lamerkii in Egypt | ||
| Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology | ||
| Article 2, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 3-8 PDF (121.58 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original research articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajesa.2008.4971 | ||
| Authors | ||
| M. Hassan1; Sally Allam1; Margaret Rizk2; A. Zaki2 | ||
| 1Department of Zoology and Agriculture Nematology, Fac. of Agric., Cairo Univ. | ||
| 2Plant Protection Research Institute, Agric. Res. Center, Min. of Agric. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| During September-November 2006 in Giza Governorate mint oil, chamomile oil, neem oil and mixture of (neem, black cumin and jasmine oils) compared with the chemical substance mavrik were tested for their efficacy in controlling the bee mite Varroa destructor on two stocks of Apis mellifera lamerkii. The efficacy rate in Egyptian race was 44.76%, 66.64%, 4.95%, 52.88% and 89.54%, respectively, while in hybrid Egyptian carniolan was 64.75%, 41.08%, 61.7%, 59.49% and 78.78%, respectively. This study indicates that neem oil is not suitable against Egyptian race, genetic control by using the local Egyptian race Apis mellifera lamerckii and the cross-breeding between two geographical races resulting hybrid vigor could be an effective and reliable method for the control of Varroa destructor. Using mint oil and mixture of oils were also more suitable with cotton strips. Finally, the importance of cultivation of aromatic and medicinal plants around apiaries, as a cultural control, was recommended in IPM programmes to control Varroa mite. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Varroa destructor; control; Essential oils; mavrik; biopesticide agent; cultural control; Genetic; improvement; Apis mellifera lamerkii | ||
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