Assessment of damage caused by rodents in some maize varieties in Farshut area, Qena governorate, Egypt

Elrawy, A. A. A.; Mahmoud, N. A.; Baghdadi, S. A. S.; Desoky, A. S. S.

doi:10.21608/aasj.2021.65638.1057

Assessment of damage caused by rodents in some maize varieties in Farshut area, Qena governorate, Egypt

Document Type : Research article

Authors

¹ Agricultural Zoology and Nematology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt

² Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt

10.21608/aasj.2021.65638.1057

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.

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