Long-term residual efficacy of commerical formulations of 16 pesticides toTyphlodromus pyri Scheuten (Acari: Phytoseiidae) inhabiting commerical vineyards
The long-term residual efficacy of 16 pesticides to the predatory phytoseiid mite,Typhlodromus pyri Scheuten, inhabiting commercial sprayed vineyards in South Moravia, Czchoslovakia, was evaluated in laboratory bioassays. Omethoate, chlorpyrifos-methyl and esfenvalerate were assessed as harmful and should not be sprayed. Mancozeb-efosite-Al mixture, diazinon, dicofol, bromopropylate, azinphos-ethyl and phosmet were assessed as moderately harmful. Fenitrothion, phosalone and mancozeb were assessed as slightly harmful and some of them had delayed detrimental effect on the predatory mites. These pesticides can be used only cautiously in IPM programs. Sulphur, penconazole, trimorfamid and endosulfan were assessed as harmless and can be recommended for vineyards withT. pyri.
Responses of Two Phytoseiid Mites to Pesticides Used in New York Apple Orchards
The toxicity of a number of orchard pesticides to the predatory mites Amblyseius fallacis (Garman), and Typhlodromus pyri Scheuten, was determined in the laboratory by use of the standard slide-dip technique. Results indicated that azinphosmethyl and endosulfan were non-toxic to both species. Chloropropylate, formetanate hydrochloride, dimethoate and Galecron, however, were extremely toxic to the species. Carbaryl, demeton, and phosalone were highly toxic to A. fallacis , but these materials were nontoxic to T. pyri . Several other pesticides exhibited either no, slight, or moderate toxic effect on A. fallacis and T. pyri . Use of these materials in an integrated pest control program may allow predators to persist in apple orchards and provide satisfactory regulation of phytophagous mites at economic levels.
Assessment of some agro-technological parameters of cactus pear fruit ( Opuntia ficus-indica Mill . ) in Morocco cultivars
Cactaceae had always attracted attention by their strange shapes and important adaptability supporting extreme conditions. For this reasons, Fruit traits were measured on 13 cultivars growing in different locations in Morocco. Results show significant differences between the cultivars. The source of this variation was probably genetic without excluding the geographic effects. The Tamri, Berkan, Ait Baha cultivars showed small fruit dimensions and weight. In contrast, Sidi-Ifni M, Nador, Mohammedia and Ben Guerir were greater than 100 g by fruit. Sidi-Ifni M, Hoceima, Mohammedia and Nador, although larger, contained few seeds, about 200 seeds per fruit; while Tamri, Ait Baha, Safi, Meknes and Tafraout contained over than 230 seeds per fruit. High levels of juice about 62 ml/100 g pulp were obtained with Sidi-Ifni M, Nador, Mohammedia and Ben Guerir cultivars. Total sugars of the 13 cultivars were quite similar and pH was low in Tamri and close to neutrality in the rest of cultivars. Therefore, oil extracted from Opuntia ficus-indica seeds constituted 13.6% of the whole seed. Thin-layer chromatography in conjunction with gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry revealed a relatively high degree of unsaturation, 83.32% and 16% for saturated fatty acid, with a linoleic acid content of 63.66% followed by oleic 18.34%, palmitic 12.84% and stearic acid 2.81%. Based on these results, O. ficus-indica seed oil appears to be a good potential source of edible oil for human and (or) animal consumption. Our investigation describes that Tamri and Tafraout cultivars are not really a commercial viable fruit due to low total soluble solids value and highest seeds number per fruit. Against Mohammedia, Sidi Ifni M and Nador cultivars proved to have the highest fruit weight, very good total soluble solids value and low number of seeds, these cultivars can therefore be planted for both fruit production and for harvesting of cladodes for animal feed.