Damage on date palms caused by red palm weevil and its correlation with black rat occurrence under Minia Governorate conditions.

Damage on date palms caused by red palm weevil and its correlation with black rat occurrence under Minia Governorate conditions.

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Abstract

A date palm farm was chosen in the Mattay district in Minia Governorate to study the damage to palm trees by
black rat and red palm weevil infestations, the extent of the relationship between them, and the effectiveness of some
rodenticides in reducing the infestation and increasing the yield. The results showed the superiority of coumarin in
combating the black rat, followed by Tomorate and then Zinc phosphide, where the decrease in the black rat
population with (Barhi CV.) in 2023 was 88, 66 and 40%, versus 91,70 and 42% in 2024, respectively. Reductions in
rat's population with Medjool CV.). By these rodenticides were 82, 60 and 40 in 2023 versus 88,68 and 41 % in
2024, respectively. In untreated (Barhi CV.). Palms by rodenticides in 2023 the damage percentages by black rat and
red palm weevil were 75 and 80 %, respectively in comparison with the damage of 65 and 70% with Medjool CV.
As for data of 2024 Barhi damaged by black rats and red p

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