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VOL. 6, ISSUE 4 (2024)
Joint effect of insecticide and fungicide poison baits against land snail, Eobania vermiculata under laboratory and field conditions
Authors
Ismail GH, Kandil RS
Abstract
Land
snails are significant agricultural pests, and controlling their populations is
crucial to protect crops from damage. Insecticides and fungicides have been
explored as potential methods for snail control, so the current experiment was
carried out at Belbis city, Sharkia governorate in 2024 to study the efficacy
of an insecticide and a fungicide and their combinations as baits at different
concentrations on land snail, Eobania vermiculata (Muller) in
both the laboratory and the field. Results showed that 1000 mg methomyl and 750
mg methomyl combined with 1500 mg tetramethylthiuram disulphide were the most
effective treatments against the snail species; E. vermiculata,
achieving average mortality rates of 19.93 and 18.80 dead snails/25 snails,
respectively, with no significant differences. At the laboratory conditions,
1000 mg methomyl gave a mortality reduction of 79.70%, followed closely by the
combination of 750 mg methomyl + 1500 mg tetramethyl thiuram disulphide with a
reduction of 75.12%. In the same time, at the field conditions, the general
mean indicated that 1000 mg methomyl was the most toxic to E. vermiculata,
with a mortality percentage of 44.89%, compared to the lowest effectiveness of
2000 mg tetramethylthiuram disulfide which gave 17.45%. In general, it was observed that as the investigation came to a close,
the cumulative mortality percentage of all tested baits gradually increased.
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Pages:41-45
How to cite this article:
Ismail GH, Kandil RS "Joint effect of insecticide and fungicide poison baits against land snail, <i>Eobania vermiculata</i> under laboratory and field conditions". International Journal of Agriculture and Plant Science, Vol 6, Issue 4, 2024, Pages 41-45
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