Inventorying The Most Common Broccoli Pest Insect and Assessing the Effectiveness of Sticky Traps in Reducing Damage

Abstract

Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) is a cool-season crop that can be grown year-round under controlled conditions such as greenhouses. And the results showed that it was attacked by many pests causing direct damage to crops. As cabbage grey aphid, cabbage white butterfly, great white butterfly, diamondback moths, and cabbage cutworm, and using stick traps have efficient in controlling the density of pests and can be applied within the integrated pest control, so their use avoids damage to the crop. The trap was significant and superior in monitoring and recording the first appearance of the insect pest, as well as in the effect on the quantity and quality of the product obtained, where the highest production was recorded, amounting to approximately 1200kg/greenhouse and the absence of the need to use chemical pesticides for control compared to the control (without traps), where the production reached 700 kg/ greenhouse.

Study on the Population Density of Insect Pests of Broccoli, Brassica Oleracea, in the Jadiriyah Area of Baghdad, Iraq

“…The two-spotted mite was previously recorded on potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) during two-season plantations in Baghdad, Iraq (Kathiar et al, 2019). In Duhok province, Iraq, various pests were documented on broccoli crops, including cabbage grey aphid, cabbage white butterfly, great white butterfly, diamondback moths, cabbage cutworm, and grasshopper (Karso et al, 2022). Green lacewings emerge as potential biological control agents, commonly available in bio-factories (Medina et al, 2003).…”

“…Broccoli crop is susceptible to various insect infestations, including the cabbage grey aphid (Brevicoryne brassica L.), cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae), great white butterfly (P. brassicae), diamondback moths (Plutella xylostella), cabbage cutworm (Agrotis ipsilon), and Grasshopper (Melanoplus sp.). These pests also contribute to economic damage (Karso et al, 2022). Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) nymphs suck the sap of the host plant from the lower surfaces of the leaves at all stages of their life cycle, including the adult stage.…”