Indian Journal of Entomology

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  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 87
  • Issue: 1

Efficacy of extracts of bishop’s flower Ammi majus against black bean aphid Aphis fabae scopoli

  • Author:
  • Hayder Hasan Dawood1, Yousif Dakheel Rashid2,*
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Aug 8, 2025
  • Page Number: 4 to 6

1Babylon Education Directorate/ Al-Balagh Al-Mubin Medium School, Iraq

2Department of Biological Control, Al-Mussaib Technical College, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Iraq

Abstract

Experiments were performed in the laboratory of the Biological Control Department at the Al-Mussaib Technical College during February-July, 2023 for evaluating the efficacy of crude aqueous and alcoholic extracts of flowers and leaves of Bishop’s flower Ammi majus against the black bean aphid Aphis fabae Scopoli, results revealed that the hot water extract proved superior to cold water extract and hot water extract of flowers was superior compared to leaf extract with mortality of 29.7% nymphs and adults 19.6% respectively.

Keywords

Aphis fabae, Ammi majus, Nymph, Adults, Bishop’s flower, Leaf, Pest control, Extracts, Mortality rate, Phytochemical, Hot water, Cold water, Alcohol extracts, Bioassay