Activities of the second cultural season at the Department of Plant Protection

Within the activities of the second cultural season of the Department of Plant Protection – Faculty of Agriculture – University of Kufa, a master’s student (Muslim Hamza Issa), under the supervision of Dr. (Khudair Abbas Aziz), presented a seminar entitled (Survey and diagnosis of scale insects on figs and evaluation of the efficiency of some elements of integrated resistance on them in Al Kifil District – Babil Governorate). The student was able to diagnose the type of pest and identify its plant hosts. The student also explained the use of an appropriate combination of insect growth regulators and pesticides in addition to agricultural operations in order to control and reduce the risk of scale insects in fig orchards.