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Document Type : Project 
Document Title :
Insect and palm weevil control in some regions of the Kingdom
حشرة سوسة النخيل ومكافتها في بعض مناطق المملكة
 
Document Language : Arabic 
Abstract : Was conducted this research on agricultural extension workers and random samples of farmers in the areas of Hail, Jeddah, Qassim and Al Ahsa to study the level of knowledge I have agricultural extension workers and farmers about pests and palm dates in these areas, one of the most important production areas in the Kingdom and to access the results can be improved control methods Palm and thereby increase the yield and quality in four areas of the research, and through the answers to agricultural extension workers and farmers to the questions in questionnaires the most important results can be summarized as follows: First, extension agents: 1) more than 50% of the agricultural extension workers aged more than 30 years. 2) All agricultural workers were born and reside in urban areas except Ahsa only 20% of whom were born and reside in the countryside. 3) found in the regions of Hail and Qassim of 60-70% of workers with a secondary qualification in a while found in the areas of Jeddah and Al Ahsa 70% university qualification and experience of more than 20 years. 4) different areas in the presence of agricultural extension workers of the sessions was only 30% in al-Ahsa to 100% in Qaseem. 5) extension agents supervise the work of control in general in the Hail region and partly in the Qassim region. 6) More than 50% of workers rely on brochures and manuals as a source of agricultural information and less than 20% of farmers who provide the expertise for the new Palm and rarely is the work of seminars for farmers. 7) about 33% to 50% of the agricultural extension workers believe that there is no spread of the red palm weevil, while the spider is the most spread. The worm spread palm big and small average while 55% believes that the proliferation of cortical large insect. 8) Most of the agricultural extension workers know the symptoms of insect and palm as well as ways to combat these insects. Second, farmers: Can summarize the results reached the level of knowledge of farmers as follows: 1) the majority of farmers younger than 54 years. 2) more than 50% urban in origin and more than 90% of them are married and their qualifications are distributed between elementary, middle and secondary school and university. Also notes the high number of family members Approximately 76% of them were total seven family members and more and does not work with family members in agriculture about 30% only. 3) the majority of farmers with possession of more than 30 acres and about 37% only take advantage of 30 dunums and more while 25% take advantage of 5-9 acres. Most of the holdings owned by the farmers (91%) and covers an area of ​​palm / total area of ​​about 80% to 28% of the farmers. 4) years of experience farming at 61% of farmers 20 years or older in the cultivation of palm trees of 20 years and older. 5) Most of the visits by extension agents to farmers every year and that Valastvadh of them partial. 6) do not have the hardware and spraying only when half of the farmers. 7) the most important sources of information for farmers are agricultural extension workers and agricultural bulletins and publications, radio programs are agricultural. 8) is the most red spider an insect in the spread of infection, followed by a warm palm and then the major insect and worm cortical micro palm and red palm weevil. 9) From the perspective of farmers, the most important symptoms of Sousse red palm Aljmarh is death and symptoms of a plague of spider is the presence of red silk fabric covering the fruit and leaves. While the symptoms of worm infection is a major loss palm fruits infected and the presence of pits on the base of bunch. The symptoms of worm infection is small palm fruits in the process of Albesr Tsaqtha and insect larvae. And symptoms of the insect's crust is the presence of gray-white crust on the leaves and the fruits of palm and yellowing of leaves and fronds. There are about 40% of farmers have no knowledge of symptoms of infection lesions palm. 10) Most farmers considered that the use of fisheries Elvirmonah or the use of integrated pest control methods are the most important of the palm weevil. And sulfur-micron spray or pesticide Icarus in the fight against red spider and remove infected leaves and bunch and burning is the most important roads in the anti-worm small palm, while the trim and remove infected leaves and spraying with insecticide is the important way in the fight against insect corticosteroids. There are between 27-43% of farmers do not know anything about the methods of pest control palm. 
Publishing Year : 1426 AH
2006 AD 
Sponsor Name : kau 
Sponsorship Year : 1426 AH
2006 AD 
Added Date : Wednesday, April 30, 2008 

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خالد محمد الغامديalghamdi, khaled mohammedInvestigatorDoctorate 

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