1. Integrated Farm Pest Management
Dr.Nazar Alanbaky
Plant Protection office / MoA
Joint Work Shop/MoA & HSAD
June 10-11-2014

3. On-farm integrated management of Ascochyta blight on
spring planted chickpea and variety evaluation in North
Iraq
Location/site: Nineveh (Alqoosh); Erbil /Ainkawa
Objectives
 To evaluate candidate chickpea varieties for their resistance to
Ascochyta blight and Fusarium wilt;
 To develop integrated management for Ascochyta blight and
Fusarium wilt on spring planted chickpea
 To dissect the Pathogenic variability of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.
ciceri

4. On-farm evaluations of promising chickpea genotypes resistant to Ascochyta
blight and wilt/root rot on spring planted chickpea in North Iraq
Severe Ascochyta Blight

5. Table 1. Agronomic traits of two chickpea genotypes tested
at Alqoush during the growing season of 2012/13
Agronomic traits
Genotypes
FLIP 06-156C FLIP05-133C
Flowering dates 70 72
Days to maturity 125 128
Pant height (cm) 50 51
100 seed weight(g) 30 31.5
Yield (T/h) 1.3 1.3

6. Table 2: Influence of selected bio control agents & bio
fertilizers on incidence of wilt on chickpea
plants
Treatments Disease
incidence (%)
Control
efficiency(%)
Rhizobium 20 50
Trichoderma 10 75
Pseudomonas 12 70
Bacillus 10 75
PGPR (Mixed bioagents) 15 63
Control 40

7. On –Farm use of biofertilizer on wheat and chickpea
(Location: Nineveh Alqoosh ).
Objective:
Evaluation of some biofertilizers to investigate their role as a
safe and effective alternative to the chemical fertilizers and as
plant growth promoter, on spring chickpea.

8. Table 13: Effect of bio agents combination (bio fertilizer and bio pesticide) on
chickpea growth and wilt disease.
Treatments
Dose
Length of
plant/cm
Shoot dry weight/gm No. f pods/plant
Seed weight/
gm/m^2
No. nodules/
plant
Dry weight of
nodules/mg
Wilt
incid
ence
(%)0* 1/4*
1/
2*
0* 1/4* 1/2* 0* 1/4* 1/2* 0* 1/4* 1/2* 0*
1/4
*
1/2* 0* 1/4* 1/2*
R 42 43 37 34.33 50.08 53.83 18.88 25.70 24.82 5.11 8.17 7.82 6 10 15 95 130 186 20
T+R 30 32 33 31.66 41.4 43.00 20.29 23.52 26.47 5.88 8.67 8.23 7 11 17 157 138 192 10
P+R 35 37 38 36.25 40.00 54.58 20.58 23.70 24.52 6.47 8.94 9.11 8 15 20 159 195 235 12
PGPR 39 33 35 28.53 35.25 44.33 18.86 20.58 22.94 5.52 6.82 6.7 6 11 16 133 136 135 10
B+R 32 34 38 31.66 35.75 40.58 19.55 22.35 27.65 6.04 7.76 8.05 7 14 14 140 205 200 15
CONTROL 25 29 30 28.5 32.5 33.83 15.7 14.70 16.17 4.82 5.58 7.11 3 6 6 54 80 87 40
0* = zero amount of chemical fertilizer.
1/4*= quarter of recommended amount of chemical fertilizer.
1/2*= half of recommended amount of chemical fertilizer

10. Practical field activities

11. IPM on Major Date Palm Insect Pests
Objectives
 Introducing at farmer’s level safe, effective and IPM compatible
insecticides as alternative to conventional chemical insecticides for
the control of Dubas Bug ,Lesser Date Moth (Alhumara) & Borers.
 Raising ministry’s field staff and farmers’ awareness and knowledge
regarding management of major date palm insect pests.
 Improving date palm yield and quality.

12. On-farm integrated management of Dubas bug on date palm
Locations/sites: Baghdad/Abu-Ghraib, Babil /Hashimia, Mahaweel,
Karbala/AinTemr

13. Table 3 Field efficacies of selected botanical pesticides against nymphal stage of
dubas bug O. lybicus. Babil Governorate, Spring generation 2013.
Treatment
Rate
of
Use/
Lit.
Governorat
e/site
Area/
(h)
Average
Pre-
Treatment
Infestatio
n
(Nymph/
Leaflet)
Average Post – Treatment
Infestation (Nymph/ Leaflet)
In Days
Efficacy
(%)
7 14 21 28
*Mixture(1:10)
:Neem 1%
Azadrachtin +
Summer Oil
1.5 +
15 ml
Babil/
Almahaweel
3 3.51 0.09 0.12 0.39
-
90
Control 3.51 2.20 4.33 3.79 -
**Oxymatrine
2.4 EC
2 ml
Babil/
Alhashimia
2 7.4 0.68 0.17 0.80
1.73
62
Control 7.44 2.29 18.95 13.18 4.54
*Experiment was conducted on May 13th, 2013
** Experiment conducted on April 28th,

14. Table.4. Field efficacies of selected botanical pesticides against nymphal stages of
dubas bug O. lybicus. Karbala province, Spring 2013.
Treatment
Rate
of
Use/
Lit.
Area
(h)
Average
Pre-
Treatment
Infestation
Egg/ Leaflet
Average Post – Treatment Infestation Nymph/ Leaflet In
Days
7 14 21 28 35 42 49
%
Effic
acy
*Mixture
(1:10): Neem
1%
Azadrachtin
+ Summer
Oil
1.5 +
15
ml
3.0 4.78 4.84 1.35 7.42 1.55 0.63 2.56 5.21 79
Oxymatrine
2.4 EC
2 ml 1.0 4.78 2.46 0.68 0.27 0.81 0.56 1.49 2.8 89
Control 2.0 4.78 4.85 1.71 13.11 7.32 5.56 21.29 24.77
*Treatment conducted on March 24th, 2013

15. Table 5. Field efficacies of selected botanical insecticides against nymphal stages of
dubas bug O. lybicus. Baghdad / Abu Ghraib Orchard no.1 (Spring 2013).
Treatment
Rate
of
Use
ml/Lit
Area
(h)
Pre-
Treatment
Nymph/Leaf
let
Post - Treatment Nymph/Leaflet
(Days) %
Efficacy
7 14 21 28
Oxymatrine
2.4 EC
2 2
108.37
5.66 2.78 0.16 1.03
93
Neem(1%
Aza)
3 1 15.10 4.18 2.88 3.92
67
Mixture(1:10):
Neem+
Summer Oil
1.5+
15
1 108.37 28.58 12.41 3.42 3.44 86.5
Control 1 108.37 43.03 21.29 13.06 14.59

16. Table 7. Effect of Different treatments on the productivity of some date palm
varieties at selected Provinces (Spring 2013).
Treatment
Dates
Variety
Governorate
No.
Bunches
/ Tree
Average
bunch
weight
Kg
Total Yield/
Kg/Tree
No.
Beneficiary
Farmers
Oxymatrine 2.4 EC
Khestawy Karbella
13 13 169
4
Mixture(1:10)
Neem 1% Aza +
Summer Oil
13 12 156
Control 9 9 81
Oxymatrine 2.4 EC Khestawy Babil 8 30 240
2
Control 9 17 153
Oxymatrine 2.4 EC
Barhee Baghdad
8 10 80
5
Neem 1% +
Summer Oil
8 8 64
Neem 1% 6 6 36
Control 7 5 35
Oxymatrine 2.4 EC
Khestawy Baghdad
14 13 182
5Neem 1% 8 10 80
Control 8 7 56

17. Fig. 2 .Effect of Oxymatrine, Neem and mixture of Neem and Summer Oil on
the yield of selected varieties of date palm

18. On- farm integrated management of lesser date moth on
date palm (LDM)
Description:
Disseminating the use of the Bio-Control agents as one package (BT as a
spray, egg parasitoids, larvae parasitoids) for the control of Lesser date
moth to more farmers and areas.
Objectives:
Select effective IPM options for the management of lesser date moth and
dissemination to more farmers.

19. Table 10. Influence of IPM package on infestation of LDM in different sites
Province/Site
%infestati
on before
treatment
Treatment
Infestation/ 2wks
after tmt.
Infestation/ one
month after tmt.
Infest.
(%)
Eff. control
(%
Infest.
(%)
Eff.
control
(%)
Basra/Al-
Nashwa
3.77
Bt.+egg&larvae
parasitoid
5.9
62
9.7
62
Control 15.1 19.8
L.S.D(P < 0.05) For percent infestation ,Treatments=2.041, Dates =2.041, Interaction =2.887
Karbalaa/Ain-
Tamr
5.1 Bt.+egg&larvae
parasitoid
6.5 69 5.29 72
Control 18.9 18.4
L.S.D(P < 0.05) For percent infestation ,Treatments=2.288, Dates =2.288, Interaction =3.235
Al-Anbar/Al-
Saqlawyia
4.5 Bt.+egg&larvae
parasitoid
2.63 65 4.64 70
Control 7.39 15.38
L.S.D(P < 0.05) For percent infestation ,Treatments=2.214, Dates =2.214, Interaction =3.131
Mayssan/
Al-Kahlaa
7.1 Bt.+egg&lar
vae
parasitoid
5.06 61 7.5 57
Control 12.8 16.2
L.S.D(P < 0.05) For percent infestation ,Treatments=0.786, Dates =0.786, Interaction =3.235

20. Field Release of Egg & Larval
Parasitiods

22. Province Treatments
Parameters
Mean no.
fruits/
strands
Weight of
bunch (kg.)
Yield /tree
(kg.)
Percent of
yield
increase
(%)
Basrah Bt.+egg&larvae
parasitoid
21.5 6.425 79.5
33.6
control 15.7 4.736 59.58
Karbala Bt.+egg&larvae
parasitoid
30.01 9.917 107.2 38.5
control 22.5 7.604 77.4
Mayssan Bt.+egg&larvae
parasitoid
23.5 9.178 81.8 23.8
control 17.1 7.261 66.1
Al-Anbar Bt.+egg&larvae
parasitoid
25.4 11.123 115.1
37
control 18.5 7.305 84
L.S.D(P < 0.05) 6.6 1.22 20.49
Table 11.Some yield components of date palm trees treated with combination of
bioagents at different Provinces during 2013.

24. On- farm integrated management on date palm borers
Objective
• Influence of Solar Traps and agriculture practices to
reduce the number of borers in date palm fields and their
impact on yield.

26. Training on Composting & OF

27. Table.13. Number of farmers benefiting or accepting the concept of IPM on date palm
and area covered in different sites
Activity Province/Site Area of
experiment
(H)
Area of
benefiting
surrounding
orchards
(H)
No. Farmers
benefiting and
accepting IPM
technology on
date palm in the
site
On-Farm IPM for dubas
bug
Baghdad/Fahama 4 200 35
Baghdad/Abu-Ghraib 3 14 10
Karbalaa/AinTamr 3 31 42
Karbalaa/Aun 3 61 51
Babil/Hashimia 2 35 45
Babil/Mahaweel 3 30 30
Total 18 371 213
On-Farm IPM for LDM
Al-Anbar/Al-Saqlawyia 5 25 25
Karbalaa/Ain Tamr 5 30 18
Missan/Al-Kahlaa 3 25 12
Basra/Al-Nashwa 4 25 27
Total 17 105 82
On-Farm OF on date
palm
Karbalaa/AinTamt 1.5 10 10
Babil/Al-Mahaweel 1.5 3 6
Dewanyia/Dewanyia 1.5 15 10
Total 4.5 28 26
Grand Total 39.5 504 321

28. PROJECT Training Course & SITE VISITS/IPM

30. Table.14. Training in India
DurationInstitute/City
No.
Trainees
Title of trainingItem
6/6 – 20/6/
2014
Centre for Agricultural
Technologies, Assessment &
Transfer (CATAT), Indian
Agricultural Research Institute
(IARI), New Delhi
5
Bio- Fertilizers and Bio-pesticides in
Agriculture1.
1/6/- 15/6/
2014
National Bureau of Agriculturally
Important Insects, (NBAII),
Bangalore, Karnataka
7
Bio-intensive integrated pest
and disease management (Mass
rearing/Entomology)2.
6/6 – 20/6/
2014
Centre for Agricultural
Technologies, Assessment &
Transfer (CATAT), Indian
Agricultural Research Institute
(IARI), New Delhi
4
Bio –organic fertilization in
Agriculture3.
16Total

31. HARVEST OF
HSAD
ACTIVITIES

32. Concluding Remarks
Presented Field Data have strongly indicated that Botanical Insecticides ; Neem EC
(1% Azadrachtin), Oxymatrine EC alone or in combination with Summer Oil were an
effective alternative control measures against Dubas Bug .
 Bio agents namely ; Bt, eggs & larval parasitiods were an effective IPM package to
manage Lesser Date Moth .
 Solar Traps was an effective tool for Monitoring & Control of major Date Palm Borers.
 Bio pesticides ( Trichoderma) & Bio Fertilizers ( Rhizobium,Psedomonas & Bacillus
and tolerant genotype gave dual effects by reducing Ascochyta & Fusarium wilt
incidence and enhance productivity of Chickpea.
Noticeable Role of HSAD Project on offering Research & New Technology Materials
, as well as supporting Local & International Training Program.
 Finally Two important Notes:
 All most all HASAD IPM activities were based on the outcome of previously
completed national & international Projects.
 Both changing of HSAD Work Plan and the Urgency to show results (Rapid Impacts)
caused negative impacts on the conduct of the project.

33. Thanks
for listening