Survey and population density of some rodent species in Kharfa region, Sohag Governorate, on Two cereal crops

Document Type : Research and Review Papers

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Plant Protection Department Faculty of Agriculture Sohag University Sohag 82524 Egypt

Abstract

The aim of this work is to survey the species of rodents 
present in Sohag Governorate, on Ttwo cereal crops (wheatmaize) during 2021: 2022 and. 2022:2023. Data revealed the 
presence of three species of rodents on the wheat crop, (10 
carats), namely Rattus Norvegicus, and Arvicanthis niloticus, 
and three on the maize, 12 carats crop, namely Rattus 
Norvegicus. Arvicanthis niloticus, R.r fragivorus . The results 
also showed that the numerical density increases during the 
summer and the spring seasons with an increase in the sex 
ratio as well, and decreases during the winter and autumn 
seasons due to the inadequacy of food or weather conditions 
in this period. This work aims to identify the species of 
rodents in order to put them in a future plan to develop an 
integrated control program in order to control and decreasing 
the damage caused by these pests to grass crops in Egypt. 

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