Economic Threshold, Injury Levels and Food Preference of Glassy Clover Snail, Monacha cartusiana (Muller) Infesting Strawberry Plants at Ismailia Governorate, Egypt.

Abstract

Recently the land snails become one of key pests infesting field, vegetable, fruit and ornamental crops in Egypt, especially in northern Governorates of Delta region. The land snails were follow inspected attacking various crops causing which have great direct damage to all plant parts by chisels the epidermis and chewing soft of vegetative growth, flower, roots and tubers or indirect damage by left viscous liquids upon the plants, causing humans and farm animals refuse eating these plants ARTICLE INFO