PRESENT STATUS OF ARTHROPOD FAUNA IN MANGO ORCHARDS IN ISRAEL

Israel’s mango cultivation suffers from a surprisingly small number of economically important pests when one takes in to consideration: the total mango growing area in Israel and the different geographical area in which the mango is grown (Table 1); the area of fruit-producing orchards (3625 acres, 81.5%); the growth of production, from 190 tons with 20 tons exported in 1970 to 15,400 tons with 4,400 tons exported in 1995 (the last is a third of total European consumption); the many commercial

Table 1 – Area of mango in Israel (in acres), 1995

Coastal Plain	825
Golan Hights and Valleys	2,750
Negev	625
‘Arava	250
Total	4.450

varieties (Table 2); and the pest-favorable Mediterranean-subtropical climatic conditions (Homsky, 1996).

Table 2 – Mango varieties in Israel (%)

Keitt	35	Haden	8
Tommy-Atkins	30	Maya	10
Kent	13	Others	4

V International Mango Symposium

M. Wysoki

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.455.102