Comparison of efficiency of yellow and blue sticky traps on leaf miner Agromyza sp. (Dip., Agromyzidae) catching in chickpea in Khomeyn region

The chickpea plant is one of the important hosts of leaf miner Agromyza sp. (Dip; Agromyzidae) in Iran. An experiment was carried out to compare yellow and blue sticky cards in chickpea field from last decade of May until the end of July 2010 in Khomeyn, Iran. Experimental design was based on randomized complete block design (RCBD) with four treatments of sticky traps and a non sticky trap in 3 replications. Treatments were with installing “1 yellow -1 blue” (B), “2 yellow -2 blue” (C), “4 yellow -4 blue” (D) and “8 yellow -8 blue” cards (E). There was a significantly different among treatments at 1% level. The treatments were named into 2 groups (a) and (b). Treatment (B) and (C) were in group (a) and treatments (D) and (E) in group (a). Also increasing the number of blue cards had no effectiveness on trapping leaf miners compare to yellow cards in chickpea field.