Sultan E. Sheikhmous^*1

1 Qamishli Center,General Commission of Scientific Agricultural Researches, Syria.
(*Corresponding author: Dr.Sultan E. sheikhmous. E-Mail: sultan.sheikhmous@gmail.com).)

Received: 20/ 11/ 2025        Accepted: 12/ 01/ 2026

Abstract: 

The study was carried out in the Qiran village in the second stability zone in Al-Hassakah Governorate, northeastern Syria, during the 2023/2024 agricultural season. The aim of the study was to evaluate the sensitivity of different wheat varieties. In this study (10 soft wheat and 10 durum wheat) were used, grown in the governorate against the cereal leaf miner Syringopais temperatella Led. (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae) under field conditions, by calculating the percentage of infestation and evaluating the severity of damage using damage scale (1-6). The results showed, variation in the percentage of infestation and the severity of damage among the tested varieties. The highest average infestation rate was 87.18% and the severity of damage was 5 in the Douma 4 variety, while the lowest average infestation rate and severity were 50.60% and 3, respectively, in the Buhouth 6 variety among the soft varieties. Among the hard varieties, the highest average infestation rate and severity were 75.93% and 4.66, respectively, in the Buhouth 11 variety, while the lowest infestation rate and severity were 52.42% and 3.66, respectively, in the Douma 1 variety. The results indicate, that no varieties tested were resistant to the cereal leaf miner, but all were tolerance.  

Keywords:Wheat, Cereal leaf miner Syringopais temperatella Led., Variety susceptibility, Infestation rate, Damage severity.

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