Volume 43, Issue 2, June 2025

ECOLOGY

• Seasonal Fluctuation of Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorous ferruginous in Wadi Hadramout, Yemen

  J.S. Basahih*, Y.R. Basyoud and M.A. El-Zubayri
  Plant Protection Department, Seiyun Agricultural Research Station, Yemen.

  Email address of the corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 146-149

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001315

• A Study on the Biology of the Globular Mealybug, Pollinia pollini Costa on olive trees, Olea europaea L. and its geographical distribution in the western region of Libya

  H. El-Hady Abukraa1*, S. El-Tayeb Sharlala2, A.O. Al-Shammam3, S.K. Al-Saghir2 and M.M. Al-zantouti2.
  (1) Plant Protection Department, Libyan Center for Olive Research, Tarhouna, Libya; (2) Plant Protection Unit, Agriculture and Animal Research Center, Tripoli, Libya; (3) Agronomy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, Libya.

  Email address the of corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 150-154

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001320

• The Spread of Dead-Arm Disease on Grapevine Caused by Phomopsis viticola in Southern Syria and its Correlation with the Prevailing Climatic Conditions

  S. El-Halabi1, W. Naffaa2* and B. Mozhir1
  (1) Sweida Research Center, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, Syria; (2) Second Faculty of Agriculture, Damascus University (Swieda Branch) Sweida, Syria.

  Email address of the corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 155-163

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001319

ETIOLOGY

• First Record of Citrus exocortis viroid (CEVd) on Onions and Determining its Complete Sequence Using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Technology in Iraq

  A.S. Mohsen1* and M.A. Al-Fahd2
  (1) Division of seed testing and certification, Ministry of Agriculture, Iraq; (2) Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tikrit University, Iraq.

  Email address of corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 164-170

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001306

BIOLOGY

• Demographic Parameters of Chrysoperla carnea on the Sublethal Concentration of Endosulfan: Two-Sex Life Table

  Alsendi¹, S. Al-Zurfi², S.K. Hamad³, A.A. Mohammed⁴, A.A. Kareem^2* and M. Shahid²

  (1) Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran;
  (2) Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Kerbala University, Iraq; (3) Department of Plant Protection, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq; (4) Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kufa, Iraq.

   ^*Email address of the corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 171-177

   

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001312

• In vivo Production of Palpita vitrealis Nucleopolyhedrovirus

  Y.T. Elkady*, E.A. Agamy and S. El Salamouny
  Department of Economic Entomology and Pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, 12613- Giza, Egypt.

  Email address of the corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 178-184

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001310

• Genetic Diversity and Mating Type Distribution of Ascochyta rabiei Populations Affecting Chickpea

  B. Attar1*, S. Aahmed2, M. Kayim3, A. Hamwieh4, E. Choueiri5, H.A. Ghannam6 and A. Alabdullah7
  (1) School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, United Kingdom; (2) International Center for Agricultural Research in The Dry Areas (ICARDA), Rabat, Morocco; (3) Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Cukurova, Adana, Turkey; (4) ICARDA, Cairo, Egypt; (5) Department of Plant Protection, Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Tal Amara, Lebanon; (6) Department of Plant Food Legumes Research, Agricultural Research Center, Cairo, Egypt; (7) The John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom.

  Email address of the corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 185-193

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001313

• Some Physiochemical and Antimicrobial Characteristics of Honeybee from Colonies Fed with Sugar Syrup and Inverted Sugar

  A.M.M. Ghania¹, H.M. Mahfouz², T.E. Abd El-Wahab³* and A.E. Abd Alla⁴
  (1) Plant Protection Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt; (2) Plant Production Department, Faculty of Environmental and Agricultural Sciences, Arish University, Egypt; (3) Department of Pests and Plant Protection, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt; (4) Department of Economic Entomology and Pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

  Email address of the corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 194-201

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001307

CONTROL

• Use of Castor and Garlic Oils to Control the Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castanium

  A.H.A. Al Hamdani*, L.A. Atshan and M.K. Ibraheem
  Plant Protection Department, College of Agriculture, University of Al-Muthanna, Iraq.

  Email address of the corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 202-206

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001316

• Role of Parasitoids, Entomopathogens and Chemical Compounds in Managing Liriomyza congesta Populations in Faba bean Fields

  H.I. Abdel-Aliem1*, M.R. Abo Elela2 and A.B. Abou-Elkassem2
  (1) Department of Biological Control Research, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt; (2) Department of Vegetables Crop Pests Research, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt.

  Email address of the corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 207-214

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001309

• Efficiency of Cold Plasma and Microwave Power on Different Stages of Callosobruchus maculatus

  R.A. Zinhoum* and M.E.H. Nasr
  Stored Grain Pests Department, Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Agricultural Research Centre, Doki, Giza, Egypt.

  Email of the corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 215-219

   

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001322

• The Effect of Early Control of Weeds Associated with the Maize Crop Using Herbicides

  A.A.A.K. El-Abassy
  Diyala Education Directorate, Iraq.

  Email address of corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 220-225

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001314

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

• Efficiency of Compost Supplemented with Beneficial Microorganisms in the Biological Control of Tomato Crown and Root Rot in Protected Agriculture

  M. Abou Shaar1*, Q. El-Rhaya2 and N. Mahmoud1
  (1) Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria; (2) General Authority of Scientific Agricultural Research, Latakia, Syria.

  Email address of the corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 226-234

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001318

NATURAL ENEMIES

• The Effect of the Host Species on the Parasitism of the Aphid Parasitod Aphidius matricariae

  F.M. Al Hadi* and M.S. Mansor
  Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Tikrit University, Iraq.

  Email address of the corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 235-240

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001303

PLANT EXTRACTS

• Nematicidial Activity of Five Cruciferous Seed Extracts in Controlling the Root-Knot Nematode Infecting Cucumber Plants

  S.M. Saadoon1*, S.B. Gad2, M.A. Osman3 and M.I. Sergany4
  (1) Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Qadisiyah University, Iraq; (2) Nematology Research Unit, Agriculture Zoology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt; (3) Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 31441 Saudi Arabia; (4) Pesticides Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Egypt.

  Email address of the corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 241-246

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001317

NUTRITION

• The Role of Calcium in Enhancing of Bread Wheat, Triticum aestivum L. Tolerance to Salinity Stress and its Effect on Improving Growth Indicators and Seedling Growth

  W.M. Shakir1, N.S. Ibrahim1* and A.A. Ghlaim2
  (1) Biology Department, College of Education for Pure Science, University of Diyala, Iraq; (2) Second Rasafa Education Directorate, Baghdad, Iraq.

  Email of the corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 247-256

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001321

• Effect of Adding Selenium to the Malt-Yeast-Agar Medium on the Mycelium Growth of the Mother Culture of Agaricus bisporus

  R. Zidan1, J. Motawaj2, H. Mando3 and S. Ibrahim1*
  (1) Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria; (2) General Authority of Seed Increase, Latakia, Syria; (3) General Biotechnology Authority, Damascus, Syria.

  Email address of the corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 257-262

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001311

PESTICIDES

• In vitro Anti-acetylcholinesterase Evaluation and Molecular Docking Modeling of Some α‑amino Phosphonate Derivatives

  M. Abbod1,2*, N. Safaie2, K. Gholivand3 and M. Mehrabadi4
  (1) Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Baath University, Homs, Syria; (2) Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran; (3) Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran; (4) Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

  Email address of the corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 263-267

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001305

GENOMIC ANALYSIS

• Genome-Wide Analysis of Cytochrome P450s in Ustilago Species: Annotation and Evolutionary Relationships

  W.P. Dauda1*, I.J. Ifeanyi2, P. Abraham3, C.O. Adetunji4, E. Glen5, I.O. Ogra6, G.W. Peter7, S.E. Abraham8, C. Chukwu3 and M.P. Abraham3
  (1) Department of Agronomy, Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria; (2) Department of Crop Science, University of Uyo, Uyo P.M.B. 1071, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria; (3)Department of Horticultural Technology, Federal College of Horticulture, PMB 108, Dadin Kowa, Gombe, Nigeria; (4) Applied Microbiology, Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Edo University Iyamho, PMB 04, Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria; (5) Department of Biochemistry, Federal University Lokoja, Lokoja P.M.B. 1154, Kogi State, Nigeria; (6) UNESCO International Centre of Biotechnology Nsukka, Nigeria; (7) Department of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 800001, Kaduna State, Nigeria; (8) Department of Agronomy, Bayero University Kano, Kano P.M.B. 3011, Kano State, Nigeria.

  Email address of the corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 268-275

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001304

NEW PESTS

• First Record of Mogrus sahariensis in Egypt

  N.M.S. El-Helbawy1*, G.M.E. Sallam1, M.F. Hassan2 and M.S. Nawar2
  (1) Department of Fruit Tree Mites, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt; (2) Department of Zoology and Agriculture Nematology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

  Email address of the corresponding author: [email protected]

  Pages 276-278

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001308