Volume 44, Issue 3, September 2026

ECOLOGY

• The Effect of Temperature and Relative Humidity on the Biological Activity of the honeybee Apis millefera L. Inside Closed (Air-Conditioned and Non-Air-Conditioned) and Open Apiaries During the Winter in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq.

  M.I. Shamoon and S. Al-Jamil (IRAQ)

  Pages 290-296

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001422

BIOLOGY

• Study of Life Table Parameters of Microterys nietneri on the Citrus Wax Scale Ceroplastes floridensis Under Laboratory Conditions

  Hasan^1*, N. Abo-Kaf¹ and E. Mohamed²

  (1) Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Latakia University, Lattakia, Syria; (2) Directorate of Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture, Damascus, Syria.

  Pages 297-303

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001403

• Monitoring Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata and Other Non-Target Insects in a Citrus Orchard in Tartous, Syria

  Faskha

  Tartous Research Center, General Commission of Agricultural Research, Damascus, Syria.

  Pages 304-309

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001404

EPIDEMIOLOGY

• A Phytopathometric Response of Barley IMAGIC Populations Against Spot Form Net Blotch, Pyrenophora teres f. maculata under Natural Epiphytotic Conditions in North Gondar, Ethiopia

  Azanaw^1*, A. Sintayehu², T. Alemu³, T. Tesfaye¹, Z. Tahir¹ and S. Assefe⁴

  (1) Gondar Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia; (2) University of Gondar, Ethiopia; (3) Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia; (4) Sirinka Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia

  Pages 310-319

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001413

SURVEY

• Morphological and Molecular Identification, Pathogenicity Analyses and Prevalence of Alternaria alternata in Wheat Fields of Karbala Province, Iraq

  Z.L. Hameed^1,2* and B.T. Mohammed¹

  (1) Biology Department, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Kerbala, Karbala, Iraq; (2) Field Crops Department, Agriculture College, University of Kerbala, Karbala, Iraq

  Pages 320-327

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001417

CONTROL

• The Effect of Apple Variety on the Infestation of the Woolly Apple Aphid, Eriosoma lanigerium, and its Control with Chemical Pesticides in As-Sweida Governorate, Syria

  Ghanem^1*, Z. Alnaser² and A. Basheer^2,3

  (1) Second faculty of Agricultural Engineering in Suwayda, Damascus University, Syria; (2) Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Damascus University, Syria; (3) Biological Control Studies and Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture Engineering, Damascus University, Syria.

  Pages 328-333

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001421

• The Maximum Appearance of the Pear Sawfly, Hoplocampa brevis and Controlling Insect Adults by Acetamiprid and Deltamethrin in Al-Sweida Governorate in Syria

  Bufaur^* and W. Ghanem

  Al- Sweida Research Center, Al- Sweida, Syria

  Pages 334-337

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001412

• Morphological and Molecular Diagnosis of the Cucurbit Fruit Fly (Dacus ciliates) and Physical Methods for its Control.

  R.A.A. Alnoaymi^*, A.J. Mohammed and M.S. Mansor

  Faculty of Agriculture, Tikrit University, Iraq.

  Pages 338-341

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001419

• Effect of Chitosan on Some Fungi Associated with Melon Stem Blight Disease in Basrah Governorate, Iraq

  E.J. Mohammed^* and A.O. Manea

  Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Basrah University, Iraq

  Pages 342-349

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001414

• Preliminary Study on the Effect of Certain Weeds Control Strategies on the Seed Bank in the Soil

  Abusteit¹, R. Absy^1*, A. Ismail² and A. Hassan²

  (1) Agronomy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Egypt; (2) Weed Central Lab, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt.

  Pages 350-364

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001418

• Impact of Herbicides and Wheat Varieties on Weed Dynamics and Crop Yield

  M.A. Al-Nuaimi and D.F. Aljuburi^*

  Department of Field Crops, College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq

  Pages 365-369

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001420

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

• Efficiency of Local Isolates of Entomopathogenic Nematodes Steinernema spp. and Heterorhabditis spp. in Mortality of Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella) Larvae
  1. Alsatouf^*, M. Abdulhai and S. Mousa

  Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Edlib University, Syria.

  Pages 370-376

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001415

• Field Application of Entomopathogenic Nematodes Against White Grubs Pentodon algerinum on Strawberry Plants in Egypt

  M.S. Hammad^1*, M.H. Mowafi², A.A. Abdallah² and M.I. Hassan¹

  (1) Plant Protection Research Institute, A.R.C., Dokki, Giza, Egypt; (2) Agricultural Zoology and Nematology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

  Pages 377-381

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001409

• Role of Some Biological Methods in Inducing Total Phenols and Sugars in Strawberry Plants Infected with The Pathogenic Fungus Rhizoctonia solani

  H.S. Mohammed^* and K.F. Saeed

  Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tikrit University, Iraq

  Pages 382-389

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001408

• In vitro Evaluation of Some Biological Agents in Controlling Neoscytalidium dimidiatum, the Causal Agent of Apple Wilt and Stem Blackening

  K.Z.K. Al-Karaawi

  (1) Department of Biological Control, Al-Mussaib Technical College, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Iraq.

  Pages 390-395

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001411

• Field Evaluation of Using the Nematophagus Fungus Dactylaria brochopaga for the Management of Root-Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne incognita Infecting Soybean, Glycine max

  A.M. Korayem^*, E.M.A. Noweer and M.M.M. Mohamed

  Plant Pathology Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

  Pages 396-401

   

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001405

HOST RESISTANCE

• Susceptibility of Four Maize Hybrids to Infestation with Corn Leaf Aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis and Population Dynamics of Ladybug (Coccinellidae) Aphid Predator in Iraq

  A.T. Hammadi

  Plant Protection Department, College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq.

  Pages 402-407

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001406

PLANT EXTRACTS

• Impact of Schinus molle and Cotton Seed Extracts on the Biology of the Spiny Bollworm, Earias insulana

  A.M. Karkoukly^1*, M.N. Al-Salty¹, M. Abou Shaar¹ and A.M. Al-Ayoubi²

  (1) Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria; (2) Faculty of Pharmacy, Ebla Private University, Aleppo, Syria.

  Pages 408-415

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001407

• Efficacy of Alcea damascena Extracts on Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus flavus

  Aljojo^1*, R. Abu Tara¹ and A. Abu Younis²

  (1) Botany Department, Faculty of Sciences, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria; (2) Department of Food Safety and Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria.

  Pages 416-422

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001416

PESTICIDE RESIDUES

• Detoxification of Cypermethrin and Diafenthiuron in Tomato Fruits When Combined With “Argitos-Argo” and Their Effect on Crop Quality in Unheated Greenhouse Conditions

  L. Achemian, V. Mirzoyan^* and N. Petrosian

  Scientific Center for Risks Assessment and Analysis in Food Safety, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia

  Pages 423-426

  https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001410