@article { author = {Metwaly, A. and Abd El-Kader, M. and Montaser, S. and Ahmed, M. and Qurany, H.}, title = {RELATIVE ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUE SPIDER FAMILIES IN ASSUIT GOVERNORATE}, journal = {Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology}, volume = {3}, number = {2}, pages = {81-89}, year = {2012}, publisher = {Mansoura University, Faculty of Agriculture}, issn = {2090-3677}, eissn = {2090-3758}, doi = {10.21608/jppp.2012.83721}, abstract = {Survey and distribution of  true spiders were studied on different fruit trees (citrus, guava, grapes and apple orchards), in Al-AzharUniversity and Banymore localities, Assuit Governorate during two successive years (2007/2008-2008/2009). Population of spiders were estimated monthly during the period of study to know their distribution allover the year. Data showed that twenty-two families, belonging to sub-order labidognatha distributed in Al-AzharUniversity and Banymore localities, Assuit Governorate during two successive years. Data indicated that the members of families Gnaphosidae, Lycosidae, Miturgidae, Philodromidae, Salticidae, Theridiidae and Thomisidae were found during the two years (2007/2008 and 2008/2009)in the two localities with highly total individuals, population density and frequency of occurrence. While, the members of families Dictynidae, Hersiliidae, Pholicidae and Scytodidae were found in moderate numbers, population density and frequency of occurrence. Whereas, the other families of spiders were recorded in lowest numbers, population densities and frequencies of occurrence.}, keywords = {}, url = {https://jppp.journals.ekb.eg/article_83721.html}, eprint = {https://jppp.journals.ekb.eg/article_83721_fa4e05a5e192f8596291ef44d53f4efc.pdf} } @article { author = {Ragab, M. and Elnaggar, M- and Elmesawy, Marwa}, title = {EVALUATION OF MICROBIAL CONTROL OF THE COTTON LEAFWORM, Spodoptera littoralis (BOISD.) ON TOMATO PLANTS UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS}, journal = {Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology}, volume = {3}, number = {2}, pages = {91-99}, year = {2012}, publisher = {Mansoura University, Faculty of Agriculture}, issn = {2090-3677}, eissn = {2090-3758}, doi = {10.21608/jppp.2012.83722}, abstract = {Laboratory experiments were carried out to evaluate the effect of some microbial agents against the 2nd and 4th instar larvae of the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.)on tomato plants. Mortality percent of the 2nd and 4th instar larvae of S. littoralis increased with increasing duration after treatment with Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki, S. littoralis NPV and Beauveria bassiana, as well as, increasing the concentration used. Positive correlation in mortality percentage of S. littoralis 2nd and 4th instar larvae with tested concentrations of B. thuringiensis kurstaki, whereas the higher concentration revealed higher mortality. Also, data indicated that the 2nd instar larvae of S. littoralis was more susceptible to B. thuringiensis kurstaki, S. littoralis NPV and B. bassiana than the 4th instar larvae}, keywords = {}, url = {https://jppp.journals.ekb.eg/article_83722.html}, eprint = {https://jppp.journals.ekb.eg/article_83722_127d6c36b7b1675eb5ca2bae43c66e1e.pdf} } @article { author = {Nabil, Y. and Etaiw, S. and El-Houseini, M. and Ghazi, A.}, title = {MONITORING OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS AND ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE LEVELS IN EGYPTIAN PATIENTS}, journal = {Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology}, volume = {3}, number = {2}, pages = {101-127}, year = {2012}, publisher = {Mansoura University, Faculty of Agriculture}, issn = {2090-3677}, eissn = {2090-3758}, doi = {10.21608/jppp.2012.83725}, abstract = {Ninety- nine blood samples were collected in Egypt during 2003 – 2004 (85 males' and 14 female's) aged between twenty five and sixty years old from both diagnosed liver and bladder cancer patients in addition to high-risk people to these types of cancers such as hepatitis C virus and chronic bilharzias as well as apparently healthy people as a control. The collected blood samples passed through separation of serum, extraction, evaporation, concentration and determination using gas liquid chromatography equipped with electron capture detector. The monitoring of 14 organochlorine pesticides, characterized by their long  persistence in human tissues which are HCB, alpha-HCH, beta-HCH, gamma-HCH, delta-HCH, Aldrin, Dieldrin, Heptachlor and Heptachlor Epoxide, Endrin, o,p’-DDT, p,p’-DDT, p,p’-DDE and p,p’-DDD and polychlorinated biphenyls congeners (PCB’s) no. 28, 52, 101, 118, 138, 153, and 180. The results showed that only DDT (mainly p,p`-DDE ),HCH (mainly beta-HCH) and HCB were detected with high frequency 97% and 77.8 and 2% respectively, while polychlorinated biphenyls residues and other chlorinated pesticides were not detected in any analyzed blood samples. The findings indicate that the higher significant levels of total HCH (mainly beta-HCH) and total DDT (mainly p,p’-DDE) in bilharzias and hepatitis C virus with respect to those found in apparently healthy subjects as a control which indicate the possible role of chlorinated pesticides in neoplastic transformation of bladder and liver as well.}, keywords = {Monitoring,Egyptian,organochlorine pesticides,Polychlorinated biphenyls,Blood,liver cancer,Bladder cancer,Hepatitis C virus and Bilharzias}, url = {https://jppp.journals.ekb.eg/article_83725.html}, eprint = {https://jppp.journals.ekb.eg/article_83725_15ae653188bf2c7b2a2a88f10b09d218.pdf} } @article { author = {Desuky, W. and Omar, R. and Khattab, M. and Mettwaly, Y.}, title = {ORAL TOXICITY AND REPELLENT EFFECT OF SOME INSECTICIDES AGAINST HONEYBEE WORKERS}, journal = {Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology}, volume = {3}, number = {2}, pages = {129-137}, year = {2012}, publisher = {Mansoura University, Faculty of Agriculture}, issn = {2090-3677}, eissn = {2090-3758}, doi = {10.21608/jppp.2012.83726}, abstract = {These experiments were carried out to evaluate toxic and repellent impact of 6 insecticides i.e. Jojoba oil, Dimilin, Protecto, Biovar, Biorinza and Dursban against honeybee workers  at  Zagazig center, Sharkia Governorate on blooming Egyptian clover fields during the two successive seasons of 2008/2009. Results showed that all the tested compounds comparing to Dursban are safe to forging honeybee workers when fed orally with serial of concentrations started with field rate, 1/2 field rate till 1/4 field rate after 24, 48 and 72 hours of application. Dursban recorded 100% mortality after 48 and 72 hours with field rate while rest of tested compounds did not exceed 17.5% mortality with Jojoba oil after 72 hours at field rate. In case of repellent effect, Dursban recorded the highest repellent impact in initial, after one and two days for both studied seasons, Jojoba extract recorded highest repellent effects against honeybee workers in initial time in both seasons recorded 47.36 and 39.70%, respectively.       }, keywords = {Honeybees,Apis mellifera,bioinsecticides,toxicity,repellent}, url = {https://jppp.journals.ekb.eg/article_83726.html}, eprint = {https://jppp.journals.ekb.eg/article_83726_b783bae48fb434a3b0a466f098c010b7.pdf} } @article { author = {Khorshed, Mona}, title = {RISK EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT OF SOME PESTICIDE RESIDUES DETECTED IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT EGYPTIAN LOCAL MARKETS DURING 2008}, journal = {Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology}, volume = {3}, number = {2}, pages = {139-160}, year = {2012}, publisher = {Mansoura University, Faculty of Agriculture}, issn = {2090-3677}, eissn = {2090-3758}, doi = {10.21608/jppp.2012.83727}, abstract = {A total of 530 samples of different types of the fruits and vegetables collected from nine Egyptian local markets located in nine governorates throughout 2008. All samples were examined for residues of 80 pesticides. Overall, results showed that 84.5% of the samples had no detectable pesticide residues, however, 15.5% contained detectable residues, of which 4.5% contained residues that exceeded maximum residue limits (MRLs). Apricot, banana, green celery, lettuce, samples were free from pesticide residues. The fruits samples recorded the highest contamination percentage without exceeding of the levels of MRL’ (i.e. 20.8%), followed by vegetables (i.e.8.7%), and the leafy vegetables had the lowest percentage (i.e. 6.3%). Also, data showed that the leafy vegetables recorded the highest violation % (i.e. 7.2%), followed by fruits (i.e. 4.2%), and vegetables (i.e. 3.7%). The violated samples were guava, strawberry, orange, carrot, cauliflower, cucumber, eggplant, G. beans, G. peas, pepper, potatoes, tomatoes, watercress, G. coriander, and G. parsley. The violated compounds were cypermethrin, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, fenhexamide, profenofos, fenhaxamid , ethion, and chlorfenapyr .The highest frequently detected pesticide was profenofos, followed by lambada-cyhalothrin, fenhexamid , cypermethrin , ethion, chlorpyrifos , fenpropathrin , diazinon and imiazalil , carbendazin, dimethoate, and procymidone. However, the lowest frequently detected pesticides, which detected only one time, were boscalid, chlorfenapyr, flusilazole, iprodione, metalaxyl, pirimiphos, and pyraclostrobin. The results showed that 2.08% of all samples analyzed, contained residues of 9 pesticides, 1.13% contained residues of 8 pesticides, 0.94% contained residues of 6 pesticides, 2.26% contained residues of 5 pesticides, 0.38% contained residues of 4 pesticides, 3.21% contained residues of 3 pesticides, 3.4% contained residues of 2 pesticides, and 2.08% contained residues of 1 pesticide. The dietary exposures of the most frequently detected pesticides were theoretically calculated to evaluate the risk for Egyptian consumer. As shown by the results, the intake of pesticide residues does not exceed the ADI in any case. It is found to be below 10% of the ADI for all pesticides. The estimated exposure ranges from 0.00018% of the ADI for the malathion on each of molokia and spinach to 4.9% of the ADI for the ethion on tomato. }, keywords = {Pesticide Residues,Fruits,vegetables,Dietary exposure}, url = {https://jppp.journals.ekb.eg/article_83727.html}, eprint = {https://jppp.journals.ekb.eg/article_83727_2038a556092f08dba5a2beb2026ef64b.pdf} } @article { author = {El-Sherif, A. and Refaei, A. and Nassar, O. and El-Nagar, M. and Shalaby, Marwa}, title = {ROLE OF CERTAIN INORGANIC FERTILIZERS ON CONTROLLING Meloidogyne incognita INFECTING TOMATO PLANTS UNDER GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS}, journal = {Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology}, volume = {3}, number = {2}, pages = {161-178}, year = {2012}, publisher = {Mansoura University, Faculty of Agriculture}, issn = {2090-3677}, eissn = {2090-3758}, doi = {10.21608/jppp.2012.83731}, abstract = {The role of spray application of three inorganic fertilizers MnSO4, ZnSO4 and CaCl2 at three concentration each viz: 50, 100 and 150 mg/l of the first two elements and 100, 200 and 300 mg/l for the latter fertilizer three times at one week interval in comparison with oxamyl at the recommended dose (0.39/plant) on development and reproduction of M. incognita infecting tomato plants cv. Castle Rock and plant growth was studied under greenhouse conditions (29±7ºC). Obviously all tested nutrient minerals with their concs. significantly improved plant growth parameters and reduced nematode criteria, respectively as well to great extent. Among the tested inorganic fertilizers, CaCl2 at 200 mg/l/plant overwhelmed other treatments, followed by that of  MnSO4 at 150 mg/l in the increments values of plant growth parameters such as shoot dry weights (30 and 21.1%). whereas, ZnSO4  at 100 mg/l application had the lowest value (9.6%) in this respect, respectively. Similar trend was noticed regarding reduction of nematode criteria such as population density (90.8, 90.7 and 90.2%) respectively. Likewise, nematode multiplication was also affected by the tested nutrient elements performing the above trend, where CaCl2 at 200 mg/l and ZnSO4 at 50 mg/l/plant represented of minimum and maximum values that averaged 0.13 and 0.16 vs 1.39 for nematode alone respectively. N, P, K concs., chlorophyll and total phenol contents in leaves of tomato either infected with M. incognita or not as influenced by foliar spraying of the tested inorganic fertilizers were reported and discussed. }, keywords = {inorganic fertilizers,M. incognita,Tomato,N,P,K,total chlorophyll,total phenol contents}, url = {https://jppp.journals.ekb.eg/article_83731.html}, eprint = {https://jppp.journals.ekb.eg/article_83731_0d46d9effd0105ba90704cdc84364ae6.pdf} } @article { author = {Kassem, S. and Abo-tayesh, M. and Heikal, H.}, title = {IMPACT OF INTERCROPPING OF CITRONELLA GRASS (Cymbopogon schoenanthus cyperles) AND LEMON GRASS (Cymbopogon citratus stapf) OF THE INFESTATION LEVEL OF INSECT PESTS AND ACARI IN COWPEA CROP AT KAFR EL-SHEIKH REGION .}, journal = {Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology}, volume = {3}, number = {2}, pages = {179-187}, year = {2012}, publisher = {Mansoura University, Faculty of Agriculture}, issn = {2090-3677}, eissn = {2090-3758}, doi = {10.21608/jppp.2012.83739}, abstract = {In 2010 and 2011 cowpea seasons, experiments were carried out to investigate the effect of intercropping between cowpea and each of Citronella grass and lemon grass on the populations of insect pests attacking cowpea . Intercropping in general, reduced the pests complex in cowpea fields. These reductions were 94.34 – 97.78, 75.98 – 80.19 and 50.64 – 58.37% in case of intercropping of Citronella grass with one, two and three rows of cowpea, respectively. The corresponding values in case of lemon grass were 97.92 – 99.11, 75.08 – 82.47 and 47.95 – 61.77%. Values of insect diversity index in 2010 season were 1.0725, 1.6583 and 1.6549 when citronella grass was intercropped with one, two and three rows of cowpea. The corresponding values of diversity index, in case of lemon grass were 0.8743, 1.0425 and 1.6053. Diversity index took almost the same trend in the second season (2011). }, keywords = {}, url = {https://jppp.journals.ekb.eg/article_83739.html}, eprint = {https://jppp.journals.ekb.eg/article_83739_1b9ef8ffe4c311c26bc5325dea64ef89.pdf} } @article { author = {Mohamed, K.}, title = {EFFECT OF LOW TEMPERATURES ON THE BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE PREDATORY MITE, PHYTOSEIULUS MACROPILIS (BANKS) (ACARINA: PHYTOSEIIDAE: GAMASIDA)}, journal = {Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology}, volume = {3}, number = {2}, pages = {189-195}, year = {2012}, publisher = {Mansoura University, Faculty of Agriculture}, issn = {2090-3677}, eissn = {2090-3758}, doi = {10.21608/jppp.2012.83745}, abstract = {Biological studies on the predatory mite, Phytoseiulus macropilis (Banks). Showed that the female lived longer than of the male; whereas female and male longevity averaged 14.72 and 11.5 days, respectively. The predator efficiency of consumed immature stages of Tetranychus uticae Koch, increased during the predator developmental stages as well as the adult female and male consumed 77.4 and 27.5 immatures of T.uritcae, respectively. At cold storage of P.macropilis eggs at 10 and 5oC, respectively when the stored eggs transferred at 25oC. The biological aspects of the predator P.macropilis after cooling storage of its eggs at 5oC, respectively when the stored eggs transferred at 25oC. The biological aspects of the predator P.macropilis after cooling storage of its eggs at 5oC for one week, compared with the biological aspects of P.macropilis at 25oC indicated that female longevity decreased to 8.9 + 1.74 days comparing with 14.5 + 1.5 days for control. Female fecundity reduced in cooling treatment, which the number of deposited eggs per female was 19.36 + 6.6 eggs and it was 45.4 + 4.99 eggs per female in control. }, keywords = {}, url = {https://jppp.journals.ekb.eg/article_83745.html}, eprint = {https://jppp.journals.ekb.eg/article_83745_07c9eabb66c64c09fc67dedddbf6378c.pdf} }