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    Numerous significant crops are infected by the devastating soil-borne fungal pathogen Rhizoctonia solani. This study set out to isolate and screen actinobacteria with potential biocontrol capability against this ...

    Authors: Fatma Shams, Ayat M. Ali, Hussein E. Makboul and Mohamed A. Moselhy
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:26
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  2. Endophytic fungi can colonize and live in plant tissues without causing disease or harming their host plants. Some related endophytic fungi can also act as entomopathogens. The diversity and level of pathogeni...

    Authors: My Syahrawati, Nanda Saputra, Trizelia Trizelia and Eri Sulyanti
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:25
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  3. Tomato yield is significantly reduced by root-knot nematodes (RKN; Meloidogyne spp.), particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. This study evaluated 20 bacterial isolates (B1–B20), belonging to the genera...

    Authors: Ahmed MA Mahmoud, Ahmed ASA El-Eslamboly, Mohamed Adam and Mahmoud AA Maraey
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:24
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  4. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are widely recognized as an effective biological control agent, but their practical application is often limited by challenges in formulation stability and survival during sto...

    Authors: Shahla Karimi, Naser Eivazian Kary and Davoud Mohammadi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:23
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  5. Potatoes are a vitally important food crop in Colombia. Both native and commercial varieties are grown, and all are vulnerable to attack by the Tecia solanivora (Povolný 1973) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) which is ...

    Authors: Mariana Valentina Jaimes Velandia, Ismael Villanueva, Maria del Pilar Márquez Cardona and Adriana Sáenz-Aponte
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:22
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  6. India is the world’s leading producer of coconuts, with 2.08 million hectares under cultivation, yielding a total production of 22,167 million nuts annually. However, various biotic and abiotic constraints lim...

    Authors: M. Sujithra, V. H. Prathibha, M. Daliyamol, T. N. Madhu, A. Josephrajkumar and Guru-Pirasanna-Pandi Govindharaj
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:21
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  7. The study evaluated the effects of gamma irradiation alone and in integration with the egg parasitoid species, Trichogramma evanescens (Westwood) and Trichogrammatoidea bactrae (Nagaraja) (Hymenoptera: Trichogram...

    Authors: Esraa M. Abdel Halim, Sayeda S. Ahmed, Mona B. R. El-Mandarawy and Magda H. Naroz
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:20
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  8. Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), larvae have the potential to significantly reduce maize yields. The FAW has become resistant to pesticides and environmental poll...

    Authors: Ahmed Azazy, Ahmed Adly, Ibrahim El Sappagh, Abdelhalim Khalil and Hassan El-Saadany
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:19
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  9. One of the most important problems facing the silk industry in Egypt is the existence of a good hybrid that can withstand fluctuations in climatic change, which is the main reason for silkworm susceptibility t...

    Authors: Radwa G. Attia, Marwa N. Moustafa, Shireen A. M. Ma’moun, Hayam, A. E. Sayed and Doaa R. Abdel-Haleem
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:18
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  10. Phyllotreta striolata (F.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is a major pest of cruciferous crops worldwide, with high resistance to chemical insecticides, resulting in severe economic losses. Conventional chemical con...

    Authors: Yan Zhou, Zhijie Li, Mingguo Jiang, Fengfang Li and Tianbao Yang
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:17
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  11. American foulbrood (AFB), Nosemosis and Varroasis are diseases that affect honey bee health and their products. The present study evaluated microencapsulated lactic acid bacteria (LAB) as a novel technique for...

    Authors: Fatma Mahmoud, Rasha M. A. Farag, Shireen A. M. Ma’moun, Ahmed S. Abou Zeid, Akila M. El Shafei and Eman E. Essa
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:16
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  12. Citrus black spot (CBS), even recently reported in Tunisia, could be responsible for considerable losses in lemon growing areas. The present study evaluated different Trichoderma species against Phyllosticta citr...

    Authors: Sabrine Mannai, Ibtissem Ben Salem, Afef Farhati and Naima Boughalleb-M’Hamdi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:15
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  13. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) have emerged as promising biological control agents against various insect pests, with particular significance for location-specific applications. Native EPNs are especially v...

    Authors: Ayushi Chaudhary, Parul Chauhan, Ashish Kumar Singh and Istkhar Rao
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:14
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  14. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) represent a guild of soil-inhabiting nematodes that rapidly infect and kill insects that live in, on or near the ground surface. They are considered an attractive and emerging...

    Authors: M’barka Elqdhy, Mohamed Ait Hamza, Latifa Askarne, Carolina Cantalapiedra-Navarrete, Pablo Castillo, Tayeb Obidari, Boujemaa Ajdi, Hicham Lakhtar, Abdelhamid El Mousadik, Fouad Msanda and Hassan Boubaker
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:13
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  15. Energy flows in most food chains in the agroecosystem are crowned with beneficial natural enemies including different species of predatory and parasitic insects, birds and animals. They are utilized in organic...

    Authors: Monir M. El Husseini, Hassan E. Abou Bakr, Samy M. Hamed, Essam A. Agamy, Ata A. Ata and Marwa M. A. Farag
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:12
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  16. Wheat stem sawflies (WSS) [Cephus pygmeus (L.) and Trachelus tabidus (F.) (Hymenoptera: Cephidae)] are significant pests in wheat-growing areas of the Southeastern Anatolia region, Türkiye. These species pose a s...

    Authors: Cetin Mutlu and Tarkan Ayaz
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:11
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  17. Dickeya zeae is an emerging cosmopolitan soil-borne pathogenic bacterium that causes corn stalk rot disease in Indonesia. Environmentally friendly control using antagonistic fungal filtrates is an effective and e...

    Authors: Hishar Mirsam, Suriani, Sri Kurniawati, Oky Dwi Purwanto, Yudhistira Nugraha, Emerensiana Uge, Eriyanto Yusnawan, Muhammad Fuad Anshori and Muhammad Azrai
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:10
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  18. Common bacterial blight, caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli (Xap), is a major disease affecting bean plants. While biocontrol agents have been explored to manage plant diseases, there is limited resear...

    Authors: Nashwa M. A. Sallam and Munirah F. Aldayel
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:9
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  19. Research with coffee (Coffea arabica L., Rubiaceae) endophytic microorganisms demonstrates that there is a rich microbiota that has diverse abilities to protect plants and act against phytopathogens. Therefore, t...

    Authors: Marcelo Tavares de Castro, Antônia Débora Camila de Lima Ferreira, Izabela Nunes do Nascimento, Gabriela Teodoro Rocha, Matheus Felipe Celestino, Ítalo Alves Freire, Isabela Cardoso Farias Moreira, Giovana Cidade Gomes, Breno Beda dos Reis Cunha, Sandro Coelho Linhares Montalvão, Flávia Melo Moreira and Rose Gomes Monnerat
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:8
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  20. Tomato yield and quality are influenced by multiple factors, including conditions during cultivation, post-harvest handling and storage. Botrytis cinerea, the fungal pathogen causing gray mold disease, poses a si...

    Authors: Md Mosaddekur Rahman, Najeeb M. Almasoudi, Khalid A. Asiry and Kamal A. M. Abo-Elyousr
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:7
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  21. The African migrating locust, known as Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Orthoptera: Acrididae), is a harmful pest that damages pastures and crops like millet, maize, beans, sweet potatoes, cassava, and vegetabl...

    Authors: Zeinab Fathy, Jihan Muhammad and Sahar S. Ali
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:6
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  22. Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the third most important pulse crop grown worldwide. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causes damping-off and stem rot diseases, leading to significant economic losses in chickpea crop yie...

    Authors: Yaser H. El-Gammal, Salama A. S. El-Blasy, Neamat A. M. Khalifa, Shereen Abu El-Maaty and Sara B. H. Awaly
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:5
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  23. Onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman) are a main threat to onion (Allium cepa L.) production worldwide. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are recommended as environmentally acceptable alternatives to chemical man...

    Authors: Hala M. S. Metwally, Mahmoud M. E. Saleh and Mokhtar Abonaem
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:4
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  24. This overview explores the use of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs), fungi (EPFs), bacteria (EPBs), and viruses (EPVs) as biological control strategies against the red palm weevil (RPW) (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

    Authors: Koko Dwi Sutanto, Catur Raharjo Febrayanto, Wiratno Wiratno, Dwinita Wikan Utami, Fitri Susiyanti, Mohammad Agus Yulianto, Araz Meilin and Iwa Mara Trisawa
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:3
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  25. Microbial pesticides, derived from microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses, present sustainable alternatives to chemical pesticides, thereby promoting environmentally friendly agricultural practice...

    Authors: Weerachon Sawangproh, Paiphan Paejaroen, Lutfi Afifah and Chetsada Phaenark
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2025 35:2
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  27. Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker) is an important pest of sugarcane ecosystem in the Tarai region of Uttarakhand state of India. The study focused on investigating the population dynamics of Pyrilla (sugarcane leaf hop...

    Authors: Saba Tanveer and R. P. Maurya
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:68
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  28. Red palm weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), has recently become a significant threat to date palm trees in Jordan and other regions around the world. This destructive p...

    Authors: Leena A. Irshaid, Mais A. Sweiss, Hazem S. Hasan, Hassan F. Dahi, Heba A. Al-Awaisheh and Danea A. Al-Rajabi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:67
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  29. Apple root rot (ARR) is a typical soil-borne disease that seriously threatens the development of the apple industry. In this study, a biocontrol fungus named AT-1 was screened from the basal tissue of apple st...

    Authors: Haichun Cun, Pengbo He, Shahzad Munir, Pengfei He, Yixin Wu, Hui Zhang, Baohua Kong and Yueqiu He
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:66
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  30. Dark septate endophytic (DSE) fungi characterized by sterile conidia, melanin pigment, and the formation of melanized structures such as intercellular hyphae and microsclerotia, enabling them to colonize plant...

    Authors: Mariani Mariani, Surono Surono, Marhani Marhani, Muhammad Mirsodi, Henti Rosdayanti, Mirta Ardi Lestari, Dalia Sukmawati and Catur Sriherwanto
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:65
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  31. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) can overcome productivity challenges caused by plant-parasitic nematodes, especially Meloidogyne incognita. M. incognita is the most harmful polyphagous endoparasitic nematode of ...

    Authors: Win Lai Lai Swe, Ferenc Tóth, Renáta Petrikovszki, Márta Ladányi and József Fail
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:64
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  32. Tobacco, an economically significant crop, faces substantial losses due to infections by Phytophthora nicotianae. This study investigated the endophytic microbial community composition in tobacco plants across di...

    Authors: Meng-yu Zhang, Han Li, Pu Miao, Hui Wang, Min Xu, Jian-xin Yang, Jin-yan Yang and Ye-bin Kang
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:63
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  33. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) serves as a peculiar soil microbe that is Gram-positive, rod-shaped, spore-forming, and aerobic facultative. It endures across a range of conditions and has been demonstrated to be an ...

    Authors: E. M. Noran, M. K. Amin, A. Abdelsalam and M. M. Elashtokhy
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:62
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  34. In the South of Russia, due to the large acreage of tomato crops (Solanum lycopersicum Mill.), there is an acute problem of plant protection against the obligate endoparasitic of the root system Meloidogyne hapla

    Authors: Svetlana N. Nekoval, Maxim N. Chernyakovich, Arina K. Churikova, Oksana A. Maskalenko and Vyacheslav S. Muravyov
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:61
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  35. Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a key agricultural pest, impacts a broad spectrum of crop species, such as cotton, maize, rice, sorghum, and a range of vegetables...

    Authors: Muhammad Riaz, Wen-Hua Chen, Lekhnath Kafle and Min-Nan Tseng
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:60
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  36. Control techniques using biological control agents such as Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin have the advantage of not showing any negative impacts on environmental health and safety issues. This study used ...

    Authors: Natya Lakshita, Refista Alida Yulani, Arman Wijonarko and Siwi Indarti
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:59
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  37. Due to their environmentally friendly character, entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are becoming increasingly used as microbial agents in biological pest control over chemical pesticides. However, EPF are sensitive ...

    Authors: Matheus G. de Jesus Seabra, Tárcio S. Santos, Camila de Souza Varize, Eliana B. Souto, Patrícia Severino and Marcelo da Costa Mendonça
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:58
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  38. Woolly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum Hausmann) (Homoptera: Aphididae) infests the aerial and edaphic portions of apple trees. It is responsible for the serious qualitative and quantitative reduction in apple fr...

    Authors: Dinesh Kumar, Neelam Kumari, Priyank Hanuman Mhatre, Dharam Pal, Kailash Chandra Naga and Santosh Watpade
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:57
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  39. The augmentative release of the parasitoid species Anastatus japonicus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) is essential for managing the recent invasion of litchi stink bugs (Tessaratoma papillosa (Drury)) (Hemipte...

    Authors: Yi-Hui Wu, Shih-Yang Lee, Yi-Yuan Chuang, Hsy-Yu Tzeng, Jui-Sheng Lai and Ming-Yi Chou
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:56
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  40. Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is an economically important polyphagous pest species infesting many agricultural and horticultural crops causing severe yield losses. In order to develop biopesticide...

    Authors: Krishnaveni Mariappan, Jeyarajan Nelson Samuel, Nakkeeran Sevugapperumal, Sivakumar Uthandi, Mohankumar Subbarayalu and Premalatha Krishnamoorthi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:55
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  41. Invasive alien insects have the potential to pose a significant threat to global agriculture, with their distinctive traits enabling rapid reproduction, successful adaptation to new environments and high distr...

    Authors: Karimou Zanzana, Elie Ayitondji Dannon, Antonio Alain Sinzogan and Joelle Mehinto Toffa
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:54
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  42. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) are used as a biological control agent for different insect pests in agriculture. The genera Heterorhabditis and Steinernema are the most used commercially. For an EPN species to ...

    Authors: Jennifher Elizabeth Rodas Adrianzén, Raúl Samuel Cueva Dávila, Edgar Darwin Pérez Tesén, Carmen Patricia Calderón Arias and Alexander Chávez Cabrera
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:53
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  43. The vine mealybug Planococcus ficus (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is a cosmopolitan species that causes economic damage to grapevines, especially in Mediterranean countries, South Africa, North and South...

    Authors: Murat Muştu and Nuraynurgül Tatar
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:52
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  44. The employment of entomopathogenic microorganisms is a promising approach for ensuring optimal phytosanitary protection in the framework of biological management of insect crop pests. Among these microbes, ent...

    Authors: Mohamed Hafsa and Leila Allal Benfekih
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:51
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  45. The shoot and fruit borer, Conogethes punctiferalis (Guenée) (Crambidae: Lepidoptera), is a significant pest causing substantial economic losses across various crops. The need for alternative control methods has ...

    Authors: P. Duraimurugan, E. Bharathi, Neethu Roy Dharavath and Hariharan Selvam
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:50
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  46. The western flower thrips (WFT), Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), is an important polyphagous pest in both greenhouses and fields. Due to its wide range of host plants and short life...

    Authors: Muhammed Koç, Duygu Bekircan Eski, Mustafa Güllü, İsmail Demir and Ardahan Eski
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:49
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  47. Cydnoseius negevi (Swirski and Amitai) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is a promising bio-agent in the Mediterranean region. It attacks a wide range of pest species. Two fundamental questions have been raised when C. negev...

    Authors: Mahmoud M. Ramadan, Islam M. Zidan and Marwa E. Barghout
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:48
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  48. Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tephritidae) infestation poses a serious risk to bitter gourd cultivation. Traditionally, B. cucurbitae has been controlled using synthetic pesticides, which have draw...

    Authors: Muhammad Dildar Gogi, Ahsan Maroof, Bilal Atta, Muhammad Junaid Nisar, Muhammad Jalal Arif, Muhammad Ahsin Ayub and Arshed Makhdoom Sabir
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:47
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  49. The soil-borne fungi, Rhizoctonia solani and Sclerotium rolfsii, are major pathogens of Brassicae crops. This study was performed to clarify the relationship between the accumulation pattern of the genus Trichode...

    Authors: Mohsen Mohamed Elsharkawy, Shuhei Kuno, Nahaa M. Alotaibi and Mitsuro Hyakumachi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:46
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  50. Melon fruit fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae Coquillett (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a devastating polyphagous pest attacking large number of fruits and vegetables causing huge economic yield losses across the world. Man...

    Authors: N. Aarthi, A. N. Shylesha, V. K. Dubey, K. Aditya, A. Kandan, R. Rangeshwaran and C. Manjunatha
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2024 34:45
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