scorpion venom toxicity is of major concern due to its influence on human activities and public health. we investigated the in-vitro process of cell death caused by two iranian scorpions odontobuthus doriae and bothutus salceyi venom on human cell lines. the aim of this study was to provide further information about triggering cell death and suggestion of methods for the elimination of unwanted...

demographic parameters of the pink stem borer, sesamia creticalederer (lepidoptera: noctuidae) were estimatedon its two main host plants, maize and sugarcane. the present studywas conducted under laboratory conditions at 27±1˚c, 50±10% relative humidity (rh %), and a photoperiod of 0:24 (l:d) hour for the larval stage and 16:8 (l:d) hour for the other life stages. the raw data were analyzed bas...

A preliminary s~rvey was conducted to provide an esti~ate of the seventy of red rot (Glomerella tucumanensis) I~ vanous parts of the sugar industry. The incidence of this dIsea~e was greater in the higher altitude areas, with long growing cycles, and where crops were damaged by sesamia or eldana borers. The most severe case observed was 52% of stalks of NC0376 infected in a field at Kranskop. S...

0