the pistachio gardens in iran rival other countries with 280000 hectares and rank first in the world in terms of annual production 300,000 mts. ecological factors for pistachio planting favor the growth of aspergillus flavus which produce aflatoxin as secondary metabolites which reduces pistachio exports. it is important to control a. flavus and its aflatoxin production to increase pistachio ex...

The cactus Opuntia ficus-indica L. is widly cultivated in Morocco and has a very an important economic role as source of food, livestock feed not forgetting that it considered to be income for people rural communities. This crop subject the attack serious insect pest, Dactylopius opuntiae (Cockerell), which sucks sap from plant causing huge production losses since its introduction country 2014....