abstract the cowpea weevil, callosobruchus maculatus is the one of the most destructive pests of the dried seeds including cowpea, chickpea, lentil, mung bean and broad bean. in the last few decades, the use of environmental friendly insecticides, particularly plant-based compounds, has attracted attention of many researchers. the objective of the present work was to evaluate the fumigant toxic...

Combining a biotin-enrichment protocol and 454GS-FLX titanium pyrosequencing technology, we characterised 22 polymorphic microsatellite loci from the parasitic wasp, Habrobracon hebetor (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a cosmopolitan species commonly used in biological control against a wide range of both major lepidopterous pests of stored products and fi eld crops in different parts of the wo...

medicinal plant powders have traditionally been used as grain protectants against stored-product insect pests. in this study, insecticidal activity of carum copticum l. and cuminum cyminum l. powders was assessed on adults of sitophilus granarius l. and tribolium confusum jacquelin du val. experiments were carried out on wheat at 27 ± 1 ºcand 55 ± 5% r. h. the mortality increased with increasin...

Combining a biotin-enrichment protocol and 454GS-FLX titanium pyrosequencing technology, we characterised 22 polymorphic microsatellite loci from the parasitic wasp, Habrobracon hebetor (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a cosmopolitan species commonly used in biological control against a wide range of both major lepidopterous pests of stored products and fi eld crops in different parts of the wo...

Kayısı (Prunus armeniaca L.)’nın anavatanı Çin ve Orta Asya olarak bilinmekle birlikte günümüzde Türkiye, yaklaşık 1 milyon ton kayısı üretimi ile dünyada birinci sırada yer almaktadır. Anadolu’da yüzyıllardır üretilip ticareti yapılan meyvelerden biri olan hem yaş de kuru ihracatı kayısının en fazla üretildiği Malatya ili, yüksek kaliteli kayısılarıyla bugün dünya markası haline gelmiştir. Fak...