carob moth, ectomyelois ceratoniae zeller (lep.: pyralidae) is considered as the most important pest of pomegranate in iran causing serious damages up to 80% at pre and post harvesting stages. in this study larval parasitoids of carob moth were collected from three regions of production sites of pomegrante namely: varamin, qom, and saveh during 2007. eight species were collected from varamin, 7...

Cumulative evidence indicates the relevance of cocoa in modulation cardiometabolic diseases. Nevertheless, pure may be rejected by many consumers due to its bitter taste. Carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) is a Mediterranean legume with pods rich dietary fibre and polyphenols. In this study, carob flour was combined cocoa, obtain blend which subjected nutritional evaluation (proximate composition, ca...

Social dominance is widely known to facilitate access to food resources in many animal species such as deer. However, research has paid little attention to dominance in ad libitum access to food because it was thought not to result in any benefit for dominant individuals. In this study we assessed if, even under ad libitum conditions, social rank may allow dominant hinds to consume the preferre...

Carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) is an underutilized traditional crop in the Mediterranean regions that has gained much interest due to its high nutritional traits and resilience drought salinity. However, conventional methods of carob propagation are not enough meet increasing market demands. The present study analyzes what extent benzyl adenine (BA) treatments (0.1, 0.5 1.0 mg L−1) alone or combi...

Carob tree ( Ceratonia siliqua L.) is an agro-sylvo-pastoral species that has been classified among the most efficient trees. The first publications on " in-vitro multiplication of are very recent and show conflicting results. Mastery this technique seems necessary to provide increased demand international market for gum extracted from endosperm seed, a polyoside called galactomannan. This work...

a larval parasitoid of carob moth, ectomyelois ceratoniae (zeller), was collected in pomegranate orchards in fars province, iran, during 2009-2010. this parasitoid, which is newly recorded from iran, was identified as goniozus legneri gordh (hym.: bethylidae) by j. de rond (lelystad, the netherlands).

the calling behavior of virgin carob moth females, ectomyelois ceratoniae (zeller) (lep.: pyralidae) was evaluated under two different thermal regimes, cycling and constant temperatures under laboratory condition. the period of calling activity under cycling temperature was prolonged and the total period of calling activity of an individual female was increased. although moths maintained under ...

In this work hybrid pectin-based biosorbents with secondary polysaccharide additives (gellan, carob and xanthan gum, ratio to pectin 1:1, 1:1 and 1:3, respectively) were obtained at two temperatures. The presence of these additives in prepared beads was confirmed by Raman spectra. The SEM micrographs show better homogeneity of blends and grater differences between structures of beads with vario...