Background: The Egyption fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus, is considered a harmful pest that attacks agricultural crops, especially ripe fruits, causing economic losses. It widespread in African sahara desert, Egypt, Pakistan and Northern India. This causes damage to many vegetables fruits. measuring of percentage will aid the protection these crops from bats attacking. Methods: losses caused b...

The genus Phyllosticta occurs worldwide, and contains numerous plant pathogenic, endophytic and saprobic species. Phyllosticta citricarpa is the causal agent of Citrus Black Spot disease (CBS), affecting fruits and leaves of several citrus hosts (Rutaceae), and can also be isolated from asymptomatic citrus tissues. Citrus Black Spot occurs in citrus-growing regions with warm summer rainfall cli...

Kelly’s citrus thrips is one of the most common thrips species found in Cyprus citrus orchards. Kelly’s citrus thrips larvae were the sole insect stage causing feeding damage mainly on immature lemon and grapefruit fruits. Under Cyprus conditions Kelly’s citrus thrips adults prefer to concentrate mostly in the northern and eastern sides of both lemon and grapefruit canopies. The recorded mean n...

agroforestry is one the aspects of sustainable agriculture in which multiple cropping of perennial trees in mixture with crops guarantees the environmental, economical and social sustainability in rural communities. high demands for forage in northern provinces of iran lead to agroforestry in citrus orchards as a potential mean for forage production through agroforestry systems. this research w...

Huanglongbing (HLB) is a severe citrus (Citrus spp.) disease associated with the bacteria genus Candidatus Liberibacter, detected in Brazil in 2004. Another bacterium was found in association with HLB symptoms and characterized as a phytoplasma belonging to the 16SrIX group. The objectives of this study were to identify potential leafhopper vectors of the HLB-associated phytoplasma and their ho...