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  1. The tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is a serious pest of solanaceous plant species, mainly Solanum lycopersicum L. The entomopathogenic fungi, an alternative to chemical inse...

    Authors: Gurmeet Kour Bali, Sanjay K. Singh, Deepak Kumar Maurya, Fehim Jeelani Wani and Radhakrishnan Sitaram Pandit
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:86
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  2. Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) is an entomopathogenic fungus that has potential as a biological control agent against many insect pests. This study was conducted to optimize the conditi...

    Authors: Ibrahima Camara, Kaili Cao, Rouguiatou Sangbaramou, Peipei Wu, Wangpeng Shi and Shuqian Tan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:85
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  3. Effects of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF); Beauveria bassiana, Isaria fumosorosea and Pupureocillium lilacinum against tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), which is one of the most ...

    Authors: Gürsel Karaca, Alime Bayındır Erol, Burcu Açıloğlu Çığgın, Hatice Acarbulut and İsmail Karaca
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:84
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  4. Entomopathogenic nematodes of the genera Heterorhabditis and Steinernema are widely used as biocontrol agents against diverse insect pests. Their association with symbiont bacteria is found to be the primary caus...

    Authors: April Lyn Leonar, Prakaijan Nimkingrat, Sitaram Aryal, Joey Genevieve Martinez, Aashaq Hussain Bhat and Nanette Hope Sumaya
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:83
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  5. Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is the dominant pest on the stored products throughout the world. As an alternative to chemical insecticides, entomopathogens can be natur...

    Authors: Mustafa Yaman, Tuğba Sağlam and Ömer Ertürk
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:82
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  6. The lethal effects of different entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) and nematodes (EPN) on the pupae of the Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) were investigated in a two-...

    Authors: Asiye Uzun Yiğit, Fatma Gül Göze Özdemir, Ozan Demirözer and Tufan Nayır
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:81
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  7. The biological diversity on planet earth is declining day by day, due to different factors such as excessive applications of pesticides. The utilization of chemical pesticides affected environment as well as m...

    Authors: Preety Tomar, Neelam Thakur and Ajar Nath Yadav
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:80
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  8. Domestication usually has negative effects on insect performance, especially when they are reared continuously for many generations. Rejuvenation can reduce the negative effects of domestication in the parasit...

    Authors: Ehsan Ghaemmaghami, Yaghoub Fathipour, Abdoolnabi Bagheri, Ali Asghar Talebi and Gadi V. P. Reddy
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:79
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  9. Honeybees are one of the most important pollinators in the world, and their products are nowadays included in most anticancer, antiallergic, antimicrobial drugs and are included in cosmetic treatments. In the ...

    Authors: Heba Seyam, Amr A. A. Metwally, Ayman H. El-Deeb, Sawsan El-Mohandes, Mohamed S. Badr and Emtithal M. Abd-El-Samie
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:78
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  10. Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (syn. Pseudomonas solanacearum) is the most devastating bacterial disease of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) occurring in tropical zones with consequential substan...

    Authors: Diane Yimta Youmbi, Pierre Eke, Lanvin Rochal Kepngop Kouokap, Vanessa Nya Dinango, Gilbert Ghomsi Tamghe, Louise Nana Wakam and Fabrice Fekam Boyom
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:77
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  12. This study was conducted to investigate host stage preference and demographic parameters of the parasitoid species, Leptomastix dactylopii Howard (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), the parasitoid of vine mealybug Planoco...

    Authors: Murat Muştu, Feyza Nur Derya and Betül Tarhanacı
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:75
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  13. In the present study, detection, characterization and virulence analysis of a field collected nucleopolyhedrovirus isolated from the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) was ca...

    Authors: Yasmein A. El Sayed, Samy Sayed, Aml Magdy and Wael Elmenofy
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:74
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  14. The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), was recorded for the first time in Pakistan in 2019, and now it has spread in several regions, i.e., Punjab and Sindh, affecting mai...

    Authors: Noshaba Mubeen, Asma Khalid, Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Nimra Altaf, Muhammad Arshad, Laiba Amin, Qudsia Talat, Abeera Sadaf and Farwa
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:73
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  15. Cold storage of reared natural enemies is important in terms of planning the release time and quantity, eliminating unpredicted demand increases, and reducing production costs. However, the tolerance of reared...

    Authors: Berivan Keser, Mahmut Mete Karaca and Kamil Karut
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:72
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  16. The baculovirus Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpliNPV) is an entomopathogenic virus utilized as a biological control agent of the Egyptian cotton leaf worm, Spodoptera littoralis. Several studies ha...

    Authors: Saoussen Ben Tiba, Asma Laarif, Jörg T. Wennmann, Thameur Bouslama and Johannes A. Jehle
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:71
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  17. The plant pathogenic fungi, Alternaria solani and Fusarium oxysporum, are considered among the fungal pathogens which cause severe damages to tomato plants. The application of chemicals fungicides reduced fungal ...

    Authors: Asmaa Ahmed Alharbi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:70
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  18. The blast disease of rice caused by the fungus Magnaphorthe oryzae is one of the most destructive diseases in Nam Dinh province, Vietnam. This study aimed to isolate and screen antagonistic bacteria isolated from...

    Authors: Quang Trung Do
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:69
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  19. The genus Acletoxenus (tribe Gitonini, subfamily Steganinae, family Drosophilidae) is a small widespread genus, comprising only four species worldwide, namely: Acletoxenus indicus Malloch, 1929, A. quadristriatus

    Authors: Maha Salah Eldin Nada, Ayman Mohey Eldin Ebrahim and Magdi Shaaban Ali El-Hawagry
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:68
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  20. The black cutworm, Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is considered as one of the most destructive pests of many field crops in Egypt. Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) have long been accepted as rel...

    Authors: Adel Anwar Ismail Ahmed, Shimaa Sayed Hassan Khalil and Ahmed Farahat Sahab
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:67
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  21. Sainfoin, alfalfa and clover are important forage crop plants in terms of their food value, efficiency and adaptation capabilities. Cymbalophora rivularis (Menetries, 1832) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) causes signific...

    Authors: Elif Tozlu, Göksel Tozlu and Recep Kotan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:66
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  22. Virulence of the entomopathogenic nematode, Heterorhabditis indica against larvae (3rd, 4th and 5th larval instars) and pupae of citrus fruit piercing moth, Eudocima materna L. (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) was evaluat...

    Authors: K. Kiran Kumar, A. George, G. T. Behere, Yogesh E. Thorat, Datta Ingle and Dharmendra P. Sinh
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:65
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  23. The notorious invasive pest fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), native to Americas entered the Asian continent and was first time reported on maize from India in 2018. The ...

    Authors: Palam Pradeep, Sharanabasappa S. Deshmukh, C. M. Kalleshwaraswamy and S. Jesu Rajan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:64
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  24. Rangpur lime (RL) is a common rootstock cultivar used worldwide. However, it is known to have a high susceptibility to citrus canker (CC). To meet the increasing demand for healthy citrus seedlings, this resea...

    Authors: Yogi Adhi Nugroho, Suharjono Suharjono and Sri Widyaningsih
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:63
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  25. Brown spot disease is one of the most destructive foliar diseases of rice. Biological control of this disease is considered more environmentally safe, but the biological control agents have limited availabilit...

    Authors: Yosep Seran Mau, Rikardus Suhendra Prayetno, Habil Kaka, Kiki Delfiyanti Naat, Julinda Bendalina Dengga Henuk, Mayavira Veronica Hahuly, Sri Widinugraheni and Yosefina Rovina Yuliaty Gandut
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:62
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  26. Use of chemical pesticides for controlling viral disease in different crops leads to the development of various problems, viz. residue in sprayed crop, pest resistance, pest resurgence and environmental pollut...

    Authors: Manmohan Dhkal, Abhishek Sharma and Sat Pal Sharma
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:61
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  27. The effect of Aspergillus spp. and Trichoderma harzianum isolates was evaluated against the growth of Fusarium oxysporum, F. solani, Pythium ultimum and Phytophthora citrophthora affecting peach seedlings.

    Authors: Sabrine Mannai and Naima Boughalleb-M’Hamdi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:60
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  28. The cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is an economic pest on various crops worldwide. Farmers generally used to apply chemical pesticides to control the pest. The bio-co...

    Authors: Mürşide Yağcı, Cenk Yücel, F. Dolunay Erdoğuş, Gökhan Benk and İlker Kepenekci
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:59
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  29. Bombyliidae (bee flies) are one of the largest dipterous families in Saudi Arabia with 116 hitherto recorded species. Larvae of these flies are predators or parasitoids of different stages of other insects in ...

    Authors: Magdi El-Hawagry, Areej A. Al-Khalaf, Ahmed M. Soliman, Mahmoud S. Abdel-Dayem and Hathal M. Al Dhafer
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:58
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  30. Attraction and oviposition preference of the green lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea (Steph.) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), in response to prey availability in an ovipositional site was studied. The study aimed to invest...

    Authors: Mubasshir Sohail, Shah Rukh Ali, Raza Muhammad, Muhammad Aslam Bukero, Noman Khalid and Qadeer Ahmed Soomro
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:57
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  31. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Berliner is an omnipresent soil bacterium used as world’s leading biopesticide to combat agriculturally important insect pests. This study was aimed at protein and gene profiling of an...

    Authors: R. Naga Sri Navya, V. Balasubramani, M. Raveendran, M. Murugan and A. Lakshmanan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:56
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  32. Endophytic bacteria have been demonstrated to be one of the most potentially important biocontrol agents for their efficiently improved plant growth and protection of host plants from infection by phytopathoge...

    Authors: Lanmeng Wang, Na Xi, Duoyong Lang, Li Zhou, Yajuan Zhang and Xinhui Zhang
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:55
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  33. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) (Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae) and their symbiotic bacteria are pathogenic for a wide range of insect pests and have been used successfully as a biological control a...

    Authors: Ebubekir Yüksel, Mustafa Imren, Esengül Özdemir, Refik Bozbuğa and Ramazan Canhilal
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:54
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  34. Baculoviruses are significant biocontrol agents of pests in agriculture; however, ultraviolet light B (UV-B) and high temperature inactivate them in the environment within a short time.

    Authors: Gozde Busra Eroglu and Zihni Demırbag
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:53
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  35. The red palm weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), overruns date palm ranches in most Oases of Saudi Arabia and causes massive economic losses. Integrated pest management (IPM) of t...

    Authors: Najeeb M. Almasoudi, Khalid A. Asiry and Kamal A. M. Abo-Elyousr
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:52
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  36. In polyhouse cultivation of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) in root-knot (Meloidogyne incognita) infested soils, several accessions remained free of nematode infection. It was hypothesized that such plants that wer...

    Authors: M. Devindrappa, Anju Kamra, Minakshi Grover and Bharat Gawade
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:51
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  37. ITS2 sequences can be used in systematic studies and proved to give reliable results in the distinguishing of Trichogramma species (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Correct identification of natural enemies forms...

    Authors: Fahriye Sümer Ercan, Mevlüde Alev Ateş and Sevcan Öztemiz
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:50
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  38. Bhendi or okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is an important crop widely cultivated in the Indian subcontinent. The production of okra in tropical regions is constrained by several abiotic and biotic factors. Among bi...

    Authors: Malik Nawaz Shuja, Hasan Riaz, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad Anees, Stephan Winter, Sabry Hassan, Mohamed M. Hassan and Mohsen Mohamed Elsharkawy
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:49
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  39. The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is an invasive alien species in Indonesia. This study aimed to assess the impact of its invasion in Indonesia by measuring the dama...

    Authors: Aminudin Afandhi, Ito Fernando, Tita Widjayanti, Agrintya Kurnia Maulidi, Hirzi Ilman Radifan and Yogo Setiawan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:48
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  40. Trichoderma asperellum (Ascomycota: Hypocreaceae) is a globally recognized soil fungus due to its broad-spectrum antimicrobial and plant growth-promoting properties. To increase the availability of local strains,...

    Authors: Rea Sebumpan, Kevin Rey Guiritan, Mayvel Suan, Christine Jean Abapo, Aashaq Hussain Bhat, Ricardo A. R. Machado, Prakaijan Nimkingrat and Nanette Hope Sumaya
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:47
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  41. Scientific approaches into modern agricultural systems, as opposed to the use of synthetic pesticides in food production, became important by exploring endophytic fungi capable of protecting plants against pat...

    Authors: Bartholomew Saanu Adeleke, Modupe Stella Ayilara, Saheed Adekunle Akinola and Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:46
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  42. Ephestia cautella (Walker) (Lepidoptera:Pyralidae) is one of the most economically important date fruits insect pests, which causes major losses in quantity and quality of the date yield. The present study aimed ...

    Authors: Wael Kamal Mohamed El Shafei, Rania Hassan Mahmoud and Sahar Sayed Ali Mohamed
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:45
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  43. Coptotermes curvignathus Holmgren (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) is a subterranean termite that poses serious damage to oil palm and rubber trees. Chemical pesticides could cause negative effect to human and the env...

    Authors: Muhammad Amali Kamarudin, Sumaiyah Abdullah and Wei Hong Lau
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:44
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  44. The peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a key pest of fruits in Egypt. Insect-pathogenic fungi are one of the biocontrol agents that increasingly substitute the traditional pe...

    Authors: Ismail R. El-Gendy, Mohamed F. M. Zawrah and Mona I. El-Banobi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:43
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  45. Cutworms (Agrotis spp.) are cosmopolitan and polyphagous pests distributed throughout world, which belong to the family Noctuidae, and about 26 species are found associated with agriculturally important crops in ...

    Authors: Deepak Kumar, Pritam Kumari, Rubal Kamboj, Anil Kumar, Prakash Banakar and Vinod Kumar
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:42
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  46. Natural and semi-natural ecosystems in the Egyptian Western Desert are in serious danger of being degraded or lost through overgrazing, and overcutting of dominant vegetation, shrubs and trees and tourism acti...

    Authors: Esmat Hegazy, Wedad Khafagi and Essam Agamy
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:41
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  47. Early blight disease of tomato caused by pathogenic fungi Alternaria solani is the most significant and common disease throughout the world as well as in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The aim of this study was to isol...

    Authors: Muhammad Imran, Kamal A. M. Abo-Elyousr, Magdi A. Mousa and Maged M. Saad
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:40
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  48. Entomopathogens such as nematodes, bacteria and fungi are well recognized for their biocontrol potential. This study was carried out to examine the insecticidal properties of the Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Poi...

    Authors: Neelam Thakur, Preety Tomar, Sakshi Sharma, Simranjeet Kaur, Sushma Sharma, Ajar Nath Yadav and Abd El-Latif Hesham
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:39
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  49. Cabbage butterfly, Pieris brassicae Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), is a major insect pest affecting cole crops worldwide. Excessive applications of chemical-based insecticides have a devastating impression ove...

    Authors: Preety Tomar, Neelam Thakur and Ambika Sharma
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:38
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  50. Tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) is a dangerous disease of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) that reduces dramatically the yield. To reduce ToMV infection, microalgal isolates were utilized. Microalgal species (Chlorell...

    Authors: Mohsen Mohamed Elsharkawy, Samira El-Okkiah, Abdelgawad Youssef Elsadany, Mona Youssef Bedier, Reda Ibrahim Omara, Said I. Behiry, Sabry Hassan and Ahmed Abdelkhalek
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:37
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