Tree shelters were used in an ecological restoration effort in 1999 and 2000 to test the decrease in transplant shock and increase in growth and survival of two selected Mediterranean species, carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) and cork oak (Quercus suber L.), planted in a dry degraded region. At plantation, two treatments were established, one planted with 60 cm tall TUBEX MinitubesTM and the o...

Carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) is an evergreen tree that belongs to the Leguminosae family and typical of Mediterranean basin. It well known for its valuable locust bean gum obtained from carob seeds. However, food industry can obtain different products fruit after processing. are good sources dietary fibre, sugars, a range bioactive compounds such as polyphenols D-pinitol. Bioactive present in d...

The carob moth, Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller, 1839) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), is the most important pest of pomegranate in Iran. As it has been rarely recorded on other host plants, control methods have mostly been focused on its populations on pomegranate. In this study, shapes and sizes of wings were compared in populations on 4 host plants (pomegranate, fig, pistachio and walnut) using a l...