to identify the mite species associated with food products in mashhad, a variety of stored food products were visited and sampled during years 2011 and 2012. storage mites were extracted by means of berlese-tullgreen funnel. mite specimens were cleared using lactic acid or nesbit’s fluid. using hoyer’s medium, cleared specimens were mounted as permanent microscopic slides. specimens were identi...

BACKGROUND Ixodid ticks (Acari: İxodidae) and fleas (Siphonaptera) are the major vectors of pathogens threatening animals and human healths. The aim of our study was to detect the infestation rates of East Hedgehogs (Erinaceus concolor) with ticks and fleas in Van Province, eastern region of Turkey. METHODS We examined fleas and ticks infestation patterns in 21 hedgehogs, collected from three...

during a faunal survey on the family tachinidae in fars province, six tachinid parasitoids belonging to the subfamilies tachininae and phasiinae were collected and identified. they are reported for the first time from iran. the species are as follows: linnaemya neavei curran, microcerophina planifacies kugler, phasia mesnili (draber-monko), catharosia flavicornis (zetterstedt), leucostoma enged...

abstract the laelapidae is a large family with worldwide distribution. many laelapids are ectoparasitic on small mammals or associated with arthropods, although some species are free living and predators especially in soil habitat; also they are common in stored products. during three years (2007-2009) of faunestic survey, samples were collected from different habitats such as soil, plant litte...

The genus Ramularia includes important plant pathogens with worldwide distribution, commonly associated with leaf spot diseases on a broad range of plant hosts. Although these fungi are common in Iran, most of the species found to date have been identified on the basis of morphological characteristics, and DNA data are available for limited number of them. During our investigation of fungi asso...

this experiment was conducted to evaluate the seed storage protein of seven different species of papaver in ardabil province, iran by sds-page method. by scoring banding patterns data, a total of 20 loci were identified in the species. maximum number of protein band (17 bands) was belonged to p. bracteatum and p. rhoease. minimum number of protein band (13 bands) was related to the species of p...

Barley fields and storages in GolestanProvince (northeastern Iran in south bank of the Caspian Sea), surveyed in 2005 and 40 grain samples were randomly collected for identification of fungi associated with them. Fungi were isolated from these samples by agar plating, deep freezing blotter and seed washing methods. Some six hundred fungal isolates were obtained, among which 30 species belonging...