The common pistachio psyllid, Agonoscena pistaciae, is the key pest of pistachio trees in Iran. Both nymphs and adults suck sap from leaves and reduce plant vigor and yield, increase the number of blank, half growth kernel and unsplit nuts and also cause defoliation and buds drop. Detrimental effects of chemical synthetic insecticides and the resistance of common psyllid pistachio to them and t...

Predatory coccinellid, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant is an important biological agent in citrus orchards. The effect of six treatments included: two types mineral oils, EC and mayonnaise at the concentration 15 ml/L, buprofezin 0.75 buprofezin+EC oil 0.5+5 insecticidal soap palizin 2.5 water as control were investigated on functional numerical responses C. under laboratory conditions. exper...

introduction: the harmful plant mites not only feed on crops, but also have irreversible damage to humans. the synthetic pesticides can be replaced with natural products for pest control. the agricultural products, health and hygienic of humans can be treated with harmful caused by the mites (wooley, 1988). the citrus red mite (crm) panonychus citri (mcgregor) (acarina: tetranychidae) is one of...