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...

in recent years a large number of pesticides used in the warehouses fumigation have been abandoned, and only methyl bromide and phostoxine are widely used for fumigation of foodstuffs and storage spaces. due to possibility of health impairment, environmental contamination and resistance enhancement of insects, the use of these two fumigants is under scrutiny and restriction. under such circumst...

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...