Issues of 2005

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GUEST EDITORIAL


• Environmental Impact and Risk Analysis of Bacterial and Fungal Biocontrol Agents
  
(Web site posting Nov. 23, 2004)
PDF File pp. 3-6 [electronic reprint available from the author]

Maria Lodovica Gullino


ENTOMOLOGY


• Biological Features and Life Table Parameters of the Mealy Plum Aphid Hyalopterus pruni on Different Apricot Cultivars
  
(Web site posting Nov. 23, 2004)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 7-14 [electronic reprint available from the author]
M.S. Ozgokce and R. Atlihan

• Note: The Solanum Mealybug, Phenacoccus solani Ferris (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae), Extends Its Distribution Range in the Mediterranean Basin
  
(Web site posting Nov. 23, 2004)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 15-16
Yair Ben-Dov

• Hemocyte Diversity of the American Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera
  
(Web site posting Dec. 20, 2004)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 17-27
Govind T. Gujar and Vinay K. Kalia

• Growth Loss of Lebanon Cedar (Cedrus libani) Stands as Related to Periodic Outbreaks of the Cedar Shoot Moth (Dichelia cedricola)
  
(Web site posting Nov. 24, 2004)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 33-48
Serdar Carus and M. Avci

• Systemic Applications of Neem in the Control of Cameraria ohridella, a Pest of Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
  
(Web site posting Dec. 19, 2004)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 33-48
Roman Pavela and Martin Barnet

• Note: Effect of the Surfactant BB5 on the Potency of Thiamethoxam against the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci)
  
(Web site posting Dec. 20, 2004)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 57-59 [electronic reprint available from the author]
I. Ishaaya, S. Kontsedalov and A.R. Horowitz

• Note: Current Status of Bemisia tabaci in Coastal Croatia
  
(Web site posting Dec. 20, 2004)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 60-64 [electronic reprint available from the author]
K. Zanic, Jose Luis Cenis, Sonja Kacic and Miro Katalinic

• Impact of Environmental Factors on Infestation of Tea Leaves by Helopeltis theivora, and Associated Changes in Flavonoid Flavor Components and Enzyme Activities
  
(Web site posting Dec. 19, 2004)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 88-96
U. Chakraborty and N. Chakraborty

• Current Status of Red Palm Weevil Infestation in Date Palm Plantations in Israel
  
(Web site posting Dec. 19, 2004)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 97-106 [electronic reprint available from the author]
V. Soroker, D. Blumberg, A. Haberman, M. Hamburger-Rishard, S. Reneh, S. Talebaev, L. Anshelevich and A.R. Harari


PHYTOPATHOLOGY / MYCOLOGY


• Enhancement of Sphaeropsis Canker of Aleppo Pine by the Israeli Pine Bast Scale
  
(Web site posting Dec. 19, 2004)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 28-32
Z. Madar, Z. Solel and M. Kimchi

• Etiology of and Effect of Environmental Factors on Damping-Off and Stem Rot of Cowpea in Benin
  
(Web site posting Dec. 19, 2004)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 65-72 [electronic reprint available from the author]
A. Adandonon, T.A.S. Aveling, N. Labuschagne and B.C. Ahohuendo

• Natural Occurrence of Citrinin in Rice Grains and Its Biocontrol by Trichoderma hamatum
  
(Web site posting Dec. 19, 2004)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 73-84
E.F. Abd-Allah and S.M. Ezzat


VIROLOGY


• Containment of Cucumber Fruit Mottle Mosaic Virus (CFMMV) Infection through Roots by Planting into a Virus-Free Intermediating Medium
  
(Web site posting Dec. 19, 2004)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 85-87 [electronic reprint available from the author]
Y. Antignus, O. Lachman, M. Pearlsman and A. Koren

GUEST EDITORIAL


• Insect Peptide Hormones and RNA-Mediated Interference (RNAi): Promising Technologies for Future Plant Protection
  
(Web site posting Feb. 20, 2005)
PDF File pp. 109-112 [electronic reprint available from the author]
Dov Borovsky


ENTOMOLOGY


• Ovipositor Length of Three Apocrypta Species: Effect on Oviposition Behavior and Correlation with Syconial Thickness
  
(Web site posting March 4, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 113-120

Wen-Quan Zhen, Da-Wei Huang, Jin-Hua Xiao, Da-Rong Yang, Chao-Dong Zhu and Hui Xiao

• New Pest Record: New Records of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) Species from Turkey
  
(Web site posting March 4, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 121-122

M. Faruk Gurbuz and M. Yasar Aksoylar

• On the Species of Rhyacionia Huebner [1825] (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Turkey
  
(Web site posting March 4, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 123-128

Selma Seven, Mustafa Ozdemir, Yasemin Ozdemir and Vildan Bozkurt

• A Taxonomic Study of Norbanus Walker (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from China
  
(Web site posting March 4, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 129-136

Hui Xiao,Da-Wei Huang and Lei Sun

• Pheromone-Based Communication Disruption of Adoxophyes orana on Peach Using the New RAK 3+4 Dispensers and Their Effect on Development of Fruit Rot Diseases
  
(Web site posting March 10, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 149-153

E. Navrozidis, T. Thomidis, I. Xatzicharisis, I. Fotiadis and D. Servis

• Note: The Malvastrum Mealybug Ferrisia malvastra (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae): Distribution, Host Plants and Pest Status in Israel
  
(Web site posting March 7, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 154-156

Yair Ben-Dov

• Evaluation of Some Selective Insecticides and Their Combinations with Summer Oil for the Control of the Pear Psylla Cacopsylla pyri
  
(Web site posting March 10, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 169-176

F. Erler and H. Cetin

• Effect of Biopesticides Applied Separately or Together on Nutritional Indices of the Rice Leaffolder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis
  
(Web site posting March 10, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 187-195

S. Senthil Nathan, Paul Gene Chung and K. Murugan

• Characterization of Biotype T of Bemisia tabaci Associated with Euphorbia characias in Sicily
  
(Web site posting March 10, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 196-208 [electronic reprint available from the author]
Stefano Demichelis, Claudio Arno, Domenico Bosco, Daniele Marian and Piero Caciagli


PHYTOPATHOLOGY / MYCOLOGY


• Note: Comparison of Three Laboratory Methods to Evaluate the Pathogenicity and Virulence of Ten Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Strains on Apple, Pear, Cherry and Peach Trees
  
(Web site posting March 4, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 137-140

T. Thomidis, C. Tsipouridis, E. Exadaktylou and P. Drogoudi

• Vegetative Compatibility Groups in Verticillium dahliae Isolates from Cotton in Turkey
  
(Web site posting March 10, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 157-168

S. Dervis and M. Bicici


VIROLOGY


• Goat Horns: Platforms for Viroid Transmission to Fruit Trees?
  
(Web site posting March 7, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 141-148 [electronic reprint available from the author]
Oded Cohen, Ozgur Batuman, Yoni Moskowits, Alexander Rozov, Elisha Gootwine, Munir Mawassi and Moshe Bar-Joseph

• A Novel Approach to Spider Mite Control Based on Expression of Sarcotoxin IA Peptide via a Virus-Vector System in Plants
  
(Web site posting March 9, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 177-186 [electronic reprint available from the author]
R. Aly, F. Mansour, F.A. Moch, M. Edelstein, D. Libman, E. Meiri, Y.M. Shiboleth and A. Gal-On

GUEST EDITORIAL


• Preventing the Entry of Exotic Weed Species and Problems Related to Herbicide Resistance
  
(Web site posting April 13, 2005)
PDF File pp. 211-214

Ricardo Labrada


ENTOMOLOGY


• Tomato Fruits as an Alternative Host for a Laboratory Strain of the Olive Fruit Fly Bactrocera oleae
  
(Web site posting May 20, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 225-236

E.I. Navrozidis and M.E. Tzanakakis

• Resistance to Bifenthrin and Resistance Mechanisms of Different Strains of the Two-Spotted Spider Mite (Tetranychus urticae) from Turkey
  
(Web site posting May 17, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 237-244 [electronic reprint available from the author]

Recep Ay and M. Oktay Gurkan

• Two New Species of Egg Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) of Wood-Boring Beetle Pests from China
  
(Web site posting May 17, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 253-260

Yan-Zhou Zhang, Da-Wei Huang, Tong-Hai Zhao, Hou-Ping Liu and Leah S. Bauer

• Colonization of Cabbage by the Western Black Flea Beetle (Phyllotreta pusilla) as Affected by Mulch and Time of Day
  
(Web site posting May 20, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 309-313

N. Demirel and W. Cranshaw


NEMATOLOGY


• Management of Meloidogyne incognita in Artemisia pallens with Bio-organics
  
(Web site posting May 20, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 304-308

Rakesh Pandey


PHYTOPATHOLOGY / MYCOLOGY


• Enhancement of Germination of Spores of Verticillium dahliae and Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum in Vascular Fluid from Cotton Plants Infected with the Root-Knot Nematode
  
(Web site posting April 13, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 215-224

Dimitrios Katsantonis, Roy J. Hillocks and Simon Gowen

• Eugenol Reduces Growth and Increases Activity of S-adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase in the Phytopathogenic Fungus Botrytis fabae
  
(Web site posting May 17, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 247-252 [electronic reprint available from the author]

S.K. Oxenham, K.P. Svoboda and D.R. Walters

• Passalora Blight of Anise (Pimpinella anisum) and Its Control in Turkey
  
(Web site posting May 17, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 261-266

K. Erzurum, F. Demirci, A. Karakaya, E. Cakir, G. Tuncer and S. Maden

• Solar Photo-inactivation of Phytopathogens by Trace Level Hydrogen Peroxide and Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysis
  
(Web site posting May 20, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 267-274 [electronic reprint available from the author]

L. Muszkat, L. Feigelson, L. Bir, K.A. Muszkat, M. Teitel, I. Dornay, B. Kirchner and G. Kritzman

• Synthesis of Six Heterocyclic Multifunctional Alkylating Agents and Evaluation of Their Activity against Pyrenophora avenae and Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei
  
(Web site posting May 22, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 275-281

Fiona M. Anderson, D.R. Walters and D.J. Robins

• Abstracts of Presentations at the 26th Congress of the Israeli Phytopathological Society
  
(Web site posting May 22, 2005)
PDF File pp. 282-303


WEED SCIENCE


• New Weed Record: Cyperus esculentus L. -- A New Weed in Israel
  
(Web site posting May 17, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 245-246

Avi Tal and Baruch Rubin

MINI-REVIEW


• Hrp-dependent Biotrophic Mechanism of Virulence: How Has It Evolved in Tumorigenic Bacteria?
  
(Web site posting June 15, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 317-324

I. Barash and S. Manulis


ENTOMOLOGY


• First Record of Phenacoccus parvus Morrison (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) from the Palaearctic Region
  
(Web site posting July 13, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 325-326

Yair Ben-Dov, Yaakov Gottlieb and Tsuriel Sando

• Effects of Application Rate and Interval on the Efficacy of Sprayable Pheromone for Mating Disruption of the Oriental Fruit Moth Grapholita molesta
  
(Web site posting July 13, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 334-342 [electronic reprint available from the author]

Orkun B. Kovanci, James F. Walgenbach, George G. Kennedy and Coby Schal

• Aphid Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) on Weeds from Ankara, Turkey
  
(Web site posting July 14, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 359-366

Nurper Guz and Neset Kilincer

• Note: Effects of Plant Oils and Adhesive Stickers on the Mycelia Growth and Conidiation of Verticillium lecanii, a Potential Entomopathogen
  
(Web site posting July 14, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 367-369

P.N. Ganga Visalakshy, A. Krishnamoorthy and A. Manoj Kumar

• Contributions to the Leafminer Fauna (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Turkey, with Four New Records
  
(Web site posting July 24, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 391-396

E. Cikman and Hasan Sungur Civelek


NEMATOLOGY


• Note: Effect of Neem and Organic Amendments on Nematode Populations in a Coastal Savanna Tropical Soil
  
(Web site posting July 14, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 343-346 [electronic reprint available from the author]

K. Agyarko, P.K. Kwakye, M. Bonsu, B.A. Osei and J.S. Asante


PHYTOPATHOLOGY / MYCOLOGY


• Effect of Biological Seed Treatment with Cylindrocarpon olidum var. olidum on Control of Common Bunt (Tilletia laevis) of Wheat
  
(Web site posting July 14, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 327-333 [electronic reprint available from the author]

L. Yolageldi and G. Turhan

• Characterization of Rhizoctonia solani Isolates from Potatoes in Turkey and Screening Potato Cultivars for Resistance to AG-3 Isolates
  
(Web site posting July 14, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 370-376 [electronic reprint available from the author]

Yusuf Yanar, Gungor Yilmaz, Ibrahim Cesmeli and Sinasi Coskun

• Note: Occurrence of Mycosphaerella graminicola, Teleomorph of Septoria tritici, in Slovakia
  
(Web site posting July 18, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 377-379

Martin Pastircak

• Detection and Characterization of Phytoplasmas in Diseased Stone Fruits and Pear by PCR-RFLP Analysis in Turkey
  
(Web site posting July 21, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 380-390 [electronic reprint available from the author]
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Gulsen Sertkaya, Marta Martini, Paolo Ermacora, Rita Musetti and Ruggero Osler

• Incidence of Verticillium Wilt of Artichoke in Eastern Spain and Role of Inoculum Sources on Crop Infection
  
(Web site posting July 21, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 397-405

J. Armengol, M. Berbegal,A. Gimenez-Jaime, S. Romero, R. Beltran, A. Vicent, A. Ortega and J. Garcia-Jimenez


VIROLOGY


• Occurrence of Viruses in Field-grown Pepper Crops and Some of Their Reservoir Weed Hosts in Samsun, Turkey
  
(Web site posting July 21, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 347-358 [electronic reprint available from the author]

M. Arli-Sokmen, H. Mennan, M.A. Sevik and O. Ecevit


WEED SCIENCE


• Weed Flora Distribution in Greek Cotton Fields and Its Possible Influence by Herbicides
  
(Web site posting July 26, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File pp. 406-419
G. Economou, D. Bilalis and C. Avgoulas

GUEST EDITORIAL


• Invasive Pests and Diseases: A Challenge to IPM in Greenhouse Crops
  
(Web site posting Aug. 26, 2005)
PDF File pp. 423-426 [electronic reprint available from the author]

A. Hanafi


ENTOMOLOGY


• Note: Extrapolating the Use of an Entomopathogenic Nematode and Fungus as Control Agents for Frankliniella occidentalis to Thrips palmi
  
(Web site posting Aug. 28, 2005)
Abstract
PDF pp. 436-440 [electronic reprint available from the author]

Richard M. Smith, Andrew G.S. Cuthbertson and Keith F.A. Walters

• Parasitoid Community of the Loreyi Leaf Worm Mythimna (Acantholeucania) loreyi: Novel Host--Parasitoid Associations and Their Efficiency in the Eastern Mediterranean Region of Turkey
  
(Web site posting Aug. 28, 2005)
Abstract
PDF pp. 441-449 [electronic reprint available from the author]

Erdal Sertkaya and Ahmet Bayram

• Effects of Tangerine (Citrus reticulata) Foliage Age on Streblote panda Larval Development and Performance
  
(Web site posting Aug. 28, 2005)
Abstract
PDF pp. 450-459

D. Calvo and J.Ma. Molina

• Effects of Various Concentrations of Bacillus thuringiensis-Corn Leaf Material on Food Utilization by Chilo partellus Larvae of Different Ages
  
(Web site posting Aug. 28, 2005)
Abstract
PDF pp. 467-479

G. Pruetz and K. Dettner

• A New Species of Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Kerala, India
  
(Web site posting Aug. 31, 2005)
Abstract
PDF pp. 495-498

T.C. Narendran, S. Santhosh and P. Girish Kumar

• Description of Pauesia (Pauesia) anatolica (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Aphidiinae) sp. nov., a Parasitoid of the Cedar Aphid Cinara cedri
  
(Web site posting Aug. 28, 2005)
Abstract
PDF File. Caution: Heavy file, opens slowly. pp. 499-505 [electronic reprint available from the author]

J.M. Michelena, Fabienne Assael and Z. Mendel

• Effects of Neem (Azadirachta indica) Extracts on Leptocorisa chinensis under Choice and No-choice Conditions
  
(Web site posting Aug. 28, 2005)
Abstract
PDF pp. 506-514 [electronic reprint available from the author]

De-Ling Ma, Yoshito Suzuki, Hiroaki Takeuchi, Tomonari Watanabe and Mami Ishizaki

• A Grower-Friendly Method to Transfer Predacious Mites to Commercial Orchards
  
(Web site posting Aug. 31, 2005)
Abstract
PDF pp. 515-525

N.J. Bostanian, J. Lasnier and G. Racette


PHYTOPATHOLOGY / MYCOLOGY


• Effect of a Bacillus subtilis Isolate on Southern Blight (Sclerotium rolfsii) and Lipid Composition of Peanut Seeds
  
(Web site posting Aug. 28, 2005)
Abstract
PDF pp. 460-466

E.F. Abd-Allah


VIROLOGY


• Mini-Review: Fifty Years of Plant Virus Research at the Agricultural Research Organization in Israel - A Personal Perspective
  
(Web site posting Aug. 28, 2005)
Abstract
PDF pp. 427-435 [electronic reprint available from the author]

G. Loebenstein

• Leonotis nepetaefolia: An Important Plant Virus Reservoir in Central Mexico
  
(Web site posting Aug. 31, 2005)
Abstract
PDF. Caution: Heavy file, opens slowly. pp. 480-494 [electronic reprint available from the author]

Elias Piedra-Ibarra, Rodolfo De La Torre-Almaraz, Gerardo Zuniga, Beatriz Xoconostle-Cazares and Roberto Ruiz-Medrano