June 2015

Haemocytes and protein changes in Schistocerca gregaria after infection with nucleopolyhedrovirus

Innate immune response in insects is essential to resist the infections of pathogens. The present study investigates the antiviral immune response against intracellular baculovirus infection in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. The desert locust was injected with nuclear polyhedral virus isolated from Spodoptera littoralis larvae collected from cotton and maize field in Giza governorates (SlNPV). Haemolymph was...

Author(s): Mahmoud, D. M. and Soliman, D. E.

June 2015

Bioactivity of fractionated indigenous medicinal plant extracts of Phlomis damascena Born. and Ranunculus myosuroides against the cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Two bioactive methanol (MeOH) extracts of two indigenous medicinal plant species Phlomis damascena Born. and Ranunculus myosuroides Boiss. & Kotschy were tested for insecticidal activity of their fractions against the cotton whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) adults under controlled conditions. This study is within bio-prospection context, in form of utilizing local plant species as an alternative in sustainable...

Author(s): E. Abou-Fakhr Hammad, A. Zeaiter, N. Saliba,  M. Farran and S. Talhouk