Ali Rajabpour

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• Ph.D.
• Honorary Visiting Professor at Macquarie University

Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, commonly known as the cotton mealybug, is a significant pest found in various regions worldwide. This polyphagous insect has become a serious problem on agricultural crops, ornamental plants, and certain trees in Khuzestan province. The primary method of controlling this pest is through the use of insecticides. Howev...

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) has emerged as a crucial approach in sustainable agriculture, aiming to minimize the impact of pests while reducing reliance on synthetic pesticides. This paper delves into the evolution of IPM over the past six decades, highlighting its goals of sustainable agricultural practices and decreased pesticide application...

In the chapter titled “Remote Sensing, Geographic Information System (GIS), and Machine Learning in Pest Status Monitoring” from the book “Decision Systems in Agricultural Pest Management,” the focus is on the significance of precision agriculture in addressing global food security challenges. The chapter explores how advanced sensors and analyses...

Seasonal population dynamics of the aphids on two important commercial citrus species, Thomson navel orange (TNO) and Satsuma mandarin (SM) were investigated in the west of Mazandaran province, Ramsar, during 2015-2016. Samplings were performed biweekly from April 2015 to July 2016. In each sampling date, four young shoots were randomly selected fr...

This book covers the theoretical and practical aspects of pest population components, explaining the probable reasons for pest density fluctuations and outbreaks in agricultural or other ecosystems. Agricultural pest management is a complex task that involves dealing with a variety of pests, including insects, diseases, and weeds. Decision system...

The concept of biodiversity as a key factor influencing the stability of insect populations within ecosystems is explored. Biodiversity, encompassing the diversity of plants, animals, and microorganisms in a given environment, serves as a crucial metric for evaluating ecological community resilience. Population ecologists emphasize the significance...

Counting and estimating the population statuses of all pests or their natural enemies in an ecosystem, such as a farm, orchard, jungle, or pasture, is typically impractical. Thus, developing an accurate and cost-effective sampling program from the natural population is crucial for the implementation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs. The...

The chapter “Decision-Making Levels” in the book “Decision System in Agricultural Pest Management” delves into the fundamental concept of economic decision-making levels within integrated pest management strategies. These levels are established on the principle that a specific threshold of pest population density and associated damage is tolerable....

The chapter “Temperature-Dependent Models for Predicting Poikilotherm Pest Occurrence” delves into the critical role of precise prediction in the development and emergence timing of insect pests, especially in the context of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs. The timing of pesticide applications is crucial, as many pesticides are effective...

Understanding the population dynamics of pests is crucial in agricultural pest management. This book chapter, "Population Components of Pests," within the framework of the book "Decision System in Agricultural Pest Management," delves into the key phenomena that shape pest populations, such as birth, mortality, and migration. These factors play a f...

Effective Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs rely heavily on accurate knowledge of pest and beneficial organism populations. Within the context of the book “Decision System in Agricultural Pest Management,” this chapter, “Monitoring and Population Density Estimation,” emphasizes the critical role of population estimation and sampling in IPM...

The chapter “Monitoring and Population Density Estimation” within the book “Decision System in Agricultural Pest Management” delves into the intricate relationship between pest populations and their environment. The chapter explores how factors such as population density, age structure, sex ratio, and spatial distribution shape the dynamics of pest...

Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are the main microbiological control agents of insect pests. One of the key factors in the pathogenicity of EPF is the production of insecticidal bioactive compounds. Therefore, the metabolites of two isolates of EPF, Cladosporium cladosporioides (Fresen.) G.A. de Vries (AF98) and Acremonium zeylanicum (Petch) W. Gams &...

Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are key elements for pest management in sustainable agriculture. Many EPFs can produce secondary metabolites with toxic effects, playing an essential role in their pathogenicity. In this study, the metabolites of some EPFs, including three isolates of Akanthomyces lecanii species (PAL6, PAL7, and PAL8) and one isolate o...

Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are the main microbiological control agents of insect pests. One of the key factors in the pathogenicity of EPF is the production of insecticidal bioactive compounds. Therefore, the metabolites of two isolates of EPF, Cladosporium cladosporioides (Fresen.) G.A. de Vries (AF98) and Acremonium zeylanicum (Petch) W. Gams &...

فعالیت آفات به ویژه بندپایان آفت، همه ساله موجب خسارات سنگینی به منافع انسان¬ها به ویژه محصولات کشاورزی می¬گردد. در دهه¬های اخیر، فلسفه¬ی مدیریت تلفیقی آفات با هدف کنترل پایدار آفات ضمن اثرات سوء حداقل روی موجودات غیرهدف، تکوین یافت. در این فلسفه¬، فعالیت هر تراکمی از آفت موجب تصمیم به مداخله کنترلی نمی¬گردد و تنها زمانی که تراکم مشخصی از آفت موجب...

Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are the most important category of microbial agents and considered to be crucial elements in biological control. In this study, two species of EPF, Cladosporium sp. AF98 (Ascomycota: Davidiellaceae) and Acremonium zeylanicum IR87 (Petch) W. Gams & H.C. Evans (Ascomycota: Hypocreaceae), were isolated from infected indivi...

Background and Objective The Black bean aphid (BBA), Aphis fabae Scopoli (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is an important pest of agricultural and ornamental plants. Entomopathogenic fungi are important factors in the microbiological control of pests that are considered a good alternative for chemical insecticides. Isolation of novel potential IPF and ev...

Aenasius bambawalei Hayat (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) is an important solitary nymphal endoparasitoid of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), the most used around the world for biological control of the cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley. In this study, the foraging behavior of A. bambawalei to adult female of P. solenopsis was studied...

The pink stalk borer, Sesamia cretica Led. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is one of the most important sugarcane pests in many regions of the world, causing severe damage to sugarcane every year. This insect has a specialized form of the auditory organ called the tympanal organ, and ultrasound can be employed as a potential tactic employed in physical c...

The cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Gen. (Hem., Aleyrodidae), is a key pest of many vegetables. Entomopathogenic fungi are promising microbial control agents against B. tabaci , but limited information is available concerning indigenous Iranian isolates. In this study, three isolates of Akanthomyces lecanii (PAL6, PAL7, and PAL8) and one isolate of...

Salinity is becoming a limiting factor for crop production, particularly in arid and semiarid areas all around the world. This phenomenon can adversely affect both plant integrity and herbivorous insects. Herein, we assessed the bottom-up effects of four salinity levels (3.1 [control], 6.0, 10 and 12.0 dS/m) on the life parameters of viruliferous b...

The entomopathogenic fungi are safe and ecofriendly biocontrol agents which can be applied against stored product pests. In this study, potentials of some Iranian isolates of Lecanicillium lecanii (PAL6, PAL7 and PAL8) and Lecanicillium muscarium to control Tribolium castaneum (AGM5) were investigated under laboratory conditions. For this purpose,...

The influence of intraguild predation between Orius albidipennis Reuter and two parasitoids, Eretmocerus mundus Mercet or Eretmocerus eremicus Rose and Zolnerowich, on the suppression of Bemisia tabaci Gennadius was investigated under laboratory conditions. Through a non-choice test, the 2nd and 3rd instar nymphs of B. tabaci and larval and pupal s...

The carob moth, Spectrobates ceratoniae Zeller, is the most destructive pest of pomegranate groves of Iran. Seasonal population dynamics of the pest was studied in pomegranate orchards of Sirvan, Ilam province, in southwestern Iran for 2 yr (2016/2017). Sampling distribution of the pest larvae on pomegranate fruits was evaluated by Taylor's power l...

Background and Objectives Cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), is one of the most important pests of field crops, vegetables, and ornamental plants. Parasitoid wasps, Eretmocerus mundus Mercet and Eretmocerus eremicus Rose and Zolnerowich, as well as predatory bug Orius albidipennis Rueter are natural enemies which are used as biocontrol ag...

The cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, is a phytophagous insect with high populations causing serious damage to the Chinese hibiscus shrubs (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.) from south of Iran. This research was conducted to determine the host preference of Aenasius bambawalei Hayat when had choice or no-choice access to different stages of...

The black been aphid, Aphis fabae Scopoli (Homoptera: Aphididae), is an important pest of many garden, vegetable and ornamental plants in the world. To evaluate Orius albidipennis potential for biological control of the aphid, prey stage preference of the predator to different life stages of the aphid and functional responses of it to different den...

The cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, 1898 (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae), is a phytophagous insect with high populations causing serious damage to numerous plants including economically important crops. This pest has been reported from the New World, Afrotropical, Australia, Oriental and the Middle East including Iran. Chemical control...

Aenasius bambawalei Hayat (Hym.: Encyrtidae) is a solitary endoparasioid wasp. This wasp belongs to koinobiont group which is active on mealybugs of Pseudococcidae family (Hemiptera), specially cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley. In recent years, irreparable damages of Ph. solenopsis agricultural crops have been reported from India and...

The interactions between two natural enemies (NEs) were studied in a tritrophic system to evaluate the efficacy of simultaneous releases of a parasitoid, Lysiphlebus fabarum Marshal (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and a predator, Orius albidipennis Reuter (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) against Aphis fabae Scopoli (Homoptera: Aphididae). Three experiments we...

Spodoptera exigua Hübner and Sesamia cretica Led. (Lep., Noctuidae) are two important pests of corn. In this study, the effect of weed bands in the corn field, as weedy culture, on population density and damages of the pests were evaluated during two growing seasons (2016/2017). Cumulative insect days (CID) of each lepidopteran pest in weedy cultur...

Botanical insecticides have long been considered as alternatives to synthetic chemical insecticides in IPM programs. Effects of aqueous and ethanolic extracts obtained from buttonwood, Conocarpus erectus L. (Combretaceae), leaves on a major kind of stored product pests, Tribolium castaneum Herbst (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), were evaluated under la...

Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is an important cucumber pest especially in greenhouse. The efficacy of simultaneous release of generalist predator, Orius albidipennis Reuter (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) and a specialist parasitic wasp, Aphidius colemani Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), was evaluated in laboratory conditions against the...

In recent years, plant derivatives such as essential oils have been one of the most promising sources for the substitution of chemical insecticides for pest management. A laboratory assessment was conducted to find the fumigant toxicity of Artemisia sieberi Besser, Pelargonium roseum Andrews, and Ferula gummosa Boiss essential oils against the swee...

The cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley is an important and polyphagous pest, with worldly distribution. This pest causes serious damage to a wide host range such as cotton, sugar cane, China rose shrubs and other important crops and gardens. This pest causes a lot of damage to the ornamental plant of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. with the r...

Pomegranate aphid, Aphis punicae Passarini (Hom., Aphididae) is an important pest of pomegranate in Iran. Predators play critical role in natural control of the pest. In this study, seasonal population dynamics of the aphid predators were investigated during two years (2016/2017) in Ilam province, southwest of Iran. Samplings were bi-weekly perform...

Aphis spiraecola Patch, Aphis gossypii Glover, and Toxoptera aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe are three important aphid pests of citrus orchards. In this study, spatial distributions of the aphids on two orange species, Satsuma mandarin and Thomson navel, were evaluated using Taylor's power law and Iwao's patchiness. In addition, a fixed-precision seq...

Poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae De Geer (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssidae), is an important pest of birds in avicultures and it is an economic, hygienic and epidemiologic problem in the poultry industry. Uses of botanical pesticides are good and safe alternatives instead of chemical compounds. In the present study acaricidal and repellency activi...

Potato tuberworm, Phthorimea operculella Zeller, is one of the most important pests of potato in many regions of the world. Resistance of two potato cultivars, Sante and Arinda, with different morphological characteristics to leaf and tuber infestations by the pest were investigated in two research fields. Samplings were performed weekly during two...

The use of suitable mass rearing methods is crucial to establish successful inundative or inoculative biological control programs. The development of an artificial diet considerably reduces costs of mass rearing. In this study, the efficacy of a new meridic artificial diet for rearing the predatory bug, Orius albidipennis (Het., Anthocoridae), was...

Tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is a key and dangerous pest of Solanaceous plants in Iran. Larvae of the pest cause damage on different parts of host plants including leaves, stems, and fruits. In this study, the oviposition and host plant finding of tomato leaf miner on four important plants of Solanaceae including tomato, potato, eggpl...

Tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is one of the destructive pests of Solanaceous crops specifically tomato in the world. It is an oligophagous pest that originated from South America and passed some outbreaks in fields and greenhouses of Iran, recently. The pest with 10-12 generation and impose irreparable damage to the host plants. The pu...

Tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is a serious key pest of solanaceaous crops specially tomato. The insect is an oligophagous pest which is native to South America especially to Peru. Because of the importance of the pest and irreparable damage on solanaceous plants, population parameters of the insect on three host plants including tomato...

Phthorimaea operculella Zeller is an important pest of potato in Iran. Spatial distribution and fixed-precision sequential sampling for population estimation of the pest on two potato cultivars, Arinda® and Sante®, were studied in two separate potato fields during two growing seasons (2013–2014 and 2014–2015). Spatial distribution was investigated...

The anthocorid bug Orius albidipennis Reuter is a generalist predator that feeds on the whitefly Bemisia tabaci Gennadius and the strawberry spider mite Tetranychus turkestani Ugarov & Nikolski in greenhouse crops. There are no previous studies on the potential efficacy of the predatory bug against these pests on greenhouse crops. We report on the...

A suitable diet and oviposition substrate are two basic needs for successful mass rearing of Orius spp. and this may reduce their production costs. The effect of various foods containing eggs of Ephestia kuehniella and Sitotroga cerealella with various pollens were investigated on the biological parameters of O. albidipennis in the laboratory. More...

Tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is one of the key and dangerous pests of Solanaceae crops specifically tomato. Larva of the pest fed on leaf parenchyma, stem and fruits of host plant. To develop a successful IPM program, detailed information on the population parameters and life table of pest is critical. Because of the lack of previous s...

Ephestia kuhniella is one of the most important stored pests in the world. Repellency and biological effects of various ultrasonic signals with different frequencies and wave shapes on adult, larvae and pupae of the pest were studied in laboratory conditions. Choice and non-choice tests was performed by an invented signal generator device. In choic...

Tetranychus turkestani is one of the most important pests of greenhouse plants in the southern provinces of Iran. Several benefits of using essential oils over chemical pesticides make them appropriate for IPM programs. Contact and fumigant toxicity of the essential oils of Foeniculum vulgare and Citrus limon against the spider mite and its predato...

Tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is one of the most destructive pests of tomato in many parts of the world including Iran. Field studies were conducted to determine the short and long term effects of Bacillus thuringiensis var Kurstaki (Bt), azadirachtin (AZ), a mix of AZ + Bt, and indoxacarb, as a current chemic...

The strawberry spider mite, Tetranychus turkestani (Ugarov & Nikolski) is one of the important pests of agricultural crops especially within greenhouses. Biology of Orius albidipennis (Reuter) feeding on strawberry spider mite at three different temperatures (20, 25 and 30°C) was studied under laboratory conditions. Preimaginal developmental ti...

The strawberry spider mite, Tetranychus turkestani (Ugarov & Nikolski) (Acari: Tetranychidae) is one of the most important pests of agricultural crops in Iran . Orius albidipennis (Reuter) (Hem.: Anthocoridae) is also an active predator of spider mites in agricultural ecosystems in Iran. One of the characters used for the evaluation of predators...

Tomato leaf miner,Tuta absoluta is one of the key pests of plants belong to Solanaceae family in the world. Because of the extreme importance of the pest in Iran and for implemention of IPM program, population growth parameters of the insect on four host plants belong to Solanaceae family were in vestigated. Tomato , potatoe , pepper and eggplant w...

A tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta is one of important and dangerous pest of Tomato in the world,that recently caused heavy damage on tomato’s fields and greenhouses. Information about biology of pest is necessary for development of a successful integrated pest management program. Therefore length of each the pest developmental stage was investigate...

Indian siris, Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth., is a useful tree that is being widely planted for shade in the Ahwaz region of southwest Iran. The tree is, however, severely attacked by the citrus red mite Eutetranychus orientalis Klein. Seasonal population dynamics of the mite were investigated on A. lebbeck in Ahwaz during 2010–2011. Eutetranychus ori...

Objective: Sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Gen. (B. tabaci), is one of the most important pests of various greenhouse crops in Iran. Nowadays, chemical insecticides are broadly used for control of the pests that causes risk to consumer's health. For the first time, contact toxicity of Pelargonium roseum Andrews and Artemisia sieberi Besser es...

Aphis gossypii is major pest of Hibiscus rosa-chinensis in Khuzestan province, Iran. Seasonal population dynamics, spatial distribution and parasitism of the aphid were investigated during 2008-2010. The aphid population was monitored by leaf count and yellow sticky trap sampling methods. A. gossypii observed during moderate temperature months of y...