Firas Al-Zyoud

Mu’tah University Jordan · Department of Plant Protection and IPM

Serangium parcesetosum Sicard (Col., Coccinellidae) is considered one of the important predators of whiteflies. However, knowledge about its preferences for different prey stages, species and parasitized prey is still lacking in the literature. The present work investigated the preferences of S. parcesetosum for different stages of B. tabaci, diffe...

The entomophagous ladybird, Serangium parcesetosum Sicard (Col., Coccinellidae) appears to be a promising predator against the cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) (Hom., Aleyrodidae). Knowledge about its consumption of B. tabaci is incomplete. The present study was undertaken to determine the potential use of this predator in biological control...

This study aimed to determine Serangium parcesetosum preference for different prey species and parasitized Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) (Hom., Aleyrodidae) by the parasitoid, Eretmocerus mundus Mercet (Hym., Aphelinidae). The results on S. parcesetosum preference by feeding on different prey species offered separately and together indicated that the pred...

Maize, Zea mays L. is one of the most important cereals consumes as grain for human and as forage for animals. Recently, the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is becoming a major invasive insect pest causing huge yield losses to maize in much of the world. Therefore, this study aimed at assaying of fiv...

This study aimed at determining the pest's preferences for various maize cultivars grown in Jordan. The experiments were conducted at the Southern Ghor Agriculture Directorate, Ghor Al-Safi, Karak, Jordan in 2022. Multi-choice preference and non-choice susceptibility experiments were set up to determine the least preferred cultivar by the early and...

Globally there is an increasing interest in growing ornamental plants as high value agricultural industries worldwide including Jordan. Soil salinity has significant constraints limiting growth and development of plants including ornamentals. The Easter lily, Lilium longiflorum Thunb. (Liliaceae) is a major ornamental plant in Jordan with different...

The multivariate technique analysis was utilized for assigning and discriminating three Saudi sheep breeds, Naemi, Najdi and Hari based on live body and carcass traits. The traits were body height at wither and rump, body length, heart girth, body depth, head length, ear length, body weight at slaughtering, empty body, dressing percentage, hot carc...

Salvia dominica L. is an important wild medicinal plant that grows in Jordan and neighboring countries, and this plant has been suffering from many threats in its wild environment. Therefore, this research aims to establish a comprehensive and sustainable approach via an in vitro propagation and conservation system for the S. dominica L. plant. Axi...

In Jordan, the public is still unaware of the fate and impact of pesticide application. This study aimed to evaluate the attitudes, knowledge and practices of undergraduate students enrolled in various academic departments at the Faculty of Agriculture, Mutah University, Jordan toward pesticides’ residues in food and feed. Students were questioned...

The relationship among six Jordanian almond landraces was studied using morphological traits and RAPD analyses. Across six almond landraces studied, nut shape, kernel size, nut length, nut size, and shell length That showed a high level of variation (CV>30%), while kernel length, shell width, internodes length, and nut width showed comparatively...

The purpose of the study is to determine how geographical proximity, climate, and topography influence the morphology of village chickens in Jordan’s Karak Governorate. Surveys were conducted in six regions of Karak as well as Tafilah, Madaba, Aqaba, and Al-Mafraq governarates. These governarates were included because they are geographically close...

Syringopais temperatella Led. (Lep., Scythrididae) is a serious threat of barley and wheat in Jordan as it causes a great loss in crop. There is a growing interest in the development of innovative control strategies aiming to minimize the environmental impact of pest management and improve the safety of the agro-food chain. However, little attentio...

The fall armyworm [Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)] is nowadays considered a major threat to crop production and food security nationwide. S. frugiperda, native to the America, has recently been distributed into Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania within the last 6 years. Feeding was on 353 host plant species with a high p...

Background and Aim: The multivariate discriminant (MVD) analysis was a successful statistical tool with a discriminatory capacity for tracing sheep breeds based on meat characteristics. Thus, this study aimed to identify three Saudi sheep breeds based on the physical and histochemical aspects of meat using MVD analysis. Materials and Methods: Eigh...

Dear participants, On behalf of my fellow colleagues and myself at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Mutah University, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to this academic setting and I wish you to have a pleasant and fruitful time. We greatly value your participation in our conference on “Climate Change and its Impact on Water Resources and the E...

The world's main challenge is to increase crop productivity in a sustainable manner. Every agricultural management decision should prioritize human health and environmental safety. Olive mill pomace (OMP) must be disposed of practically and affordably because it exacerbates environmental issues. If OMP is properly handled, it has the potential to b...

In this review, the effect of tillage on soil infiltration is discussed on the basis of the latest studies available in specialized global journals. Understanding of changes in soil infiltration is vital in soil water management and crop production. This review focused on studies that investigated changes in soil infiltration under different tillag...

The cereal leafminer, Syringopais temperatella Led. (Lep., Scythrididae) is considered one of the most serious insect pests that infests wheat in the field, and causes economic damages to the crop in Jordan. However, little attention has been paid to the susceptibility of common wheat cultivars and no attention has been paid to the combined use of...

The main challenge of the world is to increase the productivity of agricultural crops in a sustainable manner. Global warming, water scarcity, land degradation, loss of biodiversity, pesticide misuse, decreased ecosystem services, and invasive pest pressures have serious consequences on food security and life on the earth. Climate change has negati...

The cereal leafminer, Syringopais temperatella Led. (Lep., Scythrididae) is considered one of the most serious insect pests of wheat in the field, and causes economic damages to the crop in Jordan. However, little attention has been paid to the susceptibility of common wheat cultivars and no attention has been paid on the combined use of tillage re...

The date palm is a cultural and economic heritage of many nations. The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) is among the world's most serious insect pests of palms that have rapidly expanded its geographical distribution and host plant range during the last decades. Integrated pest management (IPM) is follo...

The cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) (Hom., Aleyrodidae) is a serious insect pests worldwide. The pest attacks numerous vegetable crops and considered an important vector of plant viral diseases. However, in many cases sprays with conventional insecticides did not achieve a comprehensive control; therefore, biological control using predators...

Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) (Hom., Aleyrodidae) is a serious insect pest worldwide. The pest attacks numerous vegetable crops and considered an important vector of plant viral diseases. However, Serangium parcesetosum Sicard (Col., Coccinellidae) is a specialist predator of whiteflies. Therefore, this study aimed at evaluating the effect of S. parceseto...

This study aims at investigating the effect of temperature and plant species on development, mortality and reproduction of Serangium parcesetosum with Bemisia tabaci as prey.

The cotton whitefly is a key pest on vegetables in Jordan. To control this pest using the predator, Serangium parcesetosum (Col., Coccinellidae), it was important to investigate the predator’s biology and predation on B. tabaci as well as its preferences for different prey species and parasitized B. tabaci by Eretmocerus mundus.

The cereal leafminer, Syringopais temperatella Led. (Lep., Scythrididae) is one of the most destructive insect pests on wheat and barley and causes quantitative damage over the last 17 years in Karak District of Jordan. However, in many wheat- and barley-based systems cultural control methodologies (i.e. crop rotation) are used to maintain pest pop...

Bemisia tabaci is a key pest on vegetables in Jordan. To control this pest using the predator, Serangium parcesetosum, it was important to investigate the predator’s biology and predation on B. tabaci as well as preference by S. parcesetosum for different prey species and parasitized B. tabaci by Eretmocerus mundus.

Wheat and barley are major cereal crops in Jordan. The cereal leafminer, Syringopais temperatella Led. (Lep., Scythrididae) is one of the most destructive insect pests on wheat and barley and causes quantitative damage over the last 11 years in Karak District of Jordan. However, in many wheat- and barley-based systems cultural control methodologies...

The cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) (Hom., Aleyrodidae) is a serious insect pest worldwide. The pest attacks numerous vegetable crops and considered an important vector of plant viral diseases. However, Serangium parcesetosum Sicard (Col., Coccinellidae) is a specialist predator of whiteflies. Therefore, this study aimed at evaluating the e...

Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine possible influence of host plant and temperature on development, longevity and fecundity of Bemisia tabaci (GENN.) (Hom., Aleyrodidae). All the experiments were conducted under laboratory conditions of 18±1°C and 30±1°C temperatures, 60±10% RH and 16:8h (L:D) photoperiod on five different plants. F...

This study was conducted to investigate the influence of temperature and plant species on development, mortality and reproduction of Serangium parcesetosum SICARD with Bemisia tabaci (GENN.) as prey.

The study was undertaken to investigate the longevity of the predator, Serangium parcesetosum SICARD on certain natural and artificial nutritional sources in the laboratory.

The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Diptera, Tephritidae) is the most devastating insect pest possessing severe economic threats for the olive growers in Jordan. Therefore, the current study aimed at determining the effect of insecticidal applications against B. oleae on olive quantity, as well as physical (refractive index, fruit weight...

يعد القمح والشعير من محاصيل الحبوب الرئيسة في المناطق الجافة وشبه الجافة في الأردن. إن أصناف القمح والشعير التي تزرع في الأردن تختلف من منطقة إلى اخرى، وتعتمد إنتاجيتها على كمية الأمطار (منظمة الاغذية والزراعة، 2008). إن إنتاجية محصولي القمح والشعير منخفضة جدا؛ أو حتى إن إخفاق هذين المحصولين يعد شائعا في الأردن (اينفيلدت، 1999). وفضلا عن ذلك، فإنه...

The olive tree is one of the most important fruit trees in the Mediterranean basin which has 98% of the world’s cultivated olive trees. The olive losses caused by pests are estimated at 30% of production. Olive trees are attacked by over 255 pests’ species, however, only a small number of these pests (i.e., olive’ fruit fly, psyllids and mites) are...

As a result of the decreasing availability of high-quality irrigation water, the salinity tolerance of cut flowers is of increasing importance. The influence of salinity on the growth and quality of Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum morifolium L. grown in two different media under four salinity levels was evaluated. C. morifolium plants were grown in pl...

The cereal leafminer, Syringopais temperatella Led.is a destructive insect pest of wheat and barley in the field, and causes economic damage to these crops in many countries including Jordan. The insect feeds on plant foliage and eventually leads to a sharp decline in production. Management of agricultural pests is undoubtedly considered one of...

The cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) (Hom., Aleyrodidae) is a major constraints facing vegetable production and transmits many viral plant diseases worldwide. Therefore, it was necessary to safeguard these crops against this pest. Management of B. tabaci on vegetables in Jordan has primarily relied on chemical control, but insecticide res...

Syringopais temperatella Led.) is a threat to wheat and barley. Resistant varieties are preferable due to environmental and human considerations and for their sustainability. However, no attention has been focused on resistant studies against cereal leafminer worldwide. Concomitantly, this study aimed at screening wheat and barley accessions as sou...

As a result of the decreasing availability of high-quality irrigation water, the salinity tolerance of cut flowers is of increasing importance. The influence of salinity on the growth and quality of Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum morifolium L. grown in two different media under four salinity levels was evaluated. C. morifolium plants were grown in...

Soil salinity is one of the major environmental factors limiting plant growth and development; and it is considered a problem in arid and semiarid regions, where rainfall is insufficient to leach salts. The clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus L. is a major product in Jordan with different irrigation needs and has the capacity to cope with water defic...

Using the fungus Beauveria bassiana, the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, neem extract and insect growth regulator as bioinsecticides toward sustainable control of cereal leafminer Syringopais temperatella Led. (Lep., Scythrididae) Danial Hjazeen, Ihab Ghabeish and Firas Al-Zyoud Abstract A field study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of se...

Abstract A field study was conducted to assess several types of tillage at different depths in controlling cereal leafminer. Three types of plows were used, including disc, moldboard and chisel plows at depths of 15, 30 and 45 cm, and zero tillage (without tillage) was used as a control. The results of the tillage type and depth were recorded one a...

Biological and ecological studies on the oligophagous ladybird Serangium parcesetosum SICARD (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) as an efficient predator of the cotton whitefly Bemisia tabaci (GENN.) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) Abstract The current research aimed to study the biology of the little known, in the literature, whiteflies predator, Serangium par...

Soil salinity is one of the major environmental factors limiting plant growth and development;and it is considered a problem in arid and semiarid regions, where rainfall is insufficient to leachsalts. The clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus L. is a major product in Jordan with differentirrigation needs and has the capacity to cope with water deficit....

الحشرات هي المجموعة الأكثر تنوعا داخل المملكة الحيوانية، حيث هناكأأكثر من 2 مليون نوع من الحشرات التي تعيش في العالم، وهناك الآلاف منالنواع الجديدة التي يتم تعريفها سنويا. ظهرت الحشرات على الأرض قبل 400مليون سنة، بالمقاأرنة مع الجنس البشري الحديث الذي ظهر فقط منذ 200000سنة. تكاد تتواجد الحشرات في أكل مكان على وجه الأرض، وليس أكل تلكالحشرات مؤذية لل...

El estudio se llevó a cabo en 2013 y 2014, en Xmatkuil, Mérida, Yucatán, México a la encuesta enemigos naturales y sus efectos sobre la dinámica poblacional de Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de plagas Wit: Leucaena Psílidos, Heteropsylla cubana Crawford (1914) (Homoptera: Psyllidae) y cebolla trips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman, 1889 (Thysanoptera: Thripid...

The study was conducted throughout two seasons (2013 and 2014) at Xmatkuil farm at Merida, Yucatan, Mexico to study the effects of the natural enemies on the population dynamics of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit pests: Leucaena Psyllids, Heteropsylla cubana Crawford, 1914 (Homoptera: Psyllidae) and Onion Thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman, 1889 (T...

The study was conducted in 2013 and 2014, at Xmatkuil Merida, Yucatan, Mexico to survey natural enemies and their effects on the population dynamics of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit pests: Leucaena Psyllids, Heteropsylla cubana, Crawford (1914) (Homoptera: Psyllidae) and Onion Thrips, Thrips tabaci, Lindeman (1889) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) o...

The cereal leafminer, Syringopais temperatella Led. (Lep., Scythrididae) is a major pest of wheat and barley leading to a sharp decline in their production. Identification of plant cultivars with resistance to S. temperatella as a part of integrated pest management is effective, economic, durable and environmentally safe. In this work, percentage o...

Bacillus thuringiensis is distinguished by its production of proteinaceous parasporal inclusion bodies during sporulation, which when ingested by susceptible insects, are activated in the midgut into toxins. B. thuringiensis can be isolated from numerous sources; however, there has been no recorded isolation of B. thuringiensis strains from Syria....

Biological control (BC) is an ecological approach that provides environmentally harmonious and safe alternative method for pests’ suppression. Biologically based technology is not always easily adopted by the growers. However, extent and level of BC adoption in Jordan is still largely unknown. Therefore, this paper aimed at analyzing factors affect...

The cereal leafminer, Syringopais temperatella Led. is one of the most serious insect pests of wheat and barley in the Near East countries and their neighboring. Deep ploughing has negative impacts on soil-inhabiting pests. Therefore, it was of vital important to know the soil depth at which the pest larvae diapause to determine the right ploughing...

Biological control (BC) is an ecological approach that provides environmentally harmonious and safe alternative method for pests' suppression. Biologically based technology is not always easily adopted by the growers. However, extent and level of BC adoption in Jordan is still largely unknown. Therefore, this paper aimed at analyzing factors affect...

Wheat and barley are the principal food crops for millions of people in the predominantly mixed crop-livestock farming systems. The cereal leafminer, Syringopais temperatella Lederer (Lepidoptera, Scythrididae) is a major biotic constraint to wheat and barley production in Jordan and the region. Three parameters of damage were used to quantify the...

The majority of Jordanian farmer do not understand the harmful effects that pesticides have on health and environment. The fate and impact of pesticides application in Jordan remain unknown in the public and farmer eye. For this purpose, Jordanian vegetable farmers were questioned about their social aspects, types of pests encountered, and pesticid...

Integrated pest management (IPM) is used to control pests’ damage by the most economical means and the least possible hazards to human and environment. Interest in measuring the degree of IPM adoption has increased over the time. Extent and level of IPM adoption in Jordan are still largely unknown. Therefore, this paper aimed to analyze the factors...

p>The present review was written with the objectives of providing basic information for pest control about leucaena psyllid, Heteropsylla cuban a Crawford (Homoptera: Psyllidae) the most destructive insect pest of Leucaena sp. In the regard of pest control, the review focus on discussing the findings of the existing researches about the factors aff...

This study investigates the efficacy of 22 Syrian isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner) (Bt) against Syringopais temperatella under laboratory conditions by feeding larvae on bacteria-contaminated barley leaves. The results indicated that all Bt isolates caused concentration and time related mortality, in which the highest mortalities were...

The cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) (Hom.:Aleyrodidae) is a serious pest of greenhouses, horticulture and field crops, and ornamentals worldwide. B. tabaci has been spreading into new territories and causing extensive damage for almost a century and continues to be a severe pest worldwide. However, resistance to insecticides has rendered ch...

The hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus Green (Hom., Pseudococcidae) is distributed throughout the world, and attacks a wide spectrum of host plants including Guava. M. hirsutus causes direct and indirect damages to the Guava plants. However, no attention has been paid on the effect of abiotic and biotic factors on M. hirsutus in Jordan. Th...

Laboratory experiments were conducted at the Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan to study the tunneling behavior of Heterotermes indicola Wasmann (Isoptera: Heterotermitidae) in soil treated with five concentrations of Chlorpyrifos (400, 200, 100, 50, 25 ppm), Cadusafos (50, 25, 12.5, 6.25, 3.125 ppm) and Agenda (100, 50,...

Jordanian vegetable growers face some of the most intense pests’ pressure. The use of integrated pest management (IPM) approaches to control pests has been shown to reduce the intensive use of pesticides and environmental risk, and to improve the overall quality of pest control. Extent and level of IPM use in Jordan is still largely unknown, and th...

The cereal leafminer, Syringopais temperatella Led. is a destructive insect pest of wheat and barely in the field and causes economic damage to these crops in many countries including Jordan. The insect feeds on plant foliage and eventually leads to a sharp decline in production. Management of agricultural pests is undoubtedly considered one of the...

The relationship between the consumption rate of the predator Serangium parcesetosum Sicard (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and the prey density of Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) was studied. Adult’s female predators of seven-day-old were singly used with different densities of whitefly puparia to determine their response pattern. Type...

There is scarcity of data related to the feasibility of biological control in vegetable systems in Jordan. Therefore, this study aimed at evaluating the effect of the predator, Serangium parcesetosum Sicard (Col., Coccinellidae) release time and rate on the population dynamics of Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on caged cucumber ins...

The cereal leafminer, Syringopais temperatella Led. (Lep., Scythrididae) is considered one of the major insect pests of wheat and barley, and causing significant damage in Jordan. Nevertheless, this study aimed at investigating the effect of insecticide type, time and number of applications against S. temperatella on barley under field conditions i...

The cereal leafminer, Syringopais temperatella Led. (Lep., Scythrididae) is one of the major insect pests that attack barely, and causes significant damage to the crop. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of different strains of Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner (Bt) against S. temperatella on barley. Experiments were conducted under Laborat...

The cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) (Hom., Aleyrodidae) is a major problem in vegetable production and transmits many viral plant diseases worldwide. Therefore, it was necessary to safeguard these crops against this pest. Management of B. tabaci on vegetables in Jordan has primarily relied on chemical control, but insecticide resistance has...

The black vine thrips, Retithrips syriacus Mayet (Thripidae: Thysanoptera) and the European red mite, Panonychus ulmi Koch (Tetranychidae: Prostigmata) cause serious damage to grapevine. Biotic and abiotic factors can be either helpful or harmful to pest’s population, and understanding of such factors may contribute to better pest control. This stu...

Due to the importance of wheat and barley production in Jordan, prevention of the cereal leafminer, Syringopais temperatella Led. (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae) is of vital importance. The insect is a severe pest and plays an important role in limiting the production of these crops. The use of insecticides is neither economic nor sustainable, so that...

ABSTRACT The black vine thrips, Retithrips syriacus Mayet (Thripidae: Thysanoptera) and the European red mite, Panonychus ulmi Koch (Tetranychidae: Prostigmata) cause serious damage to grapevine. Biotic and abiotic factors can be either helpful or harmful to pest’s population, and understanding of such factors may contribute to better pest control....

Whiteflies have causing extensive damage for almost a century and continue to be destructive pests of several agricultural crops in much of the world. Biological control is recognized as the best alternative to the use of insecticides for controlling insect pests. Serangium parcesetosum Sicard (Col., Coccinellidae) is a specialist, oligophagous and...

This study aimed at investigating sources of tolerance in wheat and barley against the cereal leafminer, Syringopais temperatella Led. (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae) under semi-arid climate of Jordan. In this study, 546 accessions of bread and durum wheat, and barley were screened. The initial screening of the accessions was performed in 2006/2007, an...

This study aimed at investigating sources of tolerance in wheat and barley against the cereal leafminer, Syringopais temperatella Led. (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae) under semi-arid climate of Jordan. In this study, 546 accessions of bread and durum wheat, and barley were screened. The initial screening of the accessions was performed in 2006/2007, an...

The cereal leaf miner, Syringopais temperatella Led. (Lep., Scythrididae) is one of the most economical pests on wheat in Jordan. The use of chemical insecticides is neither economic nor sustainable; therefore, biological pesticides (i.e. Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner)) are becoming an important component in crop protection. The present study wa...