Mohamed Issa

Mohamed Issa
Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI) | PPRI · Department of Animal Pests

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Introduction
Mohamed Issa currently works at the Department of Animal Pests, Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI). Mohamed does research in Plant Protection , Zoology and ornithology. interested with bird survey, ecology, biology and damage to crops.

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Publications (30)
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Bird presence in the agricultural ecosystem is a critical for preserving ecological balance due to its various ecological impacts. The composition of bird species and their feeding guilds in agricultural land was investigated in El-Zahraa village, Zagazig district, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt. The point count method was used to survey bird species f...
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Ecologically, the presence of avifauna is a crucial indicator of ecosystem equilibrium. The diversity of bird species and their community structure serves as an essential tool for assessing ecological impacts. This study aimed to evaluate the species composition, evenness, and diversity of wild bird species across different habitats in Egypt from M...
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The common myna bird (Acridotheres tristis Linnaeus, 1766) is widely recognized as one of the most formidable invasive avian species globally. The bird poses significant challenges due to its ability to outcompete a variety of native cavity-nesting birds. Additionally, the common myna is a notable agricultural pest and a substantial threat to indig...
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Land snails are a destructive agricultural pest in economic crops, but the populations for that pest are highly influenced by temperature and humidity, therefore climatic changes affected their behavior, distribution and population dynamics, for these reasons researchers should follow up on the changes in their behavior, distribution, and populatio...
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Bayoumi, Sh.M., N.A. Omar, A.H. Mohanna, Sh.A. Ismail, M. Abed, A.M. El-Sayed, M.A. Issa, F.I. El-Akhrasy and E.M. Abd El-Aal. 2024. Toxicity and Histological Effects of Clove Buds’ Powder, Syzygium aromaticum Compared with Neomyl (Methomyl) for the Control of Monacha cartusiana and Theba pisana Snails. Arab Journal of Plant Protection, 42(3): 318-...
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Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis, feeds on insect pests in many agro-ecosystems. Thus, there is an urgent need to study the breeding chronology of cattle egret, in order to develop suitable protection programs for this beneficial bird to perform its role as abiological control agent in Egyptian agro-ecosystems. The study was conducted at Sharkia Governor...
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Land snails are a destructive agricultural pest in economic crops, but the populations for that pest are highly influenced by temperature and humidity, therefore climatic changes affected their behavior, distribution and population dynamics, for these reasons researchers should follow up on the changes in their behavior, distribution, and populatio...
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Bird damage is a serious problem for the agricultural sector in Egypt, it causes great economic losses by attacking various crops and fruit. Thus, there is an urgent need for accurate damage assessment, which supports any research efforts to reduce that damage. The goals of this study were to measure the use of traditional bird deterrent practices...
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Characterizing the breeding ecology of birds is important for understanding their population dynamics. One of the most common small resident birds in Egypt that acts as a biocontrol agent of insects is Graceful Prinia (Prinia gracilis). Despite its importance, there are few studies on its breeding ecology in Egypt. Accordingly, this study is the fi...
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Characterizing the breeding ecology of birds is important for understanding their population dynamics. One of the most common small resident birds in Egypt that acts as a biocontrol agent of insects is Graceful Prinia (Prinia gracilis). Despite its importance, there are few studies on its breeding ecology in Egypt. Accordingly, this study is the fi...
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Crows of birds are wide world, with some harmful environmental effects. It was recorded in many Governorates of Egypt, attacking plants and animals production causing visible losses. This study was conducted at Al-Saff district, Giza Governorate to survey species and their numbers in different habitats during 2018-2020 and how to control them with...
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The total number of birds’ species recorded in the two districts was 33, belonging to 24 Families and ten Orders. Twenty-five species were resident birds and eight species were migratory. The number of birds’ species (resident and migratory) in AWCH was higher than those in FCH. Resident wild birds at AWCH had higher value of species diversity (Sha...
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Different wild bird species recorded in Sharkia, WCH & FCH were belonging to 6 dietary guilds. Two in dietary guild C, one in F-I, six in G-I, fifteen in I, two in O and seven in P-I. Bird species dietary with G & I were the prima in the two habitats. Four dominant wild bird species recorded to dietary guilds G-I and O, and accordingly these specie...
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The efficacy of Tukam® and VP Skud® compounds were tested as repellents against wild birds attacking wheat and cowpea fields in Sharkia Governorate. In the wheat crop experiment, the house sparrow Passer domesticus niloticus attacked the spikes with the highest percentage of damage (14.82%) in the control trial, during the 6 th week when spikes eme...
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The efficacy of Tukam® and VP Skud® compounds were tested as repellents against wild birds attacking wheat and cowpea fields in Sharkia Governorate. In the wheat crop experiment, the house sparrow Passer domesticus niloticus attacked the spikes with the highest percentage of damage (14.82%) in the control trial, during the 6th week when spikes emer...
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Twenty families contain six genera and twenty seven species were recorded during study of the wild birds at Ismailia governorate. These species were recorded as resident bird species during study period from April 2007 to March 2009 and arranged according to economic important as follow, 15 species were recorded as harmful birds and 12 species were...
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The crop losses due to birds are serious and costly problem for farmers. The hooded crow (Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758) and house sparrow (Passer domesticus niloticus Nicoll and Bonhote, 1909) are major pests for many crops in Egypt. In current work bird damage was assessed on maize, snake cucumber at El-Ibrahemia district, while that on pea and gu...
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This study was carried out at Al Mahssama village, El Qassaseen district, and Ismailia Governorate during 2015 strawberry growing season. The paper aimed to assessment the economic damage threshold, economic injury levels and food preference of glassy clover snail, Monacha cartusiana (Muller) infested strawberry plants , Fragaria ananassa (Duchesne...
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The crop losses due to birds are serious and costly problem for farmers. The hooded crow (Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758) and house sparrow (Passer domesticus niloticus Nicoll and Bonhote, 1909) are major pests for many crops in Egypt. In current work bird damage was assessed on maize, snake cucumber at El-Ibrahemia district, while that on pea and gu...
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Wormwood extract (Artemisia herba-alba) was evaluate as a repellent for the house sparrow, Passer domesticus under laboratory and field conditions. Fungal species belonging to P. domesticus feces and the antifungal activity of A. herba-alba extract against these fungi were also investigated. The results showed that the highest concentration (10%) h...
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his paper present information on the population density, depredation and control of hooded crow (Corvus corone) in sheep farm at Ras-sedr, South Sinai, Egypt. The population of hooded crow increased through spring and summer seasons with a peak during June with mean 29.5 individuals, while the lowest recorded during January with 9.5 individuals, wh...
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Pigeon droppings represent the most important source of pathogenic fungi of plants and other living organisms. The occurrence of fungi in samples of feral pigeon droppings was screened. Moreover, the antifungal properties of Artemisia herba-alba extract against these fungi was investigated. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungici...
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Vertical and horizontal dispersals of the land snail Eobania vermiculata (Müller, 1774) were investigated in citrus orchards cultivated with navel orange surrounded with casuarina trees at Inshas locality, Belbies district, Sharkia Governorate during the growing season 2014\2015. Results revealed that in vertical distribution, the population densit...
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This study investigated the ecology of the hooded crow Corvus corone cornix (Passeriformes: Corvidae) at Ismailia Governorate. The highest population density of hooded crow Corvus corone cornix recorded at sunrise were 11.67 and 10.33 individuals during July and September 2007 in fields cultivated with vegetables and field crops respectively. While...
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The wild bird species, cause serious damage to many field crops during both sowing and maturing stages. Wild birds began attacked the wheat crop after the second week of the panicles emergence. The dough stage recorded the highest percentage of damage with 9.19, 8.58 and 7.85 % at fields beside orchard, vegetables and crops respectively. While the...

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