Sunn Pests and their Control in the Near East. (FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper - 138)













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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome, 1996

Edited by
R.H. Miller
Germplasm Program
International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
c/o Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center
Washington State University
Wenatchee, Washington
United States
and

J.G. Morse
Department of Entomology
University of California
Riverside, California
United States

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

OPENING SESSION

Part I - INVITED PAPERS

Sunn pest problems in the Near East
Prospects for international cooperation on sunn pest research and control
Review of biological control of sunn pest
The role of natural parasitoids in limiting the level of sunn pest populations
Population dynamics and management of sunn pest in Romania
Sunn pest of wheat and barley in the Islamic Republic of Iran: chemical and cultural methods of control

Part II - COUNTRY REPORTS

Afghanistan
The Islamic Republic of Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Pakistan
The Syrian Arab Republic
Turkey

Part III - SUMMARY

Conclusions and recommendations

ANNEXES

1. Project proposal
2. List of participants

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