Identifying thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) using DNA Barcodes
- Javad Karimi, M. Hassani-Kakhki, M. M. Awal
- Biology
- 26 January 2011
Results show that molecular keys can be a useful method to provide much-needed information on thrips identification for pest management officers and quarantine purposes.
Contribution to Heteroptera fauna of Khorasan Razavi province of Iran.
- M. M. Awal
- Environmental Science
- 12 June 2008
1Summary In this study, 81 species belonging to seventeen families of Heteroptera from Khorasan Razavi province of Iran were identified. Ten species of them were identified as the first record for…
Cimicomorpha and Pentatomomorpha (Heteroptera) of alfalfa from Mashhad and vicinity, NE Iran.
- M. Havaskary, F. Pour, M. M. Awal, M. Awal
- Biology
- 12 January 2010
Orius niger Wolff, 1804 (Anthocoridae) was the predominant species for Alfalfa fields in the studied area and distribution of all the species is reviewed.
New Faunistic Records of Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from Iran’s Northeast
- S. Hosseini, M. M. Awal, M. Hosseini
- Biology
- 12 October 2015
The ant fauna in two northeastern province of Iran (Khorasane-Razavi and Khorasan-e-Shomali) was surveyed in 2003, 2005 and 2013. A total of 10 species belonging to 6 genera were identified; of which…
Nitrogen Fertilization Increases the Nutritional Quality of Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphididae) as Prey for Hippodamia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and Alters Predator Foraging Behavior
- Afsane Hosseini, M. Hosseini, J. Michaud, M. M. Awal, M. Ghadamyari
- BiologyJournal of Economic Entomology
- 10 July 2018
The results indicate that heavy N fertilization can increase prey nutritional quality to the point where it alters predator foraging and feeding behavior, resulting in slower rates of prey consumption and longer prey handling times.
Preliminary studies on Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) fauna of Razavi Khorasan province of Iran
- M. M. Awal
- Biology
- 12 March 2006
Fourty four species and five subspecies belonging to seven families of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) have been determined in Razavi Khorasan province of Iran and are the first record for the fauna of Iran.
Life history responses of Hippodamia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to changes in the nutritional content of its prey, Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphididae), mediated by nitrogen fertilization
- Afsane Hosseini, M. Hosseini, J. Michaud, M. M. Awal, M. Ghadamyari
- BiologyBiological control (Print)
- 1 March 2019
Introduction pentatomids bugs (Pentatomidae: Pentatominae and Scutellerinae) from Mashhad region and urban (Khorasan Razavi province) and their distribution.
- Ameneh Hashemi Mehneh, M. M. Awal, M. Rahimi
- Biology
- 12 October 2010
Heteroptera fauna belonging to the Pentatomidae family (subfamilies Pentatominae and Scutellerinae) were collected from Mashhad region, Khorasan Razavi province (NE Iran) and totally 27 species from 16 genus were identified.
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