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Insect Taxonomy
and IPM of Insect Pests
| Location: |
ARC, Rumais, Oman. |
| Duration: |
21 March - 1 April, 1998 |
| Number
of Participants: |
Totally 21 Participants
from five AP Countries
| Bahrain |
1 |
| Emirates |
1 |
| Kuwait |
1 |
| Oman |
17 |
| Saudi Arabia |
4 |
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| Main
Topics: |
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Introduction to insects,
Introduction to IPM. |
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Principals of insect
taxonomy, techniques of insect collection, preservation and
identification. |
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Principles of nsect
control, major pests of protected vegetable crops. |
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Role of insecticides
in IPM. |
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IPM of citrus leaf
miner and scale insects, IPM of fruit flies. |
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Red palm weevil in
the Sultanate of Oman, techniques of mass rearing predators
and parasitism. |
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Insects and mites
of date palm tress in Oman, Role of pesticides in IPM. |
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Biology control of
citrus. |
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| Instructors |
Seven scientists lectured
in this course:
• Dr Haidar Al-Haidari
• Dr Mounir Al-Louati
• Dr Naif Al-Salti
• Dr Adnan Babi
• Dr M. El Bouhssini
• Dr Fathi Fahim
• Dr Yussef Shriqui |
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