Cucurbits represent important vegetable crops in Lebanon. Soilborne pathogens co nstitute a major threat to cucurbit cultivation causing severe losses. The prese nt study explored the comparative efficacy of different ...
The flower-head infesting tephritid, Tephritomyia lauta, is a specialist on globe thistle, Echinops species. The fly emerges from May to October at different elevations in Lebanon. The fly is closely associated with the ...
In Lebanon, eighteen different species of tephritid flies have been observed to infest the flower heads of thistles belonging to Asteraceae. Of these fly species, Terellia serratulae (Linnaeus 1758) is found at various ...
Previous work has shown that the fruit fly Terellia fuscicornis (Tephritidae: Di ptera) which was known to infest only the artichoke Cynara scolymus and Cynara s yriaca could also infest the thistle Silybum marianum. In ...
A nematode species, tentatively identified as Heterodera rosii Duggan and Bernnan, was isolated in Syria from chickpoa fc icor arietinum L.). Four experiments were carried on to study the biology of this nematode. ...
Humanoid robots are among the most recognizable robotic systems in exploration, industrial applications, and personal assistance. However, like all bipedal systems, the main challenge that faces humanoid locomotion is ...
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is the unique microvasculature of the brain that regulates the flow of molecules between the circulating blood and the brain by tightly controlled mechanisms. Disruption of the BBB has been ...
Contamination of marine sediments with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) poses a significant concern due to the contaminants toxicity and resistance to biodegradation. Current bioremediation studies suggest that ...
The heavy oil tanker traffic and planned oil and gas activities off the Mediterranean Sea shorelines have increased the risks of oil spills and the subsequent contamination of the marine environment with crude oil and tar ...
Developing correct and reliable distributed systems is challenging mainly because of the complex structures of the interactions between distributed processes. Interactions can be modeled using either low-level primitives ...