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EDITORIAL: Sustainable Pest Management in Date Palm: Current status, challenges, and future directions

CROP PROTECTION NEWS FROM ARAB AND NEAR EAST COUNTRIES

• INVASIVE, NEW PESTS AND natural enemies                                      
• RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS                                                                                  
• GRADUATE STUDENTS ACTIVITIES (MSc  and PhD THESIS)    

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) PLANT PROTECTION ACTIVITIES 

• Participates in the shaping of the strategic directions of the Near East Plant Protection Organization (NEPPO)
• Strengthening regional efforts: FAO holds wrap-up meeting of the regional programme on Red Palm Weevil eradication in Jeddah
• FAO and MoCCAE host graduation ceremony highlighting women’s role in agriculture in UAE
• Three farmer field schools for a preventive approach against Red Palm Weevil in Tunisia
• FAO Hosts training in Oman on climate finance and climate change adaptation for agriculture and water sectors

ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMISSION FOR CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST IN THE CENTRAL REGION (CRC), FAO

• ARAB SOCIETY FOR PLANT PROTECTION NEWS
• The First Citrus Conference for the Near East and North Africa Region
• National Centre for Palms and Dates International Prize  – Season 3  
• 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Uzbekistan Research Institute of Plant Genetic Resources
• Biological control: Does it have a future in Arab countries in light of the excessive use of chemical pesticides?
• Participation in the wrap-up meeting of  Red Palm Weevil programme
• Participation in the 15th International Agriculture Symposium “AGROSYM 2024”
• Participation in the Medical and Fiqh Symposium
• Lecture on Black Scorch Disease in Date Palms
• The 14th Arab Congress of Plant Protection (ACPP2025) “Plant Health for Sustainable Food Security” Algiers, 3-7 November 2025

Near East Plant Protection Organization (NEPPO) News

• ASPP MEMBERS NEWS                            
• Training course participation in Italy
• participation in scientific events in Italy
• New Era in Federal Quarantine and State Certification Diagnostics
• The Olive sector facing climatic and Phytosanitary challenges
• participation in Phytosanitary control of plant pests in the Mediterranean region, Spain
• Field day on management of fall armyworm on summer maize in Lebanon
• Dr.Nida’ SalemHead of the Department of Plant Protection, School of Agriculture, University of Jordan
• Characterization and sustainable management of Aspergillus welwitschiae-induced black rot in Egyptian garlic
• Eco-friendly biocontrol of pine wilt disease: Enhancing tree defense with Bacillus subtilis JCK-1398 for sustainable forest management
• The 11th International Plasmodesmata Meeting Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO
• A Survey in Natural Olive Resources Exposed to High Inoculum Pressure Indicates the Presence of Traits of Resistance to Xylella fastidiosa in Leccino Offspring

GENERAL NEWS

• Recognition  and Appreciation for a Chemist from Spain
• New Book IPM Structural Pests
• 17th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union, CIHEAM. Bari-Italy,6-10/July,2025
• Introduction of two predator species from Syria to Tunisia
• Proceedings and results of the first citrus conference for the Near East and North Africa Region

SELECTED RESEARCH PAPERS

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN THE ARAB JOURNAL OF PLANT PROTECTION (AJPP) VOLUME 42  ISSUE 3, September  2024

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