EDITORIAL: Citrus Greening Disease (Huanglongbing) in the Southwestern USA

 CROP PROTECTION NEWS FROM ARAB AND NEAR EAST COUNTRIES

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

Activities of the regional office of the Food and Agriculture Organization in the NENA region 

• FAO Strengthens Pesticide Governance at OECD Workshop In Egypt
• Strengthening plant health and resilience: Highlights from CPM-19
• FAO Unveils Innovative Strategies for Red Palm Weevil Management in Egypt
• New Publication: Sustainable management of Palm and Date Pests: concepts and techniques

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

ARAB SOCIETY FOR PLANT PROTECTION NEWS

• The 14th Arab Congress of Plant Protection (ACPP2025) “Plant Health for Sustainable Food Security” Algiers, 3-7 November 2025
• 14^th Arab Congress of Plant Protection 3-7 November 2025, Algeria: Invited Speakers

RESEARCHER SPOTLIGHT

Near East Plant Protection Organization (NEPPO) News

ASPP MEMBER NEWS                            

• Microbial allies recruited by Bacillus subtilis JCK-1398 to defend pine trees against pinewood nematode
• High-Throughput Screening of Plant Extracts for Targeted Control of Burkholderia glumae, Causing Rice Sheath and Panicle Blight
• Insecticidal activity of single essential oil constituents against two stored-products insect pests
• Investigating huanglongbing disease in citrus plantations: A study in North Al-Batinah Governorate, Sultanate of Oman
• Experts from the Foundation Plant Services at the University of California, Davis, visit the Sultanate of Oman to strengthen agricultural research collaboration
• Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3: A global threat to the grape and wine industries but a gold mine for scientific discovery
• Biological efficiency of Calotropis procera extracts against the growth of selected fungal plant pathogens for sustainable agroecosystem development
• Entomopathogenic Beauveria bassiana as a traditional biocontrol insecticide and endophyte for plant protection against various plant pests

GENERAL NEWS

• Dubas bug control campagne in Oman
• Population explosion of peach fruit fly Bactrocera zonata (Saunders, 1841), on various fruit trees in Iraq
• Libyan agriculture between the “palm weevil” and the desert locust: threat to environment and economic security
• 17th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union (MPU2025)
• Neem trees in Yemen are an economic resource for farmers and a safe way to control pests.

NEW BOOKS

Dictionary of Acarology with references to economically important species

Phytoplasma and Spiroplasma their biological and molecular properties, nomenclature and classification

SELECTED RESEARCH PAPERS

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN THE ARAB JOURNAL OF PLANT PROTECTION (AJPP) VOLUME 43  ISSUE 1, MARCH 2025

EVENTS OF INTEREST