Editorial – Opening Remarks at FAO Regional Workshop on the Implementation of the Global Action for Fall Armyworm Control in NENA Region, Ms. Beth Bechdol, FAO Deputy Director General
CROP PROTECTION NEWS FROM ARAB AND NEAR EAST COUNTRIES 5
INVASIVE, NEW PESTS AND BENEFICIALS 12
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS 12
GRADUATE STUDENTS ACTIVITIES (MASTER AND DOCTORATE THESIS) 21
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) PLANT PROTECTION ACTIVITIES 29
FAO Director-General Meets His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan, 8 November 2022 29
FAO Director-General Meeting with Minister for Agriculture in Jordan 29
Field visit with Her Royal Highness Princess Basma bint Ali 30
FAO Launches A Project to Enhance Climate Change Adaptation in Jordan, 9 November 2022 30
Global Conference on Sustainable Plant Production Innovation, Efficiency and Resilience Hybrid Event,
Rome (Italy), 02/11/2022 – 04/11/2022
ACTIVITIES OF THE REGIONAL OFFICE OF FAO IN THE NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 34
FAO Concludes the Regional Workshop on the Sound Management of Pesticides in Amman/Jordan, 34
FAO Regional Workshop trains Master trainers of FFS facilitators on sustainable solutions for Red Palm Weevil
eradication 20 – 24 November 2022
RPW Eradication Project Steering Committee (SC) Meeting in Aswan 37
A Regional Training Workshop on Banana Fusarium Wilt Foc Tr4 Identification, Management Strategies, and
Impact Assessment
Regional Workshop on Validation of the Assessment Report on the Extent and Effects of Cactus Cochineal in the
NENA Region and the Way Forward
Regional Workshop on Fall Armyworm (FAW) Management in the Near East and North Africa Region 40
FAO Supports NENA Countries in Combating the Threat of Fusarium TR4 Wilt Disease in Bananas- Lebanon 43
Extension of the FAW Project in Mashreq Countries Till End of March 2023 44
First International Conference on Plant Health- Critical Challenges in Plant Health 21 – 23 September 2022 ,UK 45
FAORNE Regional Office at the 3rd World Conference on the Revitalization of the Mediterranean Diet, Bari 45
FAORNE Participated at the 13th Arab Congress of Plant Protection 45
FAO Signs Statement on the Urgent Need to Address Food Security Challenges in the Arab Region 47
ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMISSION FOR CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST IN THE CENTRAL REGION (CRC) FAO 48
IITA–CGIAR International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) 50
ASPP GLOBAL PESTS SURVEY 52
Arab Society For Plant Protection News 53
The 13th Arab Congress of Plant Protection 2022, Executive Committee/Congress Awards 53
Invited Speaker lecture Summaries 56
ASPP MEMBER NEWS 73
XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA NEWS 76
GENERAL NEWS 77
Intraspecific Predation of Adult Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) in the Artificial Breeding Colonies 77
International Dates Conference and Exhibition 7-10 December 2022 77
NEW BOOKS 84
SELECTED RESEARCH PAPERS 86
PAPERS PUBLISHED IN THE ARAB JOURNAL OF PLANT PROTECTION (AJPP) VOLUME 40ISSUE 3, SEPTEMBER 2022 88
ARAB JOURNAL OF PLANT PROTECTION – AJPP, VOLUME 40, SPECIAL ISSUE, OCTOBER 2022 89
