The effects of gamma irradiation at different doses on the adult stage of Callosobruchus chinensis L. were studied. Adult fecundity and fertility decreased by increasing the radiation dose and effects of the treatment were ...

Changes in total acidity, total carbohydrates, reducing sugars, starch, total protein, ether soluble fraction, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, total phosphorus, ash, dry and wet gluten, crude fibres and specific ...

The results revealed that a temperature of 10°C was the most effective temperature on pupal mortality of Culex pipiens complex L. followed by 32°C then 20 and 26°C. There was a gradual increase in pupal mortality with ...

When the pupal stage of Culex pipiens complex L. male mosquito was exposed to gamma radiation (60 Gy), oxygen, partial vacuum (0.1 torr), low temperature (10°C), for one or two hours, or low humidity (31% R. H.) for 3 ...

The naked-bellied bat Taphozous nudiventris nudiventris Gretzschmar, 1831 is recorded for the first time from the Qatari Penninsula. Prosthodendrium (Prosthodendrium) parvouterus (Bhalerao, 1926) Dubois, 1955 (Trematoda: ...

Two doses of lead nitrate, 0.5 and 0.1 mg/egg, were injected into the eggs after 3 days of indubation. Lead nitrate increased mortality rate and decreased the body weight of developing embryos. The lead nitrate also decreased ...

Intramuscular administration of scorpion (Leiurus quinquestriatus) lyophilized venom (100, 200 and 400 mg/kg) into rats produced drastic changes in the electrical activity of the cardiac muscle. These abnormalities were ...

Two species of colubrid and elapid snakes collected from different localities in Egypt were examined for protozoan blood parasites. TWo new species of Haemogregarina senso lato are described: Haemogregarina garnhami n.sp. ...

Sediment samples were collected at low tide from various localities of Jubail Marine Wildlife Sanctuary in the Arabian Gulf during 1996-1997 for the study of the marine interstitial ciliate fauna of the Sanctuary. Eleven ...

Ciliated neurones of probable endocrine function are present inside and outside the cerebral ganglion of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa. Cell fibers contain clusters ofsynaptoid vesicles in regions adjacent to the ...