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First report of Thielaviopsis punctulata causing black scorch disease on date palm in Qatar
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American Phytopathological Society
, 2014 , Article)
Ceratocystis radicicola (anamorph: Thielaviopsis paradoxa) was reported as an economically important pathogen causing serious diseases on date palm such as rhizosis (2) and black scorch (3) or as an associated pathogen ...
Relationship between plasmid loss and gene expression in Bacillus thuringiensis
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Springer-Verlag
, 2011 , Article)
The large genome of Bacillus thuringiensis was shortened by provoking plasmid loss, and the effect of such loss on the expression of both chromosomal and plasmid-harboured genes was studied. It was evidenced that the genomic ...
Characterisation of novel Bacillus thuringiensis isolates against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and Ceratitis capitata (Diptera:Tephridae)
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2015 , Article)
Bacillus thuringiensis is successfully used in pest management strategies as an eco-friendly bioinsecticide. Isolation and identification of new strains with a wide variety of target pests is an ever growing field. In this ...
Present day inbreeding does not forbid the forensic utility of commonly explored STR loci: A case study of native Qataris
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Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
, 2008 , Article)
Allele frequency distribution of 15 short tandem repeat (STR) loci (D8S1179, D21S11, D7S820, CSF1PO, D3S1358, TH01, D13S317, D16S539, D2S1338, D19S433, vWA, TPOX, D18S51, D5S818, and FGA) was studied in a sample of 120 ...
Comparative study of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ia and Cry1Aa delta-endotoxins : activation process and toxicity against Prays oleae
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2010 , Article)
Cry1Ia and Cry1Aa proteins exhibited toxicities against Prays oleae with LC(50) of 189 and 116 ng/cm(2), respectively. The ability to process Cry1Ia11 protoxin by trypsin, chymotrypsin and P. oleae larvae proteases was ...
Expansion of fisheries in Qatar (1980-1992): Growth of an artisanal fleet and closure of a trawling company
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Elsevier Science B. V.
, 1995 , Article)
Total fish landings in Qatar increased from 1736 t per annum in 1980 to 7845 t in 1992. Ninetythree percent of this growth was due to an increase in the artisanal fleet exemplified by increases in: (i) numbers of vessels ...
Cyanomatrix and Cyanofilm
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OMICS International
, 2015 , Article)
Cyanobacteria are diverse in their habitats, structure, and metabolism that can grow as unicellular or long filaments and secreting high molecular mass polymers (extracellular polymer substances, EPS), which can either be ...
Additional records of vector mosquito diversity collected from Al Khor district of North-eastern Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Article)
ObjectiveTo survey mosquito diversity in the north-eastern area, which includes the most important gas industrial city in Qatar, and to investigate the potential mosquitoes for transmitting diseases. MethodsA study was ...
First report of some adult mosquitoes captured by CDC gravid traps from North-Eastern Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2016 , Article)
ObjectiveTo report six species of female mosquitoes caught in CDC gravid traps for the first time in Qatar. MethodsFive traps were installed in Al-Khor community, north-eastern Qatar during the outbreak season between ...
Helminth parasite larvae collected from Arabian Gulf fish III. first report on genus Dasyrhynchs Pintner 1928 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) with a key depending on morphology of plerocercoid larva
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Universita Di Messina, Istituto Di Parassitologia Medica
, 2003 , Article)
Two trypanorhynchan cestode larvae related to genus Dasyrhynchus are reported for the first time from Emirati coastal waters, Arabian Gulf. The first is Dasyhynchus sp. collected as encysted. larvae from body cavity of ...