A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN A COMMERCIAL MIXTURE COMPOUND AND ITS INDIVIDUAL ACTIVE INGREDIENTS ON THE COTTON LEAFWORM, SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS (BOISD.) (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) ON TOMATOES UNDER SEMI-FIELD CONDITIONS

Abstract Background Tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L.(Solanales: Solanaceae) is the second most important vegetable crop in Egypt and is infested with many insect pests.The cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) causes severe economic losses in tomatoes and many other crops.Many management strategies were developed in order to manage the eco

The development of networking technologies and the increase of digital devices have made multimedia transmission quick and easy.However, digital data transmission over open communication channels has introduced a number of security implications, such as copyright infringement and fraud.Due to this reason, the methods and techniques developed for se

Previous studies investigating altruistic punishment have confounded the effects of two independent variables: information transmission (or breach of privacy) and personal identification (or breach of anonymity).Here we report findings from a brief study in which participants were asked to respond to a social norm violation (i.e., an anonymous acto

PINK GRAPEFRUIT Entrepreneurs who are operating small businesses focus on faster growth of their firms through greater wealth creation.This wealth creation process requires skill and investment in terms of time and capital.However, the success or failure of entrepreneurial teams depends on personality differences among the entrepreneurs.In this con