Publications by authors named "Ahmed B Darwish"

An innovative approach to ticks and insect pests management is necessary to mitigate the challenges posed by the indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides, which can lead to resistance development and environmental pollution. Despite their great potential, biological control agents have significant manufacturing, application, and stability limitations. Currently, using phytochemicals, biosynthesized nanoparticles, and bioagents to get rid of arthropods might be a good alternative that would make farmers less worried about residues and resistance.

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Article Synopsis
  • Plants possess a variety of phytochemicals with medicinal properties that can serve as eco-friendly alternatives to synthetic pesticides and antibiotics.
  • The study focused on evaluating leaf extracts from different ornamental plants for their effectiveness against mosquito larvae (Culex pipiens) and microbial agents, finding that acetone extracts were particularly lethal.
  • Analysis revealed that these plant extracts not only exhibited insecticidal and antimicrobial properties but also contained significant amounts of terpenes, flavonoids, and phenolic compounds, suggesting their potential for use in biotechnology.
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Myxobolus allami sp. n. is described from the intestinal wall of the silvery black porgy, Sparidentex hasta (Valenciennes), off Saudi Arabian coast of Arabian Gulf.

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Purpose: Susceptibility and resistance of Haemonchus contortus to anthelmintic drugs, including ivermectin, levamisole, and albendazole in naturally infected sheep were investigated.

Methods: Three sets of assays were conducted to detect drug efficacy. Firstly, in vivo estimation of drug resistance to H.

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Glugea eda n. sp. is described from the mesenteries of the striated fusilier, Caesio striata, collected from the Red Sea coast off Yanbu' al Bahr, Saudi Arabia.

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Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) is endemic in Sinai Peninsula. The sand fly and reservoirs were investigated in Suez G., since new settlements and land reclamation programs are ongoing.

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The distribution of rodents was studied in three different habitats. Seven rodent species were identified: Rattus norvegicus, R. alexandrinus, R.

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