Reclaimed desert habitats favor entomopathogenic nematode and microarthropod abundance compared to ancient farmlands in the Nile Basin

• Alexandros Dritsoulas,
• Fahiem E. El-Borai,
• Ibrahim E. Shehata,
• Mostafa M. Hammam,
• Ramadan M. El-Ashry,
• Moawad M. Mohamed,
• Mahfouz M. Abd-Elgawad,
• Larry W. Duncan

Affiliations

Alexandros Dritsoulas

Laboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology, Agriculture University of Athens, Iera odos 75, PC 11855, Athens, 11855, Greece

Fahiem E. El-Borai

Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC), Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida (UF), 14625 CR 672, Wimauma, FL 33598

Ibrahim E. Shehata

Pests and Plant Protection Department, National Research Centre, El-Behoos St., Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt

Mostafa M. Hammam

Plant Pathology Department, National Research Centre, El-Behoos St., Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt

Ramadan M. El-Ashry

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

Moawad M. Mohamed

Plant Pathology Department, National Research Centre, El-Behoos St., Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt

Mahfouz M. Abd-Elgawad

Plant Pathology Department, National Research Centre, El-Behoos St., Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt

Larry W. Duncan

Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC), Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida (UF), 700 Experiment Station Road, Lake Alfred, FL, 33850