Amirhossein Touranimalidareh

PhD Candidate, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (HIE), Western Sydney University.

1- MSc thesis with excellent grade (19.66/20) in 2017.

2- Award for best M. Sc. thesis of the Faculty of Agriculture of Shahed University, 2017.

3- Winner of the Prof. Jalal Afshar Award for MSc thesis at the 2ndIranian International Congress of Entomology 2017 in Tehran, Iran.

4- Winner of the best poster presentation at the 22nd Iranian Plant Protection Congress in Tehran, Iran.

5- Winner of the best oral presentation at the second National Congress of Monitoring and Forecasting in Plant Protection, Gorgan, Iran.

6. Western Sydney University Postgraduate Research Award (2022)

1- AmirHossein Toorani, Behnam Amiri-Besheli and Habib Abbasipour (2021). Toxicity of selected plant-derived pesticides to the citrus spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) and their predator, Stethorus gilvifrons, in the semi-field conditions. International Journal of Acarology 46(8). DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2020.1866664.

2- AmirHossein Toorani, Habib Abbasipour, Jaber karimi and Alireza Askarianzadeh (2020). Seasonal population fluctuations of white peach scale, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Hemimptera: Diaspididae) and its parasitation in kiwi orchards of northern Iran. Biologia. Online published. DOI 10.2478/s11756-019-00347-3.

3- A. Aboutalebian, M. Haghani, H. Norbakhsh, H. Abbasipour, AmirHossein Toorani (2020). Selected Demographic Data of the Bird Cherry-oat Aphid, Rhopalosiphum padiL. on the Corn, Zea mays L. at Different Temperatures. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology. 22(1): 197-207. http://jast.modares.ac.ir/article-23-16716-en.html

4- AmirHossein Toorani & Habib Abbasipour (2019). Parasitoids of the white peach scale, Psedaulacaspis pentagona in the kiwifruit orchards of northern Iran. NORTH – WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY. Vol 15 (1). Pages 107-109.

5- Behnam Amiri-Besheli, AmirHossein Toorani and Habib Abbasipour (2019). The effect of biorational insecticides on the citrus aphids and their predator, Coccinella septempunctata L. Acta agriculturae Slovenica. 114(2): 221-229

6- AmirHossein Toorani, Habib Abbasipour, Lida Dehghan-Dehnavi (2019). Biodiversity and population fluctuations of parasitoids of the white peach scale, Psedaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), in Kiwifruit Orchards in Northern Iran. Hellenic Plant Protection Journal; 12(1):12-21. DOI:10.2478/hppj-2019-0003.

7- AmirHossein Toorani, Habib Abbasipour (2019). Bionomics and life history of the citrus leaf roller, Archips rosanus in natural and laboratory conditions. Advances in Food Sciences. Volume 41 – No. 1: 8-15.

8- AmirHossein Toorani, Habib Abbasipour, Behnam Amiri-Besheli and Saeid Heydari (2019). Integrated Management of the striped rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalisWalker on the Hashemi Tarom rice under the farm conditions. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection. 52(13-14): 1079-1094. DOI: 10.1080/03235408.2019.1679949.

9- Mohammad Hossein Taghdisi, Behnam Amiri, Tahere Dehdari, Jamshid Yazdani Cherati, Fatemeh Khalili, AmirHossein Toorani (2018). Factors influencing the intention of behavior the use of pesticides among farmers in Mazandaran Province: An application of the theory of planned behavior. Revista Publicando. 5 No 18. (3): 488-499. ISSN 1390-9304.

10- AmirHossein Toorani, Habib Abbasipour and Behnam Amiri-Besheli (2018). Study of feeding rate of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri on eggs of the citrus cushions and citrus mealybug and its larval developmental period. Biological Control of Pests and Plant Diseases. Vol 7 (2): 141- 145. DOI: 10.22059/jbioc.2018.222759.179.

11- AmirHossein Toorani, Habib Abbasipour, Leila Doostdar Kalkenari (2017). Toxicity of selected biorational insecticides to Pulvinaria aurantii Cockerell and its predator, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant in citrus field. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Soil & Plant Science. DOI:10.1080/09064710.2017.1338745 .

12- AmirHossein Toorani, Habib Abbasipour (2017): Effect of geographical directions, height and the color of yellow traps in capture of Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) in citrus orchards. Acta agriculturae Slovenica 109(3): 561-575. DOI:10.14720/aas.2017.109.3.08.

13- AmirHossein Toorani, Habib Abbasipour (2017). Oviposition behaviour and distribution of egg masses of the European leaf roller, Archips rosanus (L.), on citrus trees. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection 50(9): 1-9. DOI:10.1080/03235408.2017.1327402.

14- AmirHossein Toorani, Habib Abbasipour, Mahdi Ghaderi (2017) The effect of Volk oil on the ladybirds, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Muls. and Chilocorus bipustulatus (L.) (Col.: Coccinellidae). Biocontrol in Plant Protection. Vol. 5 (1).

15- AmirHossein Toorani, H. Abbasipour, H. Lotfalizadeh (2017). Report of parasitoid wasp, Encarsia perniciosi (Tower) (Hym.: Aphelinidae) from White peach scale, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti) in Iran. Plant Pest Research. 7(1): 87-90 .

16- AmirHossein Toorani, Habib Abbasipour, Hossein Lotfalizadeh (2017). First report of parasitic wasp, Aphytis chrysomphali (Mercet, 1912) (Hym.: Aphelinidae) on Kiwi White Scale, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti) from Iran. Plant Pest Research. 6(4): 103-107.

Markus Riegler - Professor of Entomology - Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment - Western Sydney University.

Telephone :(02) 4570 1229

e-mail :m.riegler@westernsydney.edu.au

Staff Profile :http://www.uws.edu.au/hie/markusriegler

Current PhD project principal supervisor

Habib Abbasipour – Professor of Entomology – Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran

habbasipour@yahoo.com

Masters project principal supervisor

Behnam Amiri – Associate Professor of Entomology – Dean of the Faculty of Crop Science (SANRU) – Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Crop Sciences, Sari Agricultural and Natural Sciences University, Sari, Iran behnamamiri39@yahoo.com