FAO TECHNICAL PAPERS

FAO PLANT PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION PAPERS

	Horticulture: a select bibliography, 1976 (E)
2	Cotton specialists and research institutions in selected countries, 1976 (E)
3	Food legumes: distribution, adaptability and biology of yield, 1977 (E F S)
4	Soybean production in the tropics, 1977 (C E F S)
4 Rev. 1	Soybean production in the tropics (first revision), 1982 (E)
5	Les systèmes pastoraux sahéliens, 1977 (F)
6	Pest resistance to pesticides and crop loss assessment - Vol. 1, 1977 (EPS)
6/2	Pest resistance to pesticides and crop loss assessment - Vol. 2, 1979 (E F S)
6/3	Pest resistance to pesticides and crop loss assessment - Vol. 3, 1981 (E F S)
7	Rodent pest biology and control - Bibliography 1970-74, 1977 (E)
8	Tropical pasture seed production, 1979 (E F" S**)
9	Food legume crops: improvement and production, 1977 (E)
10	Pesticide residues in food, 1977 - Report, 1978 (E F S)
10 Rev.	Pesticide residues in food 1977 - Report, 1978 (E)
10 Sup.	Pesticide residues in food 1977 - Evaluations, 1978 (E)
11	Pesticide residues in food 1965-78 - Index and summary, 1978 (E F S)
12	Crop calendars, 1978 (E/F/S)
13	The use of FAO specifications for plant protection products, 1979 (E F S)
14	Guidelines for integrated control of rice insect pests, 1979 (Ar C E F S)
15	Pesticide residues in food 1978 - Report, 1979 (E F S)
15 Sup.	Pesticide residues in food 1978 - Evaluations, 1979 (E)
16	Rodenticides: analyses, specifications, formulations, 1979 (E F S)
17	Agrometeorological crop monitoring and forecasting, 1979 (C E F S)
18	Guidelines for integrated control of maize pests, 1979 (C E)
19	Elements of integrated control of sorghum pests, 1979 (E F S)
20	Pesticide residues in food 1979 - Report, 1980 (E P S)
20 Sup.	Pesticide residues in food 1979 - Evaluations, 1980 (E)
21	Recommended methods for measurement of pest resistance to pesticides, 1980 (E F)
22	China: multiple cropping and related crop production technology, 1980 (E)
23	China: development of olive production, 1980 (E)
24/1	Improvement and production of maize, sorghum and millet - Vol. 1. General principles, 1980 (E F)
24/2	Improvement and production of maize, sorghum and millet -Vol. 2. Breeding, agronomy and seed production, 1980 (E F)
25	Prosopis tamarugo: fodder tree for arid zones, 1981 (E F S)
26	Pesticide residues in food 1980 - Report, 1981 (E F S)
26 Sup.	Pesticide residues in food 1980 - Evaluations, 1981 (E)
27	Small-scale cash crop farming in South Asia, 1981 (E)
28	Second expert consultation on environmental criteria for registration of pesticides, 1981 (E F S)
29	Sesame: status and improvement, 1981 (E)
30	Palm tissue culture, 1981 (C E)
31	An eco-climatic classification of intertropical Africa, 1981 (E)
32	Weeds in tropical crops: selected abstracts, 1981 (E)
32 Sup. 1	Weeds in tropical crops: review of abstracts, 1982 (E)
33	Plant collecting and herbarium development, 1981 (E)
34	Improvement of nutritional quality of food crops, 1981 (C E)
35	Date production and protection, 1982 (Ar E)
36	El cultivo y la utilización del tarwi - Lupinus mutabilis Sweet, 1982 (S)
37	Pesticide residues in food 1981 - Report, 1982 (E F S)
38	Winged bean production in the tropics, 1982 (E)
39	Seeds, 1982 (E/F/S)
40	Rodent control in agriculture, 1982 (Ar C E F S)
41	Rice development and rainfed rice production, 1982 (E)
42	Pesticide residues in food 1981 - Evaluations, 1982 (E)
43	Manual on mushroom cultivation, 1983 (E F)
44	Improving weed management, 1984 (E F S)
45	Pocket computers in agrometeorology, 1983 (E)
46	Pesticide residues in food 1982 - Report, 1983 (E F S)
47	The sago palm, 1983 (E F)
48	Guidelines for integrated control of cotton pests, 1983 (Ar E F S)
49	Pesticide residues in food 1982 - Evaluations, 1983 (E)
50	International plant quarantine treatment manual, 1983 (C E)
51	Handbook on jute, 1983 (E)
52	The palmyrah palm: potential and perspectives, 1983 (E)
53/1	Selected medicinal plants, 1983 (E)
54	Manual of fumigation for insect control, 1984 (C E F S)
55	Breeding for durable disease and pest resistance, 1984 (C E)
56	Pesticide residues in food 1983 - Report, 1984 (E F S)
57	Coconut, tree of life, 1984 (ES)
58	Economic guidelines for crop pest control, 1984 (E F S)
59	Micropropagation of selected rootcrops, palms, citrus and ornamental species, 1984 (E)
60	Minimum requirements for receiving and maintaining tissue culture propagating material, 1985 (E F S)
61	Pesticide residues in food 1983 - Evaluations, 1985 (E)
62	Pesticide residues in food 1984 - Report, 1985 (E F S)
63	Manual of pest control for food security reserve grain stocks, 1985 (C E)
64	Contribution à l'écologie des aphides africains, 1985 (F)
65	Amélioration de la culture irriguée du riz des petits fermiers, 1985 (F)
66	Sesame and safflower: status and potentials, 1985 (E)
67	Pesticide residues in food 1984 - Evaluations, 1985 (E)
68	Pesticide résidus in food 1985 - Report, 1986 (E F S)
69	Breeding for horizontal resistance to wheat diseases, 1986 (E)
70	Breeding for durable resistance in perennial crops, 1986 (E)
71	Technical guideline on seed potato micropropagation and multiplication, 1986 (E)
72/1	Pesticide residues in food 1985 - Evaluations - Part I: Residues, 1986 (E)
72/2	Pesticide residues in food 1985 - Evaluations - Part II: Toxicology, 1986 (E)
73	Early agrometeorological crop yield assessment, 1986 (E F S)
74	Ecology and control of perennial weeds in Latin America, 1986 (E S)
75	Technical guidelines for field variety trials, 1993 (E F S)
76	Guidelines for seed exchange and plant introduction in tropical crops, 1986(E)
77	Pesticide residues in food 1986 - Report, 1986 (E F S)
78	Pesticide residues in food 1986 - Evaluations - Part I: Residues, 1986 (E)
78/2	Pesticide residues in food 1986 - Evaluations - Part II: Toxicology, 1987 (E)
79	Tissue culture of selected tropical fruit plants, 1987 (E)
80	Improved weed management in the Near East, 1987 (E)
81	Weed science and weed control in Southeast Asia, 1987 (E)
82	Hybrid seed production of selected cereal, oil and vegetable crops, 1987 (E)
83	Litchi cultivation, 1989 (E S)
84	Pesticide residues in food 1987 - Report, 1987 (E F S)
85	Manual on the development and use of FAO specifications for plant protection products, 1987 (E** F S)
86/1	Pesticide residues in food 1987 - Evaluations - Part I: Residues, 1988 (E)
86/2	Pesticide residues in food 1987 - Evaluations - Part II: Toxicology, 1988 (E)
87	Root and tuber crops, plantains and bananas in developing countries - challenges and opportunities, 1988 (E)
88	Jessenia and Oenocarpus: neotropical oil palms worthy of domestication, 1988 (ES)
89	Vegetable production under arid and semi-arid conditions in tropical Africa, 1988 (E F)
90	Protected cultivation in the Mediterranean climate, 1990 (E F)
91	Pastures and cattle under coconuts, 1988 (E S)
92	Pesticide residues in food 1988 - Report, 1988 (E F S)
93/1	Pesticide residues in food 1988 - Evaluations - Part I: Residues, 1988 (E)
93/2	Pesticide residues in food 1988 - Evaluations - Part II: Toxicology, 1989 (E)
94	Utilization of genetic resources: suitable approaches, agronomical evaluation and use, 1989 (E)
95	Rodent pests and their control in the Near East, 1989 (E)
96	Striga - Improved management in Africa, 1989 (E)
97/1	Fodders for the Near East: alfalfa, 1989 (Ar E)
97/2	Fodders for the Near East: annual medic pastures, 1989 (Ar E F)
98	An annotated bibliography on rodent research in Latin America 1960-1985, 1989 (E)
99	Pesticide residues in food 1989 - Report, 1989 (E F S)
100	Pesticide residues in food 1989 - Evaluations - Part I: Residues, 1990 (E)
100/2	Pesticide residues in food 1989 - Evaluations - Part II: Toxicology, 1990 (E)
101	Soilless culture for horticultural crop production, 1990 (E)
102	Pesticide residues in food 1990 - Report, 1990 (E F S)
103/1	Pesticide residues in food 1990 - Evaluations - Part I: Residues, 1990 (E)
104	Major weeds of the Near East, 1991 (E)
105	Fundamentos teórico-prácticos del cultivo de tejidos vegetales, 1990 (S)
106	Technical guidelines for mushroom growing in the tropics, 1990 (E)
107	Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq. - a tropical leafy vegetable - its cultivation and utilization, 1991 (E)
108	Carambola cultivation, 1993 (E S)
109	Soil solarization, 1991 (E)
110	Potato production and consumption in developing countries, 1991 (E)
111	Pesticide residues in food 1991 - Report, 1991 (E)
112	Cocoa pest and disease management in Southeast Asia and Australasia, 1992 (E)
113/1	Pesticide residues in food 1991 - Evaluations - Part I: Residues, 1991 (E)
114	Integrated pest management for protected vegetable cultivation in the Near East, 1992 (E)
115	Olive pests and their control in the Near East, 1992 (E)
116	Pesticide residues in food 1992 - Report, 1993 (E F S)
117	Quality declared seed, 1993 (E F S)
118	Pesticide residues in food 1992 - Evaluations -Part I: Residues, 1993 (E)
119	Quarantine for seed, 1993 (E)
120	Weed management for developing countries, 1993 (E S)
121	Rambutan cultivation, 1993 (E)
122	Pesticide residues in food 1993 - Report, 1993 (E F S)
123	Rodent pest management in eastern Africa, 1994 (E)
124	Pesticide residues in food 1993 - Evaluations - Part I: Residues, 1994 (E)
125	Plant quarantine: theory and practice, 1994 (Ar)
126	Tropical root and tuber crops - Production, perspectives and future prospects, 1994 (E)
127	Pesticide residues in food 1994 - Report, 1994 (E)
128	Manual on the development and use of FAO specifications for plant protection products - Fourth edition, 1995 (E F S)
129	Mangosteen cultivation, 1995 (E)
130	Post-harvest deterioration of cassava -A biotechnology perspective, 1995 (E)
131/1	Pesticide residues in food 1994 - Evaluations - Part I: Residues, Volume 1, 1995 (E)
131/2	Pesticide residues in food 1994 - Evaluations - Part I: Residues, Volume 2, 1995 (E)
132	Agro-ecology, cultivation and uses of cactus pear, 1995 (E)
133	Pesticide residues in food 1995 - Report, 1996 (E)
134	Cotton pests and their control in the Near East, 1996 (E)
135	Citrus pest problems and their control in the Near East, 1996 (E)
136	El pepino dulce y su cultivo, 1996 (S)
137	Pesticide residues in food 1995 - Evaluations -Part I: Residues, 1996 (E)
138	Sunn pests and their control in the Near East, 1996(E)

Availability: December 1996

Ar -	- Arabic
C -	- Chinese
E -	- English
F -	- French
P -	- Portuguese
S -	- Spanish
Multil -	- Multilingual
*	Out of print
**	In preparation

The FAO Technical Papers are available through the authorized FAO Sates Agents or directly from Sales and Marketing Group, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy.

Wheat and barley are both staple foods for the people of the Near East but, with the exception of Turkey, all the countries in the region are dependent on imports to supplement their own production of these cereals.

A significant contributory factor to this shortfall is the damage caused to crops by sunn pest - one of the most important pests of wheat and barley in the Near East. The introduction of successful pest control measures would, therefore, lead to more sustainable cereal production and improve the food security of the large population dependent on wheat and barley in the region. In 1993 an Expert Consultation was organized jointly by the FAO Regional Office for the Near East and the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and took place at the ICARDA premises in Aleppo, the Syrian Arab Republic. The objectives of the consultation were to assess the sunn pest problem and develop strategies for the effective management of the pest through the development of a programme of integrated pest control based on research findings from throughout the region and the rest of the world.

This publication draws together the papers presented at that meeting by technical officials from the Near East and invited speakers from Canada, France, Romania and the Syrian Arab Republic.