RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

1976 - Biological characteristics of the Pine Processionary Thaumetopoea pityocampa Schiff. in stands of Aleppo Pine in the Oriental region (Morocco).

1978 - Bionomy of Ooencyrtus kuvanae (Howard), oophagous parasite of Lymantria dispar in the Mâmora forest, Morocco.

1978 - Insecticides and Acaricides in Morocco.

1980 - Study of bark beetles of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in Orleans forest, France.

1982 - Pests of vines in the region of Marrakesh, Morocco: inventory and control.

1981-1988 - Bioecological studies on the almond bark beetle (Scolytus amygdali) in Morocco.
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1983 -1988 - Evaluation of the economic impact of the potato moth Phtorimoea operculella ZELL and possibilities of control in the open field and in stock against its outbreak in the region of Ouled-Taima in southern Morocco.

1983-1995 - Bioecology of the olive bark beetle Phloetribus Scarabeoides in the region of Taroudant, Morocco.

1984 - Marketing of pesticides in the region of Souss Massa, Morocco.

1984 - Bioecology and economic impact of the lemon moth Prays citri on Citrus in the region of Souss Massa, Morocco.

1986-1994 - Continuation of the bioecology of the olive bark beetle program for the prediction of an agricultural warning and integrated control program.
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1991-1992 - Training-Employment Adequacy project for young phytiatry and horticultural technicians and engineers.
Report of the first phase of surveys carried out in the Souss Massa region.

1992-1994 - Training-Employment Adequacy project: Report of the second phase of surveys on the integration of young graduates in the region of Souss Massa, Morocco.

1992-1997 - The economic foundation of the integrated pest control of vegetable and ornamental crops in greenhouses.

1995-1996 - Problems caused by the use of insecticides and acaricides in greenhouse crops in the region of Souss Massa, Morocco.
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1996-1997 - The bioecology of Thrips. sp and control possibilities.

1999-2006 - Bemisia tabaci, vector of the Tomato yellow leaf curl Geminivirus: Bioecology, identification of biotypes, and resistance to insecticides.

2004-2011 - Almond bark beetle population dynamics on peach and nectarine. Economic impact and control measures adopted against its proliferation in the Benzit estate (Taroudant region, Morocco).

2006-2010 - Bioecology of peach Thrips in the Taroudant region, Morocco.

2011 - Biology of the tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta by analyzing the demographic composition of populations and sexual and light trapping in the Souss Massa region, Morocco.

2011 - Inventory of xylophagous insects subservient to the Argan tree in southern Morocco.

2012 -2013 - Quantitative inventory and incidence of natural enemies associated with the white cochineal Parlatoria blanchardi and the date moth Ectomyelois ceratoniae in the oases of the Drâa valley.
In collaboration with the GMR (Canary Islands, Spain).

2015-2016 - Automatic recognition of damage and symptoms on plant leaves by the technique of sequential combination of two image classifiers.
In collaboration with Ibn Zohr University, Morocco.

2017-2019 - The main Auchenorrhynchic homoptera, potential vectors of the bacterial disease Xylella fastidiosa Wells: Identification and spatial and temporal distribution in Morocco.
In collaboration with the National Office for Sanitary Safety of Food Products (ONSSA).
PUBLICATIONS
Benazoun A., 1986
Etude biologique du "neiroun" Ploetribus scarabeoides BERN dans la région de Taroudant au Maroc. Commission des Communautés Européennes. Direction générale XII : Science, Recherche, et Développement. Premier Programme 1983-1986. Science et Technique au service du Développement. Sous programme: Agriculture Tropicale et Subtropicale.
Benazoun A., 1986
Evaluation des dégâts de la teigne de la pomme de terre Phtorimoea operculella ZELL dans la région du Souss. Commission des Communautés Européennes. Direction générale XII : Science, Recherche, et Développement. Premier Programme 1983-1986. Science et Technique au service du Développement. Sous programme: Agriculture Tropicale et Subtropicale.
Benazoun A., Schvester D., 1989
Essai de traitement chimique à la Deltaméthrine sur Amandier contre Scolytus (Ruguloscolytus) amygdali GUER. Actes Inst. Agron. Vét. Vol 9(1) 25-30.
Benazoun A., El Guennouni S., 2013
Inventario cuantitativo e incidencia de los enemigos naturales asociados a la Cochinilla blanca Parlatoria blanchardi TARGIONI-TOZETTI (Homoptera: Diaspididae) y a la polilla de los datiles Ectomyelois ceratoniae ZELLER (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) en los oasis del valle del Drâa. Proyectos de Investigación para la Conservación y Sostenibilidad de los palmerales marroquís y canarios. Informe del Proyecto PALMERA 2012-2013.
El Massi I., Es-saady Y., El Yassa M., Mammass D., Benazoun A., 2016
A hybrid combination of multiple SVM classifiers for automatic recognition of the damages and symptoms on plant leaves. 7th International Conférence ICISP. Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada, May30-June1, 2016. Proceedings. Vol. 9680 of the séries Lecture Notes in Computer Science. pp 40-50, Springer International Publishing May 2016. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-33618-3_5. Print ISBN 978-3-319-33617-6.