{"id":96059,"date":"2026-06-28T11:15:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T08:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homs-univ.edu.sy\/2026\/06\/awarding-researcher-firas-asaad-a-doctoral-degree-in-agricultural-engineering-distinction\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T11:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T08:15:43","slug":"awarding-researcher-firas-asaad-a-doctoral-degree-in-agricultural-engineering-distinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homs-univ.edu.sy\/en\/2026\/06\/awarding-researcher-firas-asaad-a-doctoral-degree-in-agricultural-engineering-distinction\/","title":{"rendered":"Awarding researcher Firas Asaad a doctoral degree in agricultural engineering  distinction."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A doctoral thesis entitled &#8220;An ecological and biological study of the cochineal cactus scale insect Dactylopius opuntiae and its natural enemies&#8221; was discussed by the researcher Firas Asaad at the Faculty of Agriculture, under the supervision of Prof. Ziad Sheikh Khamis and Prof.  Mazen Boufaour.<\/p>\n<p>The judging panel comprised the following professors: Prof. Wajih Qassis, Prof. Dummar Nammour, Prof. Ziad Sheikh Khamis, Prof. Ziad Barbar, and Prof. Muhammad Abdul-Hai.<br \/>\nThe thesis investigated the dispersal dynamics of the cochineal scale insect pest and the development of its field populations. Additionally, it examined the insect&#8217;s biology under semi-field and laboratory conditions, contributing to a better understanding of its ecological and biological characteristics, and developing scientific foundations for its management and control.<br \/>\nAt the end of the discussion, the researcher was awarded a doctoral degree in agricultural engineering with distinction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A doctoral thesis entitled &#8220;An ecological and biological study of the cochineal cactus scale insect Dactylopius opuntiae and its natural enemies&#8221; was discussed by the researcher<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":95976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-master-and-doctoral-theses"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homs-univ.edu.sy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homs-univ.edu.sy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homs-univ.edu.sy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homs-univ.edu.sy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homs-univ.edu.sy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homs-univ.edu.sy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homs-univ.edu.sy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homs-univ.edu.sy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homs-univ.edu.sy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homs-univ.edu.sy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}