consisted of Abbas Davachi, Firooz Taghizadeh, Mamoud Shojaei, Abdolghafour
Mirzaei, Morteza Esmaili, Ghoratollah Farahbakhsh, Mohammad Safavi, and
Hossein Sepasgozarian (Zomorodi 2003). The society has a regular journal, Journal
of Entomological Society of Iran (JESI: http://jesi.areeo.ac.ir) and is among the
oldest and largest national and scientific journals (Fig. 1.13). Its fiftieth anniversary
was celebrated during the Plant Protection Conference held in Gorgan in 2018. The
ESI has 21 boards of director members, with approximately 1500 permanent,
affiliated and honorary members.
1.10.2 Iranian Plant Protection Congress
This congress is considered as one of the oldest scientific ones in the country and was
held due to the efforts of great Iranian entomologists and phytopathologists including Abbas Davatchi, Firouz Taghizadeh, Mahmoud Shojaei, Abdolghafour Mirzaei,
Ghodratollah Farahbakhsh, Mohammad Safavi, Amir Nezamoddin Ghaffari,
Hossein Sepasgozarian and Morteza Esmaili, who acted as the board of directors
in the first congress. The first (Fig. 1.14) and the second congresses were held at the
Fig. 1.13 Formal logo of the Entomological Society of Iran (ESI) and the formal journal, JESI.
(Courtesy of ESI)
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Mirzaei, Morteza Esmaili, Ghoratollah Farahbakhsh, Mohammad Safavi, and
Hossein Sepasgozarian (Zomorodi 2003). The society has a regular journal, Journal
of Entomological Society of Iran (JESI: http://jesi.areeo.ac.ir) and is among the
oldest and largest national and scientific journals (Fig. 1.13). Its fiftieth anniversary
was celebrated during the Plant Protection Conference held in Gorgan in 2018. The
ESI has 21 boards of director members, with approximately 1500 permanent,
affiliated and honorary members.
1.10.2 Iranian Plant Protection Congress
This congress is considered as one of the oldest scientific ones in the country and was
held due to the efforts of great Iranian entomologists and phytopathologists including Abbas Davatchi, Firouz Taghizadeh, Mahmoud Shojaei, Abdolghafour Mirzaei,
Ghodratollah Farahbakhsh, Mohammad Safavi, Amir Nezamoddin Ghaffari,
Hossein Sepasgozarian and Morteza Esmaili, who acted as the board of directors
in the first congress. The first (Fig. 1.14) and the second congresses were held at the
Fig. 1.13 Formal logo of the Entomological Society of Iran (ESI) and the formal journal, JESI.
(Courtesy of ESI)
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J. Karimi and S. Kamali