DT_9 (2009)

Jounal of Arid Land Studies 19(1) (2009)

(Proceedings of the International Conference on DESERT TECHNOLOGY IX)

Proceedings of the International Conference on DESERT TECHNOLOGY IX

Detailed Table of Contents……………………………………………………………………………………… i-v

Editorial………………………………………………………………………………………………………… vii-viii

Welcome Address by Prof. Moncef HARRABI……………………………………………………………… ix

Key Note Speech

Oral Presentation

Mary SEELY, Patrik KLINTENBERG, Johannes HENSCHEL. “Learning from the Desert” ………………… 1-3

Session 1: Desert Energy

Keiko SATO, S. SINHA, Birendra KUMAR, T. KOJIMA. “Self Cooling Mechanism in Photovoltaic Cells and Its

Impact on Heat Island Effect from Very Large Scale PV Systems in Deserts” ……………………………… 5-8

Mitsuteru IRIE, Ryoji OKAWARA, Yukuo ABE. “Feasibility of Wild Grass Exploitation for Bio Fuel Production”

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9-12

Rajan JAYAPRAKASH, Karuthiappan PERUMAL, Sanjay KUMAR, Syed MUMTAZUDDIN. “Increasing Energy

Efficiency of Inorganic Salt Gradient Solar Pond in Thar Desert by Inclusion of Complementary Support System”

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13-16

Shilpa CHOUDHARY, Sridhar KUMAR, Sangeeta SINHA, Sanjay KUMAR.
“Temperature Stabilization and Value Addition in Solar Drying of Arid Area Horticulture Products with Phase Change
Materials and High Heat Capacity  Materials”
…………………………………………………………………………………………  17-20

Majdi HAZAMI, Sami KOOLI, Mariem LAZAAR, Abdel hamid FARHAT, Ali BELGHITH.
“New solar energy system to provide domestic hot water in rural housing in Tunisia”
…………………………………………  21-24

Session 2: Stress Biology and Desert Agriculture

Hajime UTSUGI, Satoko KAWARASAKI, Shin-ichi AIKAWA, Hiroyuki TANOUCHI, Nobuhide TAKAHASHI,

Hiroyuki HAMANO, Toshinori KOJIMA, Koichi YAMADA. “E. camaldulensis Optimal Planting Density in

Desert Western Australia in View of Its Photosynthetic Properties” ……………………………………… 25-28

Sawahiko SHIMADA, Hideki YOKOYAMA, Hiromichi TOYODA, Ayako SEKIYAMA, Buhe AOSIER and

Michinari YOKOHAMA. “GIS Analysis of Grazing Selection by Goats in Tov Province, Mongolia”… 29-32

Katsuhiko KUROSAWA, Toshinori KOJIMA, Shigeru KATO, Hideki SUGANUMA, Satoko KAWARASAKI,
Hiroyuki HAMANO, Shin-ichi AIKAWA, Hajime UTSUGI, Hiroyuki TANOUCHI, Masahiro SAITO,
Adrianne KINNEAR, Koichi YAMADA.
“Relation between Growth of Planted Trees and Soil Chemical Properties in Afforestation Sites of Semi-arid Land, WA”
……………………………………………………………… 33-36

Yuanjie ZHAO, Xuncheng XIA. “Application of Tamarix Cone Age Layer in Studying on Environmental Change of

Arid Zone” ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 37-39

Yasuyuki EGASHIRA, Yoshinori HATASA, Keisuke NISHIDA, Korekazu UEYAMA. “Estimation of Climate

Change Effects on Arid Land Afforestation Technologies for CO2 Sequestration” ……………………… 41-43

Caroline KING, Boshra SALEM. “Comparison of Biophysical Changes Affecting Oasis Ecosystems Using Remote

Sensing Data and Published Local Environmental Assessments” ………………………………………… 45-48

Mingyuan DU, Hongwu CHEN, Jiaqiang LEI, Xinwen XU, Shengyu LI, Qing HE. “Observation of Effects of Tree

Planting on Local Climate in the Central Part of the Taklimakan Desert, China” ………………………… 49-52

Nobuhide TAKAHASHI, Yasuyuki EGASHIRA, Shin-ichi AIKAWA, Toshinori KOJIMA. “Woody Biomass

Production by Utilizing Coppice of Eucalyptus camaldulensis in an Arid Area in Western Australia” …… 53-56

Session 3: Soil and Water Technologies Combating Desertification, Remote Sensing and GIS

Hiromu OKAZAWA, Hiromichi TOYODA, Shinji SUZUKI, Sawahiko SHIMADA, Ryuzo NISHIMAKI.

“Long-term-discharge Analysis Using the EPA Method for the Tana River in Kenya” …………………… 57-60

Suguru KOYANAGI, Hironori TABUCHI, Hiroyuki HAMANO, Hideki SUGANUMA, Katsuhiko KUROSAWA,
Toshinori KOJIMA. “Runoff Model Development and Validation for Afforestation in Arid Land of Western Australia”
…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 61-64

Tadaomi SAITO, Hiroshi YASUDA, Khumbulani DHAVU, Takayuki KAWAI, Mohamed A.M. ABD ELBASIT,

Atsushi TSUNEKAWA, Shiqing LI. “Relationships between Soil, Topography and Tree Growth in a Water

Harvesting System in the Loess Plateau, China” …………………………………………………………… 65-68

Yohannes GELETA, Chali EDESSA, Kozo INADA, Yoshiaki OTSUBO, Shinji SUZUKI, Hiromichi TOYODA.
“Conveyance and Drainage System in Spate Irrigation -A case of Boro Dodota Spate Irrigation-” ……… 69-72

Dalel OUERCHEFANI, Hanen DHAOU, Saâdi ABDELJAOUED, Eric DELAITRE, Yann CALLOT. “Radiometric

Indices for Monitoring Soil Surfaces in South Tunisia” …………………………………………………… 73-76

Session 4: Desert Human and Social Sciences Societies

Makoto KITANAKA, Ryuzo NISHIMAKI, Tatsushi TSUBOI, Shinji SUZUKI, Satoru TAKAHASHI. “Poverty

Alleviation through NERICA Introduction into Semiarid Sub-Saharan Africa” …………………………… 77-80

Qian ZHANG, Wenjun LI. “Hierarchical Framework for Rangeland Management-A Case Study in Inner Mongolia-”

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 81-84

Monty C. DOZIER, Bruce LESIKAR, Jim CATHEY, Justin MECHELL, John SMITH, Barron RECTOR, Bryan

DAVIS, Billy KNIFFEN. “What’s Old is New Again- Harvesting the Rain in Texas -” ………………… 85-88

Session 5: Biotechnology

Rie UCHIDA, Junkyu HAN, Hiroko ISODA. “Effect of Capsaicin on the Tight Junctional Permeability of the

Human Intestinal Cells” …………………………………………………………………………………… 89-92

Imen OUESLATI, Faouzia M. HADDADA, Issam NOUAIRI, Maria Z. TSIMIDOU, Mokhtar ZARROUK.
“Changes in the Biochemical Composition of the Tataouine Virgin Olive Oils During Thermal Oxidation” ……………93-96

Marcos A. NEVES, Isao KOBAYASHI, Mitsutoshi NAKAJIMA. “Development of Microchannel Emulsification

Technology for Monodispersed Soybean and Olive Oil-in-Water Emulsions” …………………………… 97-100

Session 1: Desert Energy

Poster Presentation

Hilal A. BHAT, Seemin RUBAB, S.H. BALKHI, Sanjay KUMAR. “Computation of Space Heating Energy

Requirements and Comparative Analysis of Three Cold Desert Region of Jammu and Kashmir (India)-A Case study for Solar
system designs-” ………………………………………………………………………… 101-104

Masakazu ITO, Yuki HAMANO, Kosuke KUROKAWA. “Solar Resource Potentials of a Very Large Scale PV

System in Sahara Desert” ………………………………………………………………………………… 105-108

Session 2: Stress Biology and Desert Agriculture

Xuncheng XIA, Yuanjie ZHAO, Qihui JI. “Recovering and Rebuilding Ecological System of Lower Reaches of

Tarim River and Lop Nur Region in Xinjiang” ………………………………………………………… 109-112

Nagwa ELNWISHY, Hanane ABICHOU, Mohamed LABIADH, Samy ZALAT. “A Promising Vegetation Type to

Sustain Development in Drylands” …………………………………………………………………… 113-116

Abdelfatteh EL OMRI, Junkyu HAN, Ron HASHIZUME, Manef BEN ABDRABBAH, Hiroko ISODA.
“Anti-Neuronal Stress Effect of Tunisian Rosmarinus officinalis Extract” ……………………………… 117-120

Baby PALLAVI, Hirotaka SAITO, Makoto KATO. “Estimating Depth of Influence of GPR Ground Wave in

Lysimeter Experiment” …………………………………………………………………………………… 121-124

Hideki SUGANUMA, Masahiro SAITO, Hiroyuki TANOUCH, Hajime UTSUGI, Yukuo ABE, Toshinori KOJIMA,
Koichi YAMADA. “Baseline and Stand Structural Attributes Changes in Arid Woodland Vegetation” ………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 125-128

Hiroaki MOCHIZUKI, Prakash Kumar GAUTAM, Sangeeta SINHA, Sanjay KUMAR. “Increasing Fertilizer and

Pesticide Use Efficiency by Nanotechnology in Desert Afforestation, Arid Agriculture” ……………… 129-132

Yukako MONDA , Naoko MIKI, Ken YOSHIKAWA. “Potential of Photosynthetic Characteristics in Polymorphic

Leaves of Populus euphratica Olivier” ………………………………………………………………… 133-136

Yoshihiro YAMADA, Yasuto YAMAGUCHI, Jamsran UNDARMAA, Muneto HIROBE, Ken YOSHIKAWA.
“Environmental Factors Controlling Leaf Emergence in Caragana microphylla, a Deciduous Shrub of the Mongolian Steppe”
……………………………………………………………………………………… 137-140

Toshinori KOJIMA, Kosuke INABA, Suguru KOYANAGI, Hideki SUGANUMA, Katuhiko KUROSAWA,
Satoko KAWARASAKI, Hiroyuki TANOUCHI, Richard HARPER, Koich YAMADA, Hiroyuki HAMANO.
“Improvement Effect of Semi-Arid Land Afforestation on Soil Environment” ………………………… 141-144

Kotaro TAKARADA, Machito MIHARA. “Enhancing Plant Residue Composting using Bacillus sp. in Semi-Arid

Regions” ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 145-148

Mingyuan DU, Seiichro YONEMURA, Hiroyuki DEN, Zhibao SHEN, Yanbo SHEN. “Relationship between the

Climate Change and Dust Storm Occurrence in China” ………………………………………………… 149-152

Afwa THAMEUR, Elkadri LEFI, Ali FERCHICHI. “Comparative Response of Barley Cultivars and Varieties to

Deficit Irrigation in a Mediterranean Environment” …………………………………………………… 153-156

Anissa BOUBAYA, Mohamed BEN SALAH, Nidhal MARZOUGUI, Ali FERCHICHI. “Pomological

Characterization of the Mulberry Tree (Morus spp.) in the South of Tunisia” ………………………… 157-159

Khouloud BACHAR, Mansour HADDAD, Ali FERCHICHI. “Characterization of a Leguminous Plant (Green pea:

Pisum sativum L.) and It’s Impact in the Improvement of Soil’s Fertility in an Arid Area in the Centre of Tunisia”

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 161-164

Farah BEN SALEM, Mohamed TARHOUNI, Azaiez OULED BELGACEM, Mohamed NEFFATI.
“Natural Vegetation Cover Dynamic under Climatic Drought and Human Disturbance in the Matmata Mountains,
Southern Tunisia” ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 165-167

Mohamed CHNITER, Serya MAALI, Mohamed HAMMADI, Touhami KHORCHANI, Harab HARAB, Riadh KRIT,
Mohamed BEN HAMOUDA, Gley KHALDI, Raymond NOWAK. “Effects of Dam Age, Litter Size and Gender on Birth
Weight of D’man lamb-Consequence on Lamb Mortality-” …………………………… 169-172

Elhem MANSOUR, Mansour HADDAD, Ali FERCHICHI. “Valorization of Grapevines (Vitis vinifera L.) Cultivated in a
Coastal Oasis” …………………………………………………………………………… 173-176

Hela BEN AHMED, Arafet MANAA and Ezzeddine ZID. “Effect of Salicylic Acid on the Growth and Mineral

nutrition in Salt Stressed Wheat Plants” ………………………………………………………………… 177-180

Rim JAOUADI, Hanen MTAOUA, Mohamed BEN SALAH, Ali FERCHICHI.
“Pomological Characterization and Mineral Study of Fruit of Some Local and Introduced Varieties of Olive-tree (Olea europaea L.)
Cultivated in South of Tunisia” ………………………………………………………………………………………… 181-184

Elkadri LEFI, Josep CIFRE, Javier GULIAS, Hipolito MEDRANO. “Drought and Defoliation Effects on Recovery of Two
Mediterranean Medicago Shrubs” ……………………………………………………………… 185-188

Leila LAARAYEDH, Rim LAMARI, Mokhtar ELBEKEY, Ali FERCHICHI. “Mineral Analysis of Some Local

Cultivars of Melon (Cucumis melo L.)” ………………………………………………………………… 189-192

Mabrouka ABID, Mansour HADDAD, Ali FERCHICHI. “Effect of Magnesium Sulphate on First Stadium of

Development of Lucerne (Medicago sativa) Cultivated in Gabes Oasis” ……………………………… 193-195

Manel BOUDABOUS, Abessalem MRABET, Ali FERCHICHI. “Mineral Characterization of Some Tunisian Apple

Cultivars” ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 197-200

Mohsen CHAMMEM, Tim WCHER, Mohsen JARRAY, Yves HINGRAT, Rachid DHAOUI, Youssef TOUITI,
Touhami KHORCHANI. “Animal Diversity in the Southern Desert-Environment of Tunisia and Latest Knowledge of Most
Important Species” ………………………………………………………………… 201-204

Mokhtar ELBEKKAY , Layl a LAARAY EDH, Rim LA MARI, H a ma di H A MZA , Ali F E RCH ICHI.
“Characterization of Several Local Cultivars of Watermelon Collected from Arid Region in Tunisia” … 205-208

Hanen MTAOUA, Rim JAOUADI, Ali FERCHICHI. “Study of the Morphological Variability of the Fruits of Some

Coastal Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Cultivars in Tunisian Oases” ……………………………… 209-212

Rim LAMARI, Leila LAARAYEDH, Mokhtar ELBEKKEY, Tebra TRIKI, Leila BENYAHIA, Ali FERCHICHI.
“Study of the Variability between Local Melon Cultivars in Tunisia -Based on the Content of Mineral Elements in Leaves-”
………………………………………………………………………………………………… 213-216

Rim TWITI, Mansour HADDAD, Ali FERCHICHI. “The Importance of Vegetables Crops in the Oases of Gabes”

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 217-219

Sana GHAFFARI, Nejib HASNAOUI, Ali FERCHICHI. “Tunisian South Cultivated Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.)

-Foliar Composition on Major Mineral Elements-” ……………………………………………………… 221-224

Sihem TALBI, Elkadri LEFI, Hanen ENNEB, Ali FERCHICHI.   “Effect of Soil Water Deficit on Growth and Water Use
Efficiency for Three Tunisian Pastorals Species (Lotus creticus, Plantago albicans and Rhanterium suaveolens)”
………………………………………………………………………………………………  225-228

Zeineb KHILA, Mansour HADDAD, Ali FERCHICHI. “Physical Characterization of the Main Local Legume Seeds in
Oasis of Chenini” ……………………………………………………………………………………… 229-232

Session 3: Soil and Water Technologies Combating Desertification, Remote Sensing and GIS

Antoine KARAM, Lotfi KHIARI, Alfred JAOUICH. “Influence of Tailing pH on the Sorption of Copper by

Sulphide Mine Tailing” ………………………………………………………………………………… 233-236

Wang XUEQIN, Zhang YUANMING, Zhang WEIMIN, Xu XINWEN, Fu CHUNLI. “Comparison of Erodibility on

Four Types Biological Crusts in Gurbantunggut Desert from Wind Tunnel Experiments” …………… 237-240

Girma NEGUSSIE, Hussien AMAN, Kozo INADA, Shinji SUZUKI, Hiromichi TOYODA. “Trials on Hydro

Meteorological Analysis for Spate Irrigation Development in Oromia, Ethiopia” ……………………… 241-244

Kozo INADA, Girma LEMMA, Tetsuji OYA, Birhanu KEBEBEW, Shinji SUZUKI, Satoru TAKAHASHI.
“Trial on Water Saving Irrigation Farming Technology in Semi-Arid Area of Ethiopia” ……………………… 245-248

Raghuvanshi RAM, J.P. SHUKLA, E. PETERS, S. CHOUDHARY, K. PRASAD. “Application of Geotextiles in

Erosion Control-A Field Experiment-” ………………………………………………………………… 249-252

Sanjay KUMAR, Asheshwar YADAV, Toshinori KOJIMA. “Management of Salinity and Afforestation by IRS 1D LISS- III
Data in North Bihar, India” …………………………………………………………………… 253-256

Anissa GARA, Sawahiko SHIMADA, Hiromichi TOYODA, Hiromu OKAZAWA, Shinji SUZUKI, Ahmed GHRABI.

“Relationship between Vegetation and Topography for an Erosion Management in Ethiopia” ………… 257-260

Fahmi BEN FREDJ, Mitsuteru IRIE, Junkyu HAN, Parida YAMADA, Atef LIMAM, Ahmed GHRABI, Hiroko ISODA.
“Environmental Risk Assessment of Water Resources in Arid and Semi-arid Lands Using Bioassays Systems”
…………………………………………………………………………………………………  261-264

Jining  ZHANG,  Hirotaka  SAITO,  Makoto  KATO.    “Study  on  Subsurface  Irrigation  Using  Ceramic  Pitcher  on Tomato
Cultivation in Greenhouse -Effect of Water Pressure inside Ceramic Pitcher on Soil Moisture and Tomato Growth-”
…………………………………………………………………………………………………  265-267

Takayuki KAWAI, Hiroshi YASUDA, Tadaomi SAITO, Yasuyuki TADA. “The Influence of Sediment

Heterogeneity on Percolation in Sand Dune” …………………………………………………………… 269-272

Lalita SIRIWATTANANON, Machito MIHARA, Takahiko NAKAMURA, Fumio WATANABE, Satoru TAKAHASHI,
Masaharu KOMAMURA. “Effects of Shearing Force in Surface Runoff on Nutrient Losses from Chemical and Organic
Fertilizers” ………………………………………………………………… 273-276

Machito MIHARA, Kota SHOJI, Lalita SIRIWATTANANON. “Rehabilitation of Salt Affected Soils with Chemical

Geo-Textile in Northeast Thailand” ……………………………………………………………………… 277-282

Mohamed A.M. ABD ELBASIT, Tadaomi SAITO, Hiroshi YASUDA, Hisao ANYOJI. “Using of Close Range

Photogrammetry for Interrill Soil Erosion Quantification” ……………………………………………… 283-286

Mohamed KEFI, Kunihiko YOSHINO, Khemaies ZAYANI, Hiroko ISODA. “Estimation of Soil Loss by Using

Combination of Erosion Model and GIS-Case of Study Watersheds in Tunisia-” ……………………… 287-290

N. SAHO, S. YOSHIZAKI, A. MOCHIZUKI. “A Proposal of a New Supply System of Fresh Water for

Afforestation of the Desert in the Middle East” ………………………………………………………… 291-294

Shinji SUZUKI, Masku DERESSA, Fumio WATANABE, Kiyoshi SHIRATORI, Iwao MATSUMOTO, Berhanu S.

JABESSA, Satoru TAKAHASHI. “Meteorological and Soil Characteristics in the Central Ethiopia” …………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 295-298

Taichi MAKI, Kazuki URAYAMA, Shinichiro YAMASHITA, Kenji WAKIMIZU, Hisashi YOSHIKOSHI. “Changes of
Local Meteorological Environment in particular Air Temperature at Isahaya Bay Reclamation Area as a Naked Saline Flat Land”
…………………………………………………………………………… 299-303

Yoshiko KAWABATA, Tsend Ayush MUNKHJARGAL, Kunio SHIRAISHI, Masahiro NAGAI, Yukio KATAYAMA.
“Water Pollution in the Rivers of Northern Central Mongolia Caused by Human Activity” ……………305-308

Yuzo KOBAYASHI, Shoko YATO, Tomonori FUJIKAWA, Takahiko NAKAMURA, Machito MIHARA, Masaharu

KOMAMURA. “Study on Stable Mulching as Effective Water Saving Practice” ……………………… 309-312

B. ATTOUI, A. OULED BELGACEM. “The Role of Remote Sensing in the Monitoring of Arid Ecosystems

Dynamics-The Case of Bouhedma National Park-” ……………………………………………………… 313-317

Bouajila ESSIFI, Mohamed OUESSAR, Mohamed Chedly RABIA. “Mapping Long-Term Variability of Vegetation Greenness
and Sand Dunes around Watering Points in the Rangelands of Dahar and El Ouara (Tunisia) during the Period 1975-2000 through
Remote Sensing Data” ……………………………………………………… 319-322

Cherifa FDHIL, Abdessatar HATIRA, Tahar GALLALI, Houcine TAAMALLAH. “Water Management and

Salinisation in Irrigated Areas -A Case Study of Sidi Sallem Oasis in the Southeast of Tunisia-” ……… 323-326

Raja DAKHLI, Houcine TAAMALLAH, Kamel NAGAZ, Ridha LAMOURI. “Olive Mill Waste Water Valorisation in
Agriculture -Effects on the Soil Proprieties and Barley Yield-” ……………………………………… 327-330

Hanen DHAOU, Dalel OUERCHEFANI, Houcine TAAMALLAH, Gabriels DONALD, Mohamed OUESSAR.

“Drought Impact on the Olive-Trees in the Tunisian Jeffara” …………………………………………… 331-334

Ibtissem ENNEB, Houcine TAAMALLAH, Abdessatar HATIRA. “Impact of Irrigation with Saline Water on Soil and Crop
Yields -El Fjé Region Medenine-” …………………………………………………………… 335-338

Mongi BEN ZAIED, Mohamed Osman ARNOUS, Mohamed Ahmed SIDI CHEIKH, Riadh ALIOUT, Rabah HADJ

ALI, Yassine GAROUNI, Saleh SID, Francisco MUNTONI. “The Use of Remote Sensing and GIS to Map

Unstable Sand dunes-A case study in the Oudia area of Tunisia-” ………………………………… 339-342

M. ABICHOU, M. LABIADH W. CORNELIS, D. GABRIELS, B. BEN ROUINA, H. TAAMALLAH, H.

KHATTELI. “The Olive Mills Waste Water (OMW) as an Organic Amendment for Controlling Wind Erosion in Southern
Tunisia by Improving the Soil Surface Structure” ………………………………………… 343-346

Takuro SHOJI, Yuichi ISHIKAWA, Jun KUMAMARU, Kiwamu SHIIBA, Toshinori KOJIMA, Satoshi

MATSUMOTO, Shin HIDAKA. “The Short Term Effects of Organic Matter and Ripping on Degraded Soil in

Western Australia” ……………………………………………………………………………………… 347-350

Session 4: Desert Human and Social Sciences Societies

Masku DERESSA, Kiyoshi SHIRATORI, Iwao MATSUMOTO, Berhanu S. JABESSA, Shinji SUZUKI, Yukimitsu

KOBAYASHI, Satoru TAKAHASHI. “Approaches of Agroforestry Management in the Central Ethiopia” …

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 351-354

Hanane ABICHOU, Mohamed LABIADH, Nagwa ELNWISHY. “Tunisian Case of Desert Valorisation for

Promoter Enduring Development of Competence” ……………………………………………………… 355-358

Mohamed Amir BOUZAIDA, Luisa María FRUTOS MEJIAS. “Dry Lands Development in Mediterranean

Countries-Similarities between Tunisia and Spain-” …………………………………………………… 359-362

Mohamed JAOUAD, Amor TBIB. “Economical and Ecological Assessment for Sustainable Pastoral Land

Development in Arid Tunisia” ………………………………………………………………………… 363-365

Session 5: Biotechnology

Junkyu HAN, Terence P.N. TALORETE, Parida YAMADA, Hiroko ISODA. “Anti-Proliferative and Apoptotic

Effects of Oleuropein and Hydroxytyrosol on Human Breast Cancer MCF-7 Cells” …………………… 367-370

Imen OUESLATI, Mokhtar GUERFEL, Hédia MANAI, Douja DAOUD, Jacinto SANCHEZ, Mokhtar ZARROUK.
“Derivatives of the UV Absorption Spectra, ECN Groups, and Phytosqualene Contents in Virgin Olive Oils from Varieties
Grown in the Extreme Conditions of Tataouine Region (Southern Tunisia)” ………………… 371-374

Kenichi KASHIWAGI, Hiroko ISODA, Junkyu HAN, Mitsuteru IRIE, Hiroshi NABETANI, Mitsutoshi NAKAJIMA.
“Advanced Processing of Useful Food Material for the Establishment of a Regional Development Model in Arid Areas”
…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 375-378

M’hammed EHSINE, Mohamed Sadok BELKADHI, Mohammed CHAEIB.   “Bio-ecologic Observations on Rhinoceros
Beetle  Oryctes  agamemnon  (Burmeister  1847)  on  the  Palm  Dates  Oasis  of  Rjim  Maatoug  in South-western  Tunisia”
…………………………………………………………………………………  379-382

Rieko IIJIMA, Parida YAMADA, Junkyu HAN, Hideyuki SHIGEMORI, Hiroko ISODA. “Anti-allergic Effect of

Acteoside Derived from Arid Land Plant Cistanche tubulosa” ………………………………………… 383-386

Kyoko MATSUYAMA, Yusaku MIYAMAE, Yukiko SEKII, Junkyu HAN, Manef ABDERRABBA, Takahiro MORIO,
Hideyuki SHIGEMORI, Hiroko ISODA. “Effect of Mediterranean Medicinal Plant Extracts on Melanogenesis Regulation”
……………………………………………………………………………… 387-390