1987 
Desira-Buttigieg, A. (1987). Sludge Metals in Grassland Soil. Poster presented at the British Society of Soil Science Autumn Meeting. 

1989 
Desira-Buttigieg, A., Klessa, D.A. and Hall, D.A. (1989). The Effects of Heavy Metals Applied in Digested Sewage Sludge of Grassland. Proceedings of the XVI International Grassland Congress, Nice, France, pp. 1635-1636. 

1992 
Klessa, D.A. and Desira-Buttigieg, A. ( 1992). The Adhesion of Leaf Surfaces of Heavy Metals from Sewage Sludge Applied to Grassland. Soil Use and Management 8: 115-121. 

1995 

Attard, E., A., Scicluna-Spiteri, M., Brincat, and A., Cuschieri. (1995). Morpholigical Changes of Ovarian cancer cells induced by Cucurbitacin E: A potential Cytotoxic Tetracyclic Triterpenoid. Maltese Third Med. School Conf.

1996 
Attard, E., Scicluna-Spiteri, A., Grixti, M., and Cuschieri, A. (1996). The Cytotoxic Activity of Cucurbitacin E and Busulphan on Ovarian and Stomach Cancer Cells in vitro: A Comparative Study.  Xjenza 1 : 29-34. 

Mallia, J.G., Barbut, S., Vaillancourt, J.P., Muckle, A., Irwin, R., McEwen, S.A. (1996). Safety and Quality of Dark Turkey Carcasses Exhibiting Dark, Firm, Dry Characteristics (abstract). JAVMA, 209: 361.

1997 

Mallia, J.G., Barbut, S., Vaillancourt, J.P., Martin, S.W., McEwen, S.A. Assessment of rapid tests for detection of  carcasses with a dark firm dry-like condition (“cyanosis”). Proceedings of the 86th Annual Meeting of the Poultry Science Association, Athens, GA, August 3-6, 1997.

 

Mallia, J.G., Barbut, S., Vaillancourt, J.P., Martin, S.W., McEwen, S.A. Broiler breast meat color and pH at time of slaughter and 24 hours post-mortem: a dark firm dry-like condition. Proceedings of the 86th Annual Meeting of the Poultry Science Association, Athens, GA, August 3-6, 1997.

 

1998 

Mallia, J.G., Barbut, S., Vaillancourt, J.P., Martin, S.W., McEwen, S.A. A Dark, Firm, Dry-Like Condition in Breast Meat of Chickens Condemned for Ascites, Valgus-Varus Deformity, and Emaciation. Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting of the Poultry Science Association, State College, PA, August 2-5, 1998.

 

Mallia, J.G., Irwin, R., Muckle, A., Vaillancourt, J.P., Martin, S.W., McEwen, S.A. Microbiological Studies of Turkeys Condemned for cyanosis in southern Ontario. Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting of the Poultry Science Association, State College, PA, August 2-5, 1998.

 

Mallia, J.G., Hunter, B., Vaillancourt, J.P., Martin, S.W., R., McEwen, S.A. (1998). Inter- Rater Agreement of Histopathological Lesions in a Case-Control Study of Turkeys Condemned for Cyanosis (abstract). JAVMA

 

Mallia, J.G. (1998) Indigenous Domestic Turkeys of Oaxaca and Quintana Roo, Mexico. Animal Genetic Resources Information, 23: 69-78 (FAO).

 

1999 

Attard, E., A., Scicluna-Spiteri, M., Brincat, and A., Cuschieri. (1999). The effects of Cucurbitacin E on the proliferation of prostate and breast cancer cell lines, and peripheral T-lymphocytes. Maltese Fourth Med. School Conf. R034:145.

 

Mallia, J.G., (1999) The Black Maltese Chicken; a Mediterranean Light Breed of Poultry. Animal Genetic Resources Information, 24: 41-48 (FAO). 

2000 

Mallia, J.G., Barbut, S.,Vaillancourt, J.P., Martin, S.W., McEwen, S.A. (2000). A Dry Firm Dry-Like Condition in Turkey Condemned for Cyanosis. Poultry Science 79: 281-285.

 

Mallia, J.G., Vaillancourt, J.P., Martin, S.W., McEwen, S.A. (2000). Risk Factors for Abattoir Condemnation of Turkey Carcasses Due to Cyanosis in Southern Ontario. Poultry Science 79: 831-837.

 

Mallia, J.G., Barbut, S.., Vaillancourt, J.P., Martin, S.W., McEwen, S.A. (2000) .Roaster Breast Meat Condemned for Cyanosis: A Dry Firm Dry-Like Condition? Poultry Science 79: 908-912.

 

Mallia, J.G., Hunter, B., Vaillancourt, J.P., Irwin, R.., Muckle, C.A., Martin, S.W., and McEwen, S.A. (2000). Bacteriological and Histological profile of Turkeys condemned for Cyanosis. Poultry Science 79: 1194-1199.

 

Mallia, J.G., Barbut, S.., Vaillancourt, J.P., Martin, S.W., McEwen, S.A. (2000). A Dark, Firm, Dry-Like Condition in Breast Meat of roaster Chickens Condemned for Ascites, Valgus-Varus Deformity and Emaciation. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 80: 45-49.

2001 
Attard E. and Scicluna-Spiteri, A. (2001). Ecballium elaterium: An in vitro Source of Cucurbitacins. Fitoterapia. 72 : 46-53. 

2002

Attard, E. and Attard, H. (2002). A Micropropagation Protocol for Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich. CGC Reports. 25 : 67-70.

 

Attard, E. (2002) Rapid Detection of Cucurbitacins in Tissues and in vitro Cultures of Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich. CGC Reports. 25 : 71-75.

 

Scicluna-Spiteri, A. and Attard, E. (2002). Review of Recent Research on Maltese Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. The 10^th Conference on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Arab Countries “Sustainable Development”. The International Egyptian Center for Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt.

 

Attard, E. (2002). Il-Website tad-Dipartiment tas-Sahha tal-Pjanti: www.planthealth.gov.mt. Biedja u Sajd. 145 : 1,6-7. [MALTESE VERSION]

2003

Attard, E. and A. Scicluna-Spiteri. (2003). The Cultivation and Cucurbitacin Content of Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich. CGC Reports. 26 : 66-69.

 

Attard, E., A. Scicluna-Spiteri and H. Attard. (2003). Habitat Studies for the Wild Stocks of Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich. CGC Reports. 26 : 70-73.

 

Attard, E. (2003). Il-Passaport tal-Pjanti. Biedja u Sajd. 152 : 4-5,8. [MALTESE VERSION]

2004

Attard, E. (2004). Production of cucurbitacins in Ecballium elaterium solid and suspension cultures. CGC Reports. 27 : (in press).

Attard, E.  and A. Cuschieri (2004) Cytotoxicity of Cucurbitacin E extracted from Ecballium elaterium in vitro. Journal of Natural Remedies. 4, 2 : 137-144.

Attard, E. 2004. Status of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Malta in Baricevic, D., Bernath, J., Maggioni, L. and Lipman E. Report of a Working Group on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, First Meeting, 12-14 September 2002, Gozd Martuljek, Slovenia, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy, 85 – 87.

Attard, E., A. Cuschieri, A. Scicluna-Spiteri, M.P. Brincat (2004) The Effects of Cucurbitacin E on Two Lymphocyte Models in vitro: Pharmaceutical Biology. 42, 2 : 170-175.

G. Laghetti, A. Scicluna-Spiteri, E. Attard, P. Perrino, S. Cifarelli, K. Hammer (2004) Collecting crop genetic resources in the Mediterranean agricultural islands: Maltese Archipelago, PGR Newsletter 139, 11-16.

2005

Attard, E. and R. Vujicic  (2005) Physical and phytochemical variations in calluses derived from Ecballium elaterium in tissue culture. Crop Research. 29, 2 : (in press).

Attard, E., A. Cuschieri, M.P. Brincat (2005) Morphological effects induced by Cucurbitacin E on Ovarian cancer cells in vitro. Journal of Natural Remedies. 5, 1 70-74.

Attard, E., M.P. Brincat, A. Cuschieri (2005) Immunomodulatory activity of cucurbitacin E isolated from Ecballium elaterium. Fitoterapia. (in press).

Attard. G., Attard, E. and Vella A. (2005) Review of the Accreditation Practices at the University of Malta with Focus on the Institute of Agriculture. The 5^th workshop on the Establishment of an Accreditation System in Agricultural Engineering University Studies in Europe, Dresden, 8^th - 9^th April.