Mortality of the crapemyrtle bark scale (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae) by commercial biopesticides under greenhouse and field conditions [PDF]
The crapemyrtle bark scale (CMBS), Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae, is an important pest of crapemyrtles, Lagerstroemia spp. Biopesticides are frequently used to control soft-bodied insects; however, there is no information on their efficacy against CMBS ...
Chen, Yan +4 more
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Non-indigenous scale insects on ornamental plants in Bulgaria and China: A survey [PDF]
Παρουσιάζεται μια προκαταρκτική λίστα από μη ιθαγενή κοκκοειδή είδη σε καλλωπιστικά φυτά στην Βουλγαρία και την Κίνα. Η δειγματοληψία πραγματοποιήθηκε μεταξύ Απριλίου και Νοεμβρίου, 2009, στο πλαίσιο του προγράμματος “Επεκτατικά αλλόχθονα κοκκοειδή ...
Tomov, R. +3 more
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Unraveling an extreme AT-rich and complex mitochondrial genome: the first complete mitogenome of the species-rich family Diaspididae (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha) and its evolutionary implications [PDF]
The assembly of insect mitochondrial genomes remains challenging in certain taxa due to extreme AT biases and long repetitive regions. The family Diaspididae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) exemplifies this difficulty; despite more than 2,700 described species ...
Jun Deng +5 more
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Use of Parasitoids as a Biocontrol Agent in the Neotropical Region: Challenges and Potential [PDF]
The agricultural production in the Neotropical region is highly affected by the attack of pests and diseases. Due to the overuse of pesticides, sustainable methods of control are in demand, such as biological control.
Colmenarez, Yelitza C. +4 more
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Vrste roda Aulacaspis Cockerell, 1836 (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae) u Hrvatskoj s naglaskom na Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi, 1977 [PDF]
This paper deals with the scale insects Aulacaspis rosae (Bouché, 1833) and Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi, 1977 monitored during a four year faunistic investigation (2005-2008) of the genus Aulacaspis Cockerell, 1836 in Croatia. A.
Adrijana NOVAK +2 more
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A case study is described wherein strong focus on research during the developing threats that caused the elevation of Cycas micronesica from Near Threatened to Endangered status illustrates how targeted research results may be used to aid in conservation
Thomas E. Marler, Anders J. Lindström
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Large stem cuttings were removed from Cycas micronesica K.D. Hill trees and used for asexual propagation to more fully understand resource factors that influence adventitious root formation success.
T. Marler
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Mature Cycas micronesica trees were among the forest trees that were destined to be removed from a 2012 construction site in northern Guam. Forty-nine of these trees were cut at the base and transported to nursery conditions to determine if adventitious
Thomas Edward Marler, Gil Naputi Cruz
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Evaluación de alternativas para el combate de la escama de las cicas (Aulacaspis yasumatsui) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) en un cultivo de Cycas revoluta, Santa Clara, San Carlos [PDF]
Proyecto de graduación (Licenciatura en Ingeniería de Agronomía) Instituto Tecnológico de CostaRica, Escuela de Agronomía, 2011La escama de las cicas (Aulacaspis yasumatsui) es un hemíptero de la familia Diaspidae.
Naranjo-Díaz, César
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Threats to cycad biocultural heritage in the Amami Islands, Japan
The central point we seek to frame in this article is that the increasing infestations of cycad aulacaspis scale in the Amami guntō existentially threaten not only the islands' sotetsu but rather entire cultural systems and natural ecologies that have developed around these plants.
Joshua D. Englehardt +4 more
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