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A Critical Evaluation of Sustainability Practices, Waste Management Strategies, and Circular Economy Principles in Sago Processing Optimisation

Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
This narrative review offers a critical, decision‐oriented synthesis of sustainability practices, waste management strategies, and circular economy levers for optimising Metroxylon sagu (sago) processing at mill scale. Evidence from 2000 to 2025 is organised against two frames: the circular economy principles (eliminate waste and pollution, circulate ...
Mohammad Sibtain Kadri, Reda Fassi Fihri, Sukumar Chinnaraju, Kamala-Kannan Seralathan, Gholamreza Abdi, Essam Hebishy   +5 more
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Bridging Nature and Technology: Leveraging Phytochemicals and Green Nanotechnology in Sustainable Agricultural Practices

Journal of Nanotechnology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
The increasing demand for sustainable agricultural practices necessitates innovative approaches that integrate natural resources with advanced technologies. Phytochemicals, as bioactive compounds derived from plants, are widely recognized for their roles in enhancing crop productivity, pest resistance, and environmental resilience.
Daniel Jesuwenu Ajose, Modupe Stella Ayilara, Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu, Munmun Bardhan   +3 more
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Commodity risk assessment of Petunia spp. and Calibrachoa spp. unrooted cuttings from Uganda

EFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to evaluate the likelihood of pest freedom at entry in the EU, including both regulated and non‐regulated pests, potentially associated with unrooted cuttings of the genera Petunia and Calibrachoa produced under physical isolation in Uganda.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Antonio Vicent Civera, Paula Baptista, Anna Berlin, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Jaime Cubero, Nik Cunniffe, Eduardo de la Peña, Nicolas Desneux, Francesco Di Serio, Anna Filipiak, Paolo Gonthier, Beata Hasiów‐Jaroszewska, Hervé Jactel, Blanca B. Landa, Lara Maistrello, David Makowski, Panagiotis Milonas, Nikos T. Papadopoulos, Hanna Susi, Dirk Jan van der Gaag, Christophe Lacomme, Jane Debode, Juan A. Navas‐Cortes, Antigoni Akrivou, Christos Kritikos, Maria Kormpi, Dimitrios Papachristos, Chrysavgi Reppa, Spyridon Antonatos, Despoina Beris, Olaf Mosbach Schulz, Monia Federica Lombardo, Ciro Gardi, Roel Potting   +34 more
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Reducing Cosmopolites sordidus populations and damage using traps baited with pheromone and plantain corm/Reducción de poblaciones y daños de Cosmopolites sordidus mediante trampas cebadas con feromona y cormo de plátano

Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios, 2017
The banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus is an important pest in plantain and banana crops throughout the world. The objective was to evaluate a mass trapping system based on traps baited with synthetic pheromone (sordidin) + plantain corm tissue to ...
Rodolfo Osorio-Osorio, José Isabel López-Naranjo, Efraín de la Cruz-Lázaro, Cesar Márquez-Quiroz, Juan Cibrián-Tovar   +4 more
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Extraction, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Ability of Chitosan and Edible Oil From Ugandan Winged Termites

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.
This study extracted edible oil and chitosan using both chemical and green extraction techniques, from four species of edible winged termites. Yield and efficiency of the extraction techniques were compared, the extracted products characterized for physico‐chemical properties, and the antimicrobial ability of chitosan assessed against a gram‐positive ...
Babirye Khadijah, Ammar Ahmad Khan, Shahrul Razid Sarbini, Aqsa Abid   +3 more
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Banana and plantain production systems in Benin: ethnobotanical investigation, varietal diversity, pests, and implications for better production

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2018
Background The cultivated banana and plantain (Musa spp.) are valuable for nutritional and socio-economic security for millions of people worldwide. In Benin, banana and plantain are among the most produced, consumed, and traded commodities.
Mariano C. Chabi, Anicet G. Dassou, Innocent Dossou-Aminon, David Ogouchoro, Bonaventure Omondi Aman, Alexandre Dansi   +5 more
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Effect of entomopathogenic fungi against banana pseudostem weevil Odoiporus longicollis (Olivier) and elucidation of infection process

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2022
Background The banana stem weevil, Odoiporus longicollis (Olivier), is a serious threat to banana cultivation world over. Since banana is a food crop, the use of naturally infecting biological control agents could be an effective alternative to manage ...
Velavan Viswakethu, Vinitha Ramasamy, Saranya Krishnamoorthy, Thilakshana Segar, Aravindh Ramaraj, Muhammed Aboobacker Kuttithodika, Baskar Narayanasamy, Padmanaban Balakrishnan, Rangeshwaran Rajagopal   +8 more
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Molecular Identification and Phylogenetic Diversity of Native Entomopathogenic Nematodes, and Their Bacterial Endosymbionts, Isolated from Banana and Plantain Crops in Western Colombia

Agronomy, 2023
With the increasing negative impacts on worldwide food production caused by pests, the recovery of native entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) is relevant, since they are adapted to local environments, entomofauna, and significant virulence.
Jorge Mario Londoño-Caicedo, Miguel Uribe-Londoño, María Angélica Buitrago-Bitar, Andrés J. Cortés, Jaime Eduardo Muñoz-Flórez   +4 more
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Dissipation study of ten insecticides in apples under field conditions

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Volume 105, Issue 12, Page 6603-6614, September 2025.
Abstract BACKGROUND Apples are among the most widely cultivated fruits in temperate climate zone. Given the potential of pests and diseases to cause significant damage to fruit production, orchardists rely on using insecticides and fungicides in infested orchards to protect apple yields.
Dana Schusterova, Jitka Stara, Frantisek Kocourek, Vojtech Hrbek, Petr Mraz, Vit Kosek, Petra Vackova, Vladimir Kocourek, Jana Hajslova, Tereza Horska   +9 more
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Ensuring Pollinator Presence in Expanding Oil Crops: The Case of Mystrops debilis (Nitidulidae) and the Macauba Palm (Acrocomia aculeata, Arecaceae)

Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 149, Issue 8, Page 1180-1195, September 2025.
ABSTRACT The macauba palm (Acrocomia aculeata, Arecaceae) is a Neotropical native oil palm, increasingly important in Central and South America due to rising demand for raw materials and its potential for bioenergy. Understanding its pollinator ecology is crucial to identify new areas for cultivation. This study examines the structure of floral visitor
Javier Carreño‐Barrera, Artur Campos Dália Maia, Carlos Augusto Colombo, Luis Alberto Nuñez‐Avellaneda   +3 more
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