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Current scenario of insect pests and mite on drumstick (Moringa oleifera) in south India and their management

The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Dynamics of insect pests play a crucial role in understanding their occurrence on a crop. Many insect pests infest on drumstick at various phenophase of the crop and limit the productivity.
N R PRASANNAKUMAR, P SHIVARAMA BHAT, N JYOTHI, S SAROJA   +3 more
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Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
wiley   +1 more source

Novel eDNA approaches to monitor Western honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) microbial and arthropod communities

Environmental DNA
Pests and pathogens are a continuous threat to the health of Western honey bee Apis mellifera L. Monitoring honey bee colonies for arthropod pests, disease‐causing bacteria and fungi, and early detection of new invasions is essential to maintain the ...
Leigh Boardman, Jose A. P. Marcelino, Rafael E. Valentin, Humberto Boncristiani, Jennifer M. Standley, James D. Ellis   +5 more
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Predicting Spatial Distribution of Key Honeybee Pests in Kenya Using Remotely Sensed and Bioclimatic Variables: Key Honeybee Pests Distribution Models

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2017
Bee keeping is indispensable to global food production. It is an alternate income source, especially in rural underdeveloped African settlements, and an important forest conservation incentive.
David M. Makori, Ayuka T. Fombong, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, Kiatoko Nkoba, Juliette Ongus, Janet Irungu, Gladys Mosomtai, Sospeter Makau, Onisimo Mutanga, John Odindi, Suresh Raina, Tobias Landmann   +11 more
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Reproduction of Varroa destructor in sealed worker bee brood cells of Apis mellifera carnica and Apis mellifera syriaca in Jordan [PDF]

, 2008
The reproduction of the honey bee mite, Varroa destructor in sealed worker bee brood cells represents an important factor for the population development of this parasite in honey bee colonies.
Alattal, Yehya Zaki Khalid al-, Zebitz, Claus Paul Walter, Rosenkranz, Peter   +2 more
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Proximity to wind turbines altered plant–pollinator dynamics in prairie and sagebrush ecosystems in Wyoming, USA

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Wind turbines influence several abiotic conditions in the environments they are sited in and may influence the behavior and movement of insect pollinators. It is unknown how operating turbines influence plant–pollinator interactions. To investigate if pollination dynamics could be affected by the presence of wind turbines, we recorded videos of ...
Michelle Weschler, Brenna Martin, Lusha Tronstad   +2 more
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Health status of honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera) and disease-related risk factors for colony losses in Austria.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Austrian beekeepers frequently suffered severe colony losses during the last decade similar to trends all over Europe. This first surveillance study aimed to describe the health status of Austrian bee colonies and to analyze the reasons for losses for ...
Linde Morawetz, Hemma Köglberger, Antonia Griesbacher, Irmgard Derakhshifar, Karl Crailsheim, Robert Brodschneider, Rudolf Moosbeckhofer   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agricultural and environmental drivers of variation in the composition of food crops: A scoping review

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Agricultural management and environmental conditions influence the biochemical composition of food crops; however, the specific drivers of this variation remain insufficiently understood, despite their importance for climate change adaptation and human health.
Kat Morgan, Teresa Warne, Sahar Toulabi, Fangzhou Li, Amanda Birnbaum, Shawn Ehlers Cheang, Cheng‐Yu Weng, Warangkana Srichamnong, Simab Kanwal, Linda Nana Esi Aduku, Charles Apprey, Kifle Habte Balcha, Herman Erick Lutterodt, Madeleine McGuinness, Bo Wallace, Layla Manoochehri, Alex C. McAlvay, Mary Ann Nunoo, Pearl Boamah Agyekum, Reginald A. Annan, Charlene van Buiten, Mariana Barboza, John de la Parra, Selena Ahmed, Sarah Brinkley   +24 more
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Demography and predatory potential of Orius strigicollis on eggs of Plutella xylostella at two temperatures [PDF]

PeerJ
Background The polyphagous predatory bug Orius strigicollis Poppius (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) is an active predator used to control many insect pests of agricultural crops.
Shakeel Ur Rehman, Xingfu Jiang, Mahnoor Saleem, Xingmiao Zhou, Bangqing Chen, Khalid Ali Khan, Ibrahim Osman Ibrahim, Hamed A. Ghramh   +7 more
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Exploring eco‐evolutionary and temporal patterns of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities colonizing Sorghum bicolor across sites of contrasting land use history and climate

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Sorghum bicolor is a globally important cereal crop with annual yields exceeding 50 million tons across more than 100 countries and can be grown on marginal lands where conventional agriculture is limited. We examined how eight genetically diverse sorghum genotypes shaped arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) community assembly across two contrasting ...
Philip Brailey‐Crane, Sedona M. Spann, Thomas H. Pendergast IV, Ben J. Long, Ashton K. Brinkley, Sarah R. Mondibrown, Nancy C. Johnson, Katrien M. Devos, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen   +8 more
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