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Biological control in Venezuela.
, 2020 Abstract Venezuela has a long history in application of pest biological control. The first attempts were recorded at the end of the 19th century with the use of Scelio famelicus for control of the migratory locust Schistocerca paranensis and continued in the middle of the 20th with the introduction of Rodolia cardinalis to control the citrus ...
Vásquez, Carlos +3 more
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Biological control of Salvinia molesta in South Africa revisited [PDF]
, 2018 The aquatic weed Salvinia molesta D.S. Mitch. (Salviniaceae) was first recorded in South Africa in the early 1900s, and by the 1960s was regarded as one of South Africa’s worst aquatic weeds.
Martin, Grant D +4 more
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Developing standards for the microbiome field
Microbiome, 2020 Background Effective standardisation of methodologies to analyse the microbiome is essential to the entire microbiome community. Despite the microbiome field being established for over a decade, there are no accredited or certified reference materials ...
Gregory C. A. Amos +6 more
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Insects, 2021 The impact of the capitulum weevil Eustenopus villosus on Centaurea solstitialis seed production was examined at two field sites in central California.
Michael J. Pitcairn +3 more
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Biological control in Bolivia.
, 2020 Abstract A number of introductions of parasitoids and predators were carried out in the 1950s for classical biological control of olive scale, woolly apple aphid, white peach scale, Mediterranean fruit fly and Anastrepha fruit fly, with control of cottony cushion scale by the coccinellid Rodolia being a particular success.
Franco, Javier P. +3 more
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Efficacy and economics of shelter habitats for conservation biological control
, 2008 Provision and manipulation of shelter habitat features within the agroecosystem provide a strategy for enhancing the effectiveness of natural enemies for biological pest control.
Bailey, A +3 more
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Food and nymph stage duration influence life table parameters of the predator Brontocoris tabidus (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) [PDF]
, 2018 Food type is important for mass rearing of Brontocoris tabidus (Signoret) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), which preys on Lepidoptera defoliators in eucalyptus plantations.
Leonardo Rodrigues Barbosa +14 more
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Biodiversity and biological control [PDF]
, 2011 Agricultural intensity on the local field or farm scale and on the regional landscape scale affects the organisms utilizing the arable landscape, and may affect ecosystem services and functions.
Winqvist, Camilla
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The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake [PDF]
, 2011 Augmentative biological control concerns the periodical release of natural enemies. In com- mercial augmentative biological control, natural enemies are mass-reared in biofactories for release in large numbers to obtain an immediate control of pests. The
Lenteren, J.C., van +1 more
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A neonatal mouse model of central nervous system infections caused by Coxsackievirus B5
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2018 As one of the key members of the coxsackievirus B group, coxsackievirus B5 (CV-B5) can cause many central nervous system diseases, such as viral encephalitis, aseptic meningitis, and acute flaccid paralysis.
Qunying Mao +11 more
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