Plant-Mediated Behavioural Avoidance of a Weevil Towards Its Biological Control Agent [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 New Zealand pastures largely comprising Lolium ryegrass species (Poales: Poaceae) are worth $19.6B and are subject to major pest impacts. A very severe pest is the Argentine stem weevil Listronotus bonariensis (Kuschel) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
Morgan W. Shields +5 more
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Metarhizium mendonceae sp. nov.: An important biological control agent for insect pests. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe Metarhizium anisopliae complex consists of 34 formally described phylogenetic species. Metarhizium anisopliae sensu lato has been used for decades in Brazil as a biological control agent for controlling spittlebugs in sugarcane plantations.
Jayara Dayany da Costa Silva +14 more
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Optimal Control for a Dispersing Biological Agent
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2014 A bioeconomic model is developed to analyze the optimal control management strategies for an introduced herbivore in a two-compartment ecosystem. This paper analyzes cost-effective control strategies that decrease the spillover effects of the herbivore ...
Morteza Chalak
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Evolutionary Applications, 2012 Rapid evolution has rarely been assessed in biological control systems despite the similarity with biological invasions, which are widely used as model systems. We assessed post‐introduction climatic adaptation in a population of Longitarsus jacobaeae, a
Marianna Szűcs +3 more
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Livestock as a potential biological control agent for an invasive wetland plant [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Invasive species threaten biodiversity and incur costs exceeding billions of US$. Eradication efforts, however, are nearly always unsuccessful. Throughout much of North America, land managers have used expensive, and ultimately ineffective, techniques to
Brian R. Silliman +8 more
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Genomic insight into diet adaptation in the biological control agent Cryptolaemus montrouzieri [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2021 Background The ladybird beetle Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant, 1853 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) is used worldwide as a biological control agent. It is a predator of various mealybug pests, but it also feeds on alternative prey and can be reared on ...
Hao-Sen Li +7 more
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Harposporium incensis sp. nov. a South American cordycipitoid species exhibiting inter-phylum host-jumping and having potential as a biological control agent for pest management [PDF]
MycologyMacro- and microscopic morphological studies and multilocus phylogenetic analysis were made on larval specimens of a ghost moth collected from a pigeon pea plantation in Huánuco, Peru.
Ming-Jun Chen +12 more
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Isolation of Nine Bacteriophages Shown Effective against in Korea [PDF]
The Plant Pathology Journal, 2022 Erwinia amylovora is a devastating bacterial plant pathogen that infects Rosaceae including apple and pear and causes fire blight. Bacteriophages have been considered as a biological control agent for preventing bacterial infections of plants.
Jungkum Park +4 more
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Schistosomiasis Model Incorporating Snail Predator as Biological Control Agent
Mathematics, 2021 Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by the schistosoma worm. A snail can act as the intermediate host for the parasite. Snail-population control is considered to be an effective way to control schistosomiasis spread.
Wahyudin Nur +3 more
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THE IMPLEMENTATION PROSPECTS OF AMBLYSEIUS SP. AS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT [PDF]
Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2020 Amblyseius sp. was found as a natural enemy of spider mites. Amblyseius can adjust to live together with other mite predators in the development of spider mites. When conditions are favorable for the proper flow between source plants and protected plants,
Handoko, Latifah E.
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