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InsectsUnderstanding plant-insect interactions can help control the harm of herbivorous pests. According to transcriptome data, transcripts of Solanum lycopersicum responding to feeding by Tuta absoluta were screened for important endopeptidase inhibitors ...
Yan Zhou +4 more
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Biological Control of Insect Pests in Bermuda
Bulletin of Entomological Research, 1959 Projects undertaken on the biological control of insect pests in Bermuda since the first introduction of Bufo marinus in 1875 and including those still in progress are discussed. Work on 15 pests or groups of pests has been undertaken involving the introduction of over one hundred species of beneficial organisms.Icerya purchasi Mask.
I. W. Hughes, Fred D. Bennett
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RNAi in Insects: A Revolution in Fundamental Research and Pest Control Applications
Insects, 2020 In this editorial for the Special Issue on ‘RNAi in insect pest control’, three important applications of RNA interference (RNAi) in insects are briefly discussed and linked to the different studies published in this Special Issue.
O. Christiaens +2 more
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Biological control of pests in protected cultivation: implementation in Latin America and successes in Europe [PDF]
The area with greenhouse crops is estimated to be around 40,000 hectares in Latin America, of which approximately 60% is occupied with ornamentals. Several pests are responsible for losses in yield or quality of greenhouse crops production and pest ...
Bueno, V.H.P., Lenteren, J.C., van
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Harmonia axyridis: an environmental risk assessment for Northwest Europe [PDF]
, 2008 In this paper, we summarize the international situation with respect to environmental risk assessment for biological control agents. Next, we apply a recently designed, comprehensive risk evaluation method consisting of a stepwise procedure to evaluate ...
Babendreier, D. +3 more
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Biopesticides: An option for the biological pest control [PDF]
Ra Ximhai, 2012 The indiscriminate use of synthetic pesticides and the problems that its cause to human health, agriculture and the environment is comment, this paper also present general aspects about of biopesticides, and their uses in the biological pest control.
Eusebio Nava Pérez +3 more
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Supporting Leopold Center IPM research through on-farm trials and demonstrations [PDF]
, 1997 The efforts of the Leopold Center Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Issue Team were augmented and advanced through collaboration with Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI).
Exner, Derrick N., Thompson, Richard
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Cumulative effects of incorrect use of pesticides can lead to catastrophic outbreaks of pests [PDF]
, 2017 Modeling external perturbations such as chemical control within each generation of discrete populations is challenging. Based on a method proposed in the literature, we have extended a discrete single species model with multiple instantaneous pesticide ...
Cheke, Robert A. +3 more
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Universitas ScientiarumAnthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in mango production, can lead to crop losses of 60 %. Synthetic fungicides constitute its leading management strategy.
Erika Patricia Martínez Lemus +4 more
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The use of an integrated model of pest spread and commodity markets to estimate the cost of a pest outbreak [PDF]
There are significant benefits in integrating a biological spread model into economic assessment of the cost of pest incursions (such as varroa mite or Mexican feather grass) on agricultural industries.
Hafi, Ahmed
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