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Biological control of the chestnut gall wasp with \emph{T. sinensis}: a mathematical model
, 2015 The Asian chestnut gall wasp \emph{Dryocosmus kuriphilus}, native of China, has become a pest when it appeared in Japan, Korea, and the United States. In Europe it was first found in Italy, in 2002.
Alma, Alberto +4 more
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Assessment of Farmers' Attitudes Toward Pest Control Services Provided by Birds [PDF]
, 2023 Sustainable, conservation-oriented agricultural practices like pest regulation by insectivorous birds can decrease agrochemical use and enhance efforts on maximizing biodiversity. Previous research has shown that attracting insect-eating bird species can
Lazaridou, Dimitra +1 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Agriculture and forestry cover more than 75% of Europe, and invertebrate pests are a costly challenge for these two economic sectors. Landscape management is increasingly promoted as a solution to enhance biological pest control, but little is known on ...
Axelle Tortosa +5 more
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Potential of Cover Crops to Control Arthropod Pests in Organic Viticulture
Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca: Horticulture, 2022 Plant diversity has the potential to conserve beneficials and thereby naturally controlling arthropod pests. Beneficials’ activity can be increased by pollen-rich plant species.
Aurora RANCA +8 more
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Exploiting chemical ecology to manage hyperparasitoids in biological control of arthropod pests [PDF]
, 2020 Insect hyperparasitoids are fourth trophic level organisms that commonly occur in terrestrial food webs, yet they are relatively understudied. These top-carnivores can disrupt biological pest control by suppressing the populations of their parasitoid ...
Bourne M. E. +4 more
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Pest Insects and Their Biological Control
, 2022 Cotton is an industrial plant with a high commercial value. It is used in various fields such as textile, food (cotton oil), gunpowder industry, paper, and furniture production. One of the most important problems encountered during cotton production is insects that feed on cotton and cause economic loss.
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Integrated Pest Management: A Paradigm for Modern Age [PDF]
, 2020 Integrated pest management is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach for pest management. It plays an important role in sustainable agriculture and quality of food production by providing maximum economic yield to the farmer and also ...
Kaur, Mandeep, Kaur, Tamanreet
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Phylogeny and evolution of hemipteran insects based on expanded genomic and transcriptomic data
BMC BiologyBackground Hemiptera is the fifth species-rich order of insects and the most species-rich order of hemimetabolous insects, including numerous insect species that are of agricultural or medical significance.
Nan Song +5 more
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Lizards: Poisonous animals or biological pest control agents? [PDF]
International Archives of Health SciencesThe lack of accurate understanding of the environment and its surrounding fauna has led to the spread of misconceptions about the behaviors of certain animals, such as lizards. This is evident even in articles that lack scientific rigor.
Rouhullah Dehghani +2 more
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BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CARROT PESTS
, 2023 Today, the effective organization of the field of plant chemistry, dressing, ensuring the quality and safety of food products, increasing the volume of exports have a very important value. The most responsible issue of the current period is to dramatically improve the provision of the population with food products and to provide an opportunity for its ...
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