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Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2014 Spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) is an economically important insect pest, which causes damage on cultivated and wild-growing fruit plants.
Tanja BOHINC, Stanislav TRDAN
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Invasion of the Carribean by the hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus Green [Homoptera : Pseudococcidae] [PDF]
, 1999 Since its accidental introduction into the island of Grenada in 1994, Maconellicoccus hirsutus [Homoptera : Pseudococcidae], commonly named the Hibiscus or Pink Mealybug (HMB), has been inexorably spreading through the Caribbean islands where it has ...
Peterkin, D.D., Sagarra, L.A.
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Biological Control of Agricultural Pests
The American Biology Teacher, 1955 The use of natural enemies to suppress agoricultural pests is called biological control. Its practical value was first demonstrated in California in 1889 in a very spectacular fashion. The citrus industry was then threatened with ruin from the ravages of the destructive cottony cushion scale. This insect was killing the trees and forcing the growers to
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Suitability of Different Host Plants for Nymphs of The Sharpshooter Tapajosa rubromarginata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Proconinii) [PDF]
, 2007 The glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS), Homalodisca vitripennis(Germar) has become a major pest in California primarily as a vector of Xylella fastidiosa a bacteria that cause severe diseases to grapes. Owing to the uncertainty of the effectiveness of egg
Cangemi, Lorena +2 more
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Biological Control Agents for Control of Pests in Greenhouses
, 2020 First we describe the different types of biocontrol used in greenhouses and present examples of each type. Next we summarize the history of greenhouse biocontrol, which started in 1926, showed a problematic period when synthetic chemical pesticides became available after 1945, and flourished again since the 1970s.
Van Lenteren, Joop C. +3 more
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Integrating biological control and host plant resistance [PDF]
, 2015 For farmers in low external input agricultural systems in developing countries, host plant resistance (HPR) and biological control (BC) are potentially effectivemethods of insect pest control.
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Biological Control of Cassava Pests in Africa
Annual Review of Entomology, 1991 Presentation de la repartition geographique de P. manihoti et M. tanajoa en Afrique. Recapitulation des donnees biologiques et ecologiques concernant ces insectes.
Herren, H.R., Neuenschwander, P.
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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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First experiences in the application of biopreparations against the cherry fruit fly in Southern Russia in 2007 [PDF]
, 2008 On the Russian market there are no currently registered biological preparations for the control of Rhagoletis cerasi (cherry fruit fly, CFF), and therefore the effects of natural products against this pest were studied.
Hummel, E., Vasilyeva, L. A.
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Frontiers in MicrobiologyPine wilt disease caused by Bursaphelenchus xylophilus poses a serious threat to the economic and ecological value of forestry. Nematode trapping fungi trap and kill nematodes using specialized trapping devices, which are highly efficient and non-toxic ...
Hanqi Jia +11 more
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