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Flower Thrips in Blackberries in Florida
Blackberry production is a small but growing industry in the state of Florida. Their numerous health benefits make them a good choice for Florida growers who want to diversify from traditional crops such as strawberries.
Oscar E. Liburd +3 more
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Drosophila suzukii, an economically important pest of small and thin-skinned fruits, has caused annual crop losses up to 20% in the state of Georgia’s multimillion-dollar blueberry industry. The known host range of D. suzukii is large, yet the breadth of
Joshua A. Grant, Ashfaq A. Sial
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Improved capture of Drosophila suzukii by a trap baited with two attractants in the same device. [PDF]
The improvement of trap-lure combinations is an important part of integrated pest management programs that involve monitoring pests for timely insecticide applications, or for their use in control strategies such as mass trapping or bait stations.
Rodrigo Lasa +5 more
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Fatty Acid Profile as an Indicator of Larval Host for Adult Drosophila suzukii
Drosophila suzukii is a severe economic invasive pest of soft-skinned fruit crops. Management typically requires killing gravid adult female flies with insecticides to prevent damage resulting from oviposition and larval development.
Nik G. Wiman +4 more
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Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) is an invasive insect pest that was detected in Florida in August 2009 in Hillsborough County. Very limited information is available for berry growers to properly detect and monitor this serious pest in ...
Dasia S. Harmon +3 more
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Evaluation of food baits to capture Drosophila suzukii in the southern of Brazil
: Drosophila suzukii is one of the main pests of small fruits in the world. An effective monitoring is fundamental to detect the presence of the fly and to predict the infestation of fruits in new areas.
JUTIANE WOLLMANN +5 more
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By assessing the degree of resistance of stored products to infestation by insect pests and correlating it with physical, chemical and nutritional characteristics of products, we could gain a real insight in these pests feeding preferences, and ...
Vukajlović, Filip +6 more
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Broad mite (Polyphagotarsonemus latus) is an emerging pest of blackberry (Rubus subgenus Rubus) primarily managed with miticides, little work has evaluated cultural control strategies.
Jared B. Linn +4 more
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Berry crops such as strawberry Fragaria × ananassa (Weston), raspberry Rubus idaeus L., blackberry Rubus ulmifolius Schott, 1818, and blueberry Vaccinium myrtillus L. are economically and nutritionally valuable worldwide.
Oscar Giovanni Gutiérrez-Cárdenas +8 more
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This CLIMEX model of Drosophila suzukii fits the global distribution very well and includes irrigation effects. It indicates that D. suzukii could threaten all Australian berry and cherry production areas if introduced. Abstract BACKGROUND Spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura), is a major fruit fly pest of cherries and berries across ...
Jessica Mae Kriticos +2 more
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