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Assessing the Economic Impacts of Pesticide Regulations
Agriculture, 2018 Economic impacts of pesticide regulations are assessed using five alternative methodologies. The regulations include crop supply-enhancing eradication programs and crop supply-decreasing pesticide bans.
Uwe A. Schneider +2 more
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A PRINCIPAL-AGENT MODEL FOR REGIONAL PEST CONTROL ADOPTION [PDF]
Investigating the underlying producer characteristics associated with regional pest control adoption revealed an interesting proposition. Early adopting producers of firm-specific techniques with characteristics including higher education, more ...
Ahouissoussi, Nicolas B.C.
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Mechanical damage in cotton buds caused by the boll weevil
Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2003 The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis Boheman) causes high levels of bud abscission in cotton plants due to feeding or oviposition punctures. It has been reported that abscission is mainly due to enzymes present in the insect's saliva, but mechanical ...
Santos Roseane Cavalcanti +3 more
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History of Rublee's leafless anti boll weevil cotton
, 1910 An advertisement for the leafless anti boll weavil cotton seed.Creator from catalog record. Caption title. Includes testimonials. Date of publication inferred from text: ''I am now offering the 1909 seed raised and ginned under the personal supervision ...
Rublee, C. A.
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, 1918 Patent for Boll-Weevil Exterminator. Aims to provide a novel and improved apparatus for gathering the boll weevil and squares by air suction to catch insects and ...
Gholson, John M. +2 more
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Scientia Agricola, 1999 Bracon sp. é um importante agente de controle biológico de Anthonomus grandis (Boheman). Estudaram-se em laboratório, aspectos biológicos de Bracon sp., utilizando-se como hospedeiro larva do bicudo do algodoeiro, a temperatura de 26 ± 2oC, 70 ± 5% UR e ...
Lúcia Helena Avelino Araújo +2 more
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, 1906 Patent for a boll weevil exterminator. This invention is designed to remove boll weevils from cotton plants and crushing them between rollers.
Meeks, William, Brown, Daniel
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, 1922 Patent for improvements in boll weevil collectors or catchers: serving as an attachment for a cultivator to simultaneously cultivate cotton plants while dislodging and collecting boll ...
Stubbs, David R.
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The boll weevil may be spreading
California Agriculture, 1985 Potential spread of the weevil in lower desert areas may require stricter control measures.
C Beasley, T Henneberry
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Remote SensingTo effectively combat the re-infestation of boll weevils (Anthonomus grandis L.) in cotton fields, it is necessary to address the detection of volunteer cotton (VC) plants (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in rotation crops such as corn (Zea mays L.) and sorghum ...
Pappu Kumar Yadav +8 more
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