Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2026.ABSTRACT Background Lead is a nonessential, toxic heavy metal that causes widespread environmental contamination, affecting humans, animals, plants, and ecosystems. Globally, an estimated 800 million children have blood lead levels (BLLs) above 5 µg/dL.
Gudisa Bereda
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Nutrient deficiencies in export tree and food crops: literature review and field observations [PDF]
, 2001 This paper reviews nutrient deficiencies in agricultural crops of PNG using the literature of agronomic trials and field observations made throughout the country.
Bourke, R.M., Hartemink, A.E.
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The Cinderella tree, Quillaja saponaria – A soap story
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 439-451, March 2026.Our current understanding of plants has been shaped by the entwining of different cultures. The Chilean soapbark tree, traditionally valued as a source of natural soap, was shown by serendipitous research in France in the 1900s to produce compounds that can boost the immune response to vaccines.
Anne Osbourn
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An investigation of pesticide and microbial interactions on coffee as a means of developing an IPM strategy for economically important coffee pests in small-holder farming systems in Malawi [PDF]
, 1997 The results in this report highlight the importance of coffee in the rural communities of northern Malawi, the recent changes that have occurred in the system and smallholder's desire to continue with the production of the crop.
Overfield, Duncan, Phiri, Noah
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The “Pesticide Chip”: Chemical Legacies and Agrarian Futures in Costa Rica
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.Abstract For decades, agro‐industrial capital has adopted cascading chemical and biotechnical interventions, or fixes, to secure accumulation through the cultivation of monocrops. We develop a framework that centres on how monocrop‐induced susceptibility to pests and pathogens—and the patchwork of fixes to address these—produces uneven chemical ...
Soledad Castro‐Vargas, Marion Werner
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Oviposition behavior of Plutella xylostella onto cabbages covered with nets [PDF]
, 2011 Plusieurs expérimentations de terrains menées en zone tropicale en Afrique et en Asie ont montré l'efficacité des filets anti-insectes pour protéger les cultures de choux contre les Lépidoptères en particulier Plutella xylostella.
Coffi, Hubert Kacou +3 more
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Jurnal Mangifera EduOne of the main advantages in plantation exports in Indonesia is coffee plants, but it should be known that there are many types of pests associated with coffee planting. identifying pests and diseases is the basis for reducing possible crop losses. This
Ihda Siti Luthfia +2 more
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Ciência e Agrotecnologia, 2011 Objetivou-se, com o presente trabalho, verificar o efeito do extrato metanólico de Coffea racemosa Lour., espécie silvestre de cafeeiro portadora de resistência a uma das principais pragas da cultura cafeeira, o bicho-mineiro.
Dejane Santos Alves +3 more
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Análise da variabilidade espacial da ocorrência do bicho-mineiro [Leucoptera coffeella, (GUÉR.-MÈNEV., 1942)] (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae) em cafezal (Coffea arábica, L.) orgânico em formação. [PDF]
, 2011 Um dos desafios na produção orgânica de café é o controle de pragas sem o uso de pesticidas. Uma das pragas mais prejudiciais é o bicho-mineiro (Leucoptera coffeella), que pode causar severos danos aos cafeeiros, com perdas que podem alcançar 50% da ...
ALVES, G. de F. +3 more
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Ocorrência e identificação de vespas predadoras (Hymenoptera: vespidae) em cafezal orgânico em formação (Coffea arabica L) e sua relação com a predação do bicho mineiro, Leucoptera coffeella (GUÉR.-MÈNEV., 1942)(Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae). [PDF]
, 2011 Muitos estudos têm mostrado que o movimento de artrópodes benéficos das margens de entorno para dentro das plantações e maiores níveis de controle biológico são geralmente observados em culturas que são vizinhas a vegetação nativa.
MARAFELI, P. de P. +4 more
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