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Yellow canopy syndrome of sugarcane: A review of current knowledge and future research directions

open access: yesAnnals of Applied Biology, Volume 188, Issue 1, Page 48-63, January 2026.
Yellow Canopy Syndrome (YCS) is a complex issue affecting commercial sugarcane in Australia, first identified in Far North Queensland over a decade ago. It has spread across most cane‐growing regions in Queensland and poses a significant threat to the global sugarcane industry.
Hang Xu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Insect and Mite Pests and Their Natural Enemies in Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis L.) Rutaceae Cultivations in Eastern Ethiopia

open access: yesPsyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Severe infestations of insect and mite pests constrain sweet orange (Citrus sinensis L.) Rutaceae, production in eastern Ethiopia. Little information exists in eastern Ethiopia regarding the insect and mite pests and their natural enemies. This study was conducted to assess the occurrence of pests and their natural enemies in the sweet orange.
Gelana Keno Beyene   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Planting Dates on the Cotton Mealybug Phenococcus solenopsis (Tinsly) as a Main Insect Pest Attacking Tomato Plants in Damietta Governorate. [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2018
The current studies were conducted on the field at kafr El-battikh reigon, Damietta Governorate. The K-186  tomato variety planted in two planting dates first of February and last of September during the two successive seasons 2016/17 and 2017/18 to ...
Mai Eisa, H. El-kady, Hagar Awadalla
doaj   +1 more source

The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Past works on scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from the Maltese Archipelago are reviewed. Based on the literature and contemporary collections, a total of 93 species of scale insects belonging to 12 scale insect families are here reported (Aclerdidae
Mifsud, David   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Ant Diversity and Stratification in an Amazonian Rainforest

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 12, December 2025.
We examined the three strata of an Amazonian rainforest (e.g., the ground and leaf litter, understory and canopy) using only two sampling techniques and analyzed their functional traits. We identified 494 ant species from 10 subfamilies and 77 genera over ≈3.0 ha, showing that they are species rich and abundant, particularly at ground level.
Jacques H. C. Delabie   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Ecological Modeling to Study the Response of Distribution Dynamics of Paraglenea fortunei (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) to Human Activities and Climate Change to in Northeast Asia

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 7, July 2025.
In recent years, global climate change has become a critical issue affecting various aspects of ecosystems, including the distribution patterns of species. Our study focuses on the distribution dynamics of Paraglenea fortunei in Northeast Asia in response to human activities and climate change.
Ping Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Life table parameters of cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, 1898 (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on four different plants

open access: yes, 2019
Cotton mealybug is one of the most widespread invasive mealybug species and causes economically serious damage to vegetables, ornamentals and other agricultural crops.
Çalişkan Keçe A.F.
core   +1 more source

Morphological camouflage: Efficacy of body wax in the interaction among lady beetle larvae, tending ants, and mealybugs

open access: yesEntomology Beginners
Multitrophic interactions can affect pest management practices. The mealybugs are major crop pests worldwide because they can transmit plant pathogens and cause yield loss.
Adria Samara Galindo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of Plant Age and Weather Factors on Population Density of Main Insect Pests Attacking Eggplants under Open Field Conditions [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Plant Protection and Pathology
Eggplant (Solanum melanogena L.) is an important vegetable crop that is attacked by many insect pests; therefore, this research was conducted to study the seasonal abundance of eggplant insect pests under open field conditions.
T. Ata
doaj   +1 more source

Commodity risk assessment of Berberis thunbergii plants from the UK

open access: yesEFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 6, June 2025.
Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘high risk plants, plant products and other objects’. Taking into account the available scientific information, including the technical information provided by ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH)   +36 more
wiley   +1 more source

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