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Hailstorms have increased in frequency and intensity over the past decade causing substantial losses in agriculture. Since hailstorms often hit a wide area with no detectable pattern, relying on traditional field-based methods to assess crop damage is ...
Pride Mafuratidze +3 more
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Evaluation of foliar sprays to reduce crop damage by Canada geese
South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks annually spends >$500,000 managing crop damage caused by grazing Canada geese (Branta canadensis). Foliar applications of a chemical feeding deterrent could provide an effective alternative to the methods ...
Charles D. Dieter +2 more
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Assessing agricultural damage by wild boar using drones
In Flanders (northern Belgium), wild boar (Sus scrofa) returned in 2006 after 50 years of absence and the population is increasing, both in abundance and geographic extent.
Anneleen Rutten +5 more
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Conflict with elephants and subsequent economic losses negatively affect residents’ tolerance towards wild elephants. It is important to understand people’s attitude towards wildlife, especially Asian Elephants with an endangered status.
C. K. Rohini +3 more
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Agricultural producers lose millions of dollars annually to depredation caused by ungulates. Although multiple repellents exist, most are ineffective.
Kyle B. Monteith +2 more
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Sulfentrazone was recently registered for use in tomato and strawberry in Florida. Field experiments were conducted at the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center in Wimauma, FL, to evaluate PRE sulfentrazone applications when applied on flat soil 30 ...
Ravneet K. Sandhu +2 more
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Relationship Between Raccoon Abundance and Crop Damage
Wildlife damage to crops is a widespread concern among agricultural producers and wildlife professionals. In the United States, raccoon (Procyon lotor) damage to field corn (Zea maize) has become a serious concern, as raccoon depredation to corn has ...
James C. Beasley, Olin E. Rhodes Jr
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On 10 August 2020, a series of intense and fast-moving windstorms known as a derecho caused widespread damage across Iowa’s (the top US corn-producing state) agricultural regions.
Mehdi Hosseini +9 more
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Case study of participatory action research for wildlife conservation
Negative interactions between humans and wildlife create one of the greatest threats to biodiversity conservation. When wild animals damage the crops in agricultural fields, subsistence farmers suffer food insecurity and economic instability. Animals can
Krista M. Milich +4 more
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Investigations on mammal species implicated in crop damage and control techniques used to protect fields was carried out in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve (OWR). The aim of this study was to identify mammal species causing damages on crops, the growth stages
Nicaise D. Amundala +8 more
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