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The Effects Of Age On Reproduction In A Citrus Root Weevil Diaprepes Abbreviatus [PDF]
Understanding the factors influencing mate choice is a major focus of sexual selection. Many factors are potentially involved, including age of the individual.
Chasez, Heather R
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Combinação de inseticida químico com Metarhizium anisopliae para o manejo de Oebalus poecilus (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) em arroz irrigado. [PDF]
Foi investigada a ação combinada de Metarhizium anisopliae (cepa CG168) com um inseticida químico (EngeoPleno®, neonicotinoide + piretroide) em concentração subletal contra adultos de Oebalus poecilus em arroz ...
BARRIGOSSI, J. A. de F. +3 more
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In a preliminary survey in four commercial ornamental nurseries in south Florida (1998), Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) egg masses, feeding damage, or adults occurred on numerous field-grown ornamental plant species.
C. Mannion +3 more
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The Economic Impact of Invasive Species in the Ornamental Commodity in Puerto Rico: Towards Establishing a Multidimensional Framework for Data Collection and Analysis [PDF]
The ornamental commodity in Puerto Rico is valued for its economic contribution in the agricultural sector, its contribution to the esthetics of natural scenarios that impact the tourism sector, and for its environmental role.
Alamo, Carmen I. +2 more
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Root-emitted volatile organic compounds: can they mediate belowground plant-plant interactions? [PDF]
Background Aboveground, plants release volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that act as chemical signals between neighbouring plants. It is now well documented that VOCs emitted by the roots in the plant rhizosphere also play important ecological roles ...
Delaplace, Pierre +3 more
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Observations on the Oviposition Process of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
A single adult Diaprepes abbreviatus L. was discovered in a citrus nursery in Orange County Florida (Woodruff 1964). D. abbreviatus was not collected again until 1968, when larvae were collected at the same nursery and several hundred adults and larvae were subsequently collected in and around Apopka, FL (Woodruff 1968). Since its introduction in 1964,
R. C. Adair +3 more
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Abstract A collection of Bacillus thuringiensis isolates plausibly active against coleopteran insects was obtained from the Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection. Each isolate was cultured, spores and δ-endotoxin crystals were pelleted by centrifugation and lyophilized, and the resulting product was incorporated in insect diet for testing ...
A. A. Weathersbee +2 more
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Un ravageur des agrumes aux Antilles françaises: Diaprepes abbreviatus L. [PDF]
L'agrumiculture récente aux Antilles françaises (500 ha de limettiers de Tahiti depuis 1977) est confrontée depuis 1984 à un problème de dépérissement aux conséquences économiques graves. Les observations ont permis de mettre en évidence de multiples causes d'origine tellurique dont la principale pouvait être attribuée à une population très élevée de ...
Mauléon, Hervé, Mademba-Sy, F.
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The existence of semiochemicals that influence reproductive behavior in the West Indian sugarcane root stalk borer weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) has been demonstrated. Semiochemicals are produced by both male and female weevils. The aggregation of weevils is interpreted as a pheromone-induced behavior and this specific attractant is produced by ...
W. J. Schroeder, J. B. Beavers
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Spring and fall field trials were conducted to determine the efficacy of two species of entomopathogenic nematodes for the control of larvae of Diaprepes abbreviatus in a citrus grove with alfisol type soil (sandy clay loam).
C. Mccoy +3 more
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