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Con el objetivo de determinar la diversidad de parasitoides de Bemisia tabaci en varios cultivos y cuatro especies de malezas en Panamá, se realizaron dos giras de campo mensuales a La Espigadilla y Los Ángeles (provincia de Los Santos), Ollas Arriba ...
Juan A. Bernal Vega
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ABSTRACT Introduction The use of pesticides in agriculture is crucial for crop protection although it potentially poses risks to the environment and human health. This has led to European Union initiatives to reduce chemical pesticide inputs which has driven innovation for more environmentally sustainable solutions.
Daniela Costa +6 more
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Com o propósito de conhecer os parasitóides de cochonilhas e aleirodídeos, associados às plantas cítricas no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, foram realizadas coletas de folhas contendo os fitoparasitos: Aleurothrixus floccosus (Maskell), Tetraleurodes ...
William Rodrigues, Paulo Cesar Cassino
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How aphids fly: Take‐off, free flight and implications for short and long distance migration
Abstract An introduction to high‐speed photography and its entomological impact is provided, emphasizing the importance of high frame rates and high resolution. The take‐off and free flight of Drepanosiphum platanoidis and Myzus persicae were studied in still air using high‐speed photography in HD. The wing tip and body posture were tracked to show how
James R. Bell, Graham Shephard
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Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance daminozide
Abstract The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State Czech Republic and co‐rapporteur Member State Hungary for the pesticide active substance daminozide are reported.
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) +52 more
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Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is an intriguing, widespread, symbiont-induced reproductive failure that decreases offspring production of arthropods through crossing incompatibility of infected males with uninfected females or with females infected ...
Evelyne Mann +5 more
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Yellow sticky traps (YSTs) and green light‐emitting diode (LED) traps were compared to investigate their attractiveness to the whitefly parasitoid Encarsia formosa (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) under practical growing conditions in the greenhouse. The results demonstrate LED traps being less attractive to this parasitoid and other beneficials than ...
Björn Grupe, Rainer Meyhöfer
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The spread of new viral pathogens and phytoplasmas in cultivated plants and their risks
Abstract The study contains a description of the genome and particles, spectrum of host plants, geographical distribution, forecast of spread and impacts on agricultural production, disease symptoms, life cycle, and means of protection in integrated and organic production in the Czech Republic for 22 plant viruses, 3 viroids and 4 phytoplasmas, in ...
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Effects of Atmospheric Pollutants on Volatile‐Mediated Insect Ecosystem Services
This review addresses the current state of knowledge on the effects of air pollutants on volatile organic compound‐mediated insect–plant interactions, which underlie key ecosystem services. Significant knowledge gaps are also identified. While gaseous pollutants reduce the lifetime of individual compounds that act as olfactory cues, gaseous and ...
Delia M. Pinto‐Zevallos +2 more
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Pest categorisation of Morganella longispina
Abstract Following the commodity risk assessment of Acer palmatum plants grafted on Acer davidii from China, in which Morganella longispina (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) was identified as a pest of possible concern, the European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to conduct a pest categorisation of M.
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