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Discriminating footprints to improve identification of congeneric invasive Rattus species

open access: yesPest Management Science, EarlyView.
We used linear discriminant analyses and extreme gradient boosting to distinguish tracking tunnel footprints between two congeneric invasive rat species. Predictive accuracies of the models were ≥ 94%, suggesting the reliability of using tracking tunnels and machine learning algorithms to identify Pacific and ship rats. Photograph credit: Rattus rattus
Sze Wing Yiu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamics of expenditure on insecticides in the management and control of corn leafhoppers (Dalbulus maidis)

open access: yesPest Management Science, EarlyView.
The results reveal an increase in insecticide expenditures for controlling corn leafhoppers, highlighting the need for integrated pest management and sustainable agricultural practices to mitigate economic and environmental impacts. Abstract BACKGROUND The corn leafhopper (Dalbulus maidis) has caused significant losses to corn crops, mainly due to the ...
Esther Oliveira Moritz   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A high‐throughput and sensitive method for food preference assays in the argentine ant

open access: yesPest Management Science, EarlyView.
A high‐throughput and sensitive method for food preference assays in the Argentine ant. The dual feeder detects dispreference for food with low levels of an aversive compound (quinine) and preference for foods with higher levels of phagostimulants (sucrose).
Thomas Wagner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Malaria vector density entomological surveillance system evaluation, Zambezia, Mozambique, 2017-2019

open access: yesJournal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: Vector density is the degree of domiciliation of malaria vectors that influence the vectorial capacity of mosquito populations in different regions and at different times.
Fabião Edumundo Maússe   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Discovery of new PSII inhibitors: systematic investigation for herbicidal activity screening, properties, and mode of action

open access: yesPest Management Science, EarlyView.
Two nonselective contact photosystem II inhibitors were discovered and investigated through various biological evaluations, including Spirodela polyrhiza and whole‐plant bioassays, and studies on their mobility and mode of action. Abstract BACKGROUND The research focused on developing effective photosystem II (PSII) inhibiting triazine‐derived ...
Mirjalol Umurzokov   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular detection and characterization of Rickettsia felis, R. asembonensis, and Yersinia pestis from peri-domestic fleas in Uganda

open access: yesInfection Ecology & Epidemiology
Background: Fleas transmit a variety of zoonotic agents whose epidemiology and public health risk remains poorly understood in sub-Saharan Africa, including Uganda particularly outside plague-endemic areas.
Wilfred Eneku   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

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