An Economic Analysis of Control of the Western Corn Rootworm Variant across Indiana [PDF]
A variant of the western corn rootworm (CRW) has adapted to the widely used cultural practice of crop rotation. This study analyzed the economic value of control options controlling the western CRW variant across Indiana.
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The role of fundamental entomology in future control of tropical insect pests
, 1990 Derde voordracht gehouden ter herdenking van professor dr.J. de Wilde,hoogleraar in de entomologie aan de Landbouwuniversiteit te Wageningen (1954-1982) op maandag 28 mei 1990.
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The Economics of Biotechnology under Ecosystem Disruption [PDF]
Economic analysis of chemical pesticide use has shown that the interactions between plants, pests, damage control technology and state of the ecosystem are important variables to be considered. Hence, a bio-economic model was developed for the assessment
Pemsl, Diemuth E. +2 more
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Poultry pest control (Revised 1974) [PDF]
, 1974 1 online resource (PDF, 2 pages)This archival publication may not reflect current scientific knowledge or recommendations. Current information available from the University of Minnesota Extension: https://www.extension.umn.edu.Noetzel, David M.; Harein,
Harein, Phillip K., Noetzel, David M.
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Digestive enzymes of vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) as potential targets for insect control strategies. [PDF]
, 2002 Over the previous quarter century the vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) has become a pest of horticultural and agricultural plants. The vine weevil is a polyphagous coleopteran insect and is able to attack over one hundred different plant species.
Edwards, M.G., Edwards, Martin Gethin
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Biology and ecology of Apanteles taragamae, a larval parasitoid of the cowpea pod borer Maruca vitrata [PDF]
, 2011 Maruca vitrata Fabricius is a key insect pest of cowpea in West Africa. Larvae of this moth can cause up to 80% of yield losses. The first classical biological control programme against M.
Dannon, A.E.
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A MODEL OF PESTICIDE RESISTANCE AS A COMMON PROPERTY AND EXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCE [PDF]
A dynamic farm production model analyzes the interaction between the externalities caused by pest mobility and the development of pesticide resistance, a nonrenewable resource, in the context of agricultural biotechnologies. The model measures the effect
Secchi, Silvia, Babcock, Bruce A.
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Biological control of Trialeurodes vaporariorum by Encarsia formosa on tomato in unheated greenhouses in the high altitude tropics [PDF]
, 2008 Biological control of Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) by Encarsia formosa Gahan was tested during three consecutive production cycles (16-28 weeks) on a beef tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) crop in a glasshouse and a plastic greenhouse on the ...
Lenteren, J.C., van, Vis, R.M.J., de
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Swarm Trapping for Pest Control Operators [PDF]
, 2009 ENY148, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by M. K. O’Malley, J. D. Ellis, and C. M. Zettel Nalen, outlines the standard operating procedures for swarm trapping by certified Pest Control Operators as a means of capturing and removing a nesting Africanized ...
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