Should Grain Elevator Managers Adopt Integrated Pest Management? [PDF]
Insect infestation during storage and processing causes millions of dollars of wheat damage annually in the United States. Insect infestation reduces wheat storing processing profit as well as consumer confidence in wheat food products.
Adam, Brian D. +3 more
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Involvement of Met and Kr-h1 in JH-Mediated Reproduction of Female Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)
Frontiers in Physiology, 2018 Juvenile hormone (JH) prevents metamorphosis during insect larval stages and promotes adult reproductive processes. Krüppel-homolog 1 (Kr-h1), a zinc finger transcription factor assumed to be induced by JH via the JH receptor methoprene-tolerant (Met ...
Yong Yue +15 more
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DEVELOPING FLEXIBLE ECONOMIC THRESHOLDS FOR PEST MANAGEMENT USING DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING [PDF]
The rice stink bug is a major pest of rice in Texas, causing quality related damage. The previous threshold used for assisting in rice stink bug spray decisions lacked flexibility in economic and production decision variables and neglected the dynamics ...
Harper, Jayson K. +4 more
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The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake [PDF]
, 2012 Augmentative biological control concerns the periodical release of natural enemies. In com- mercial augmentative biological control, natural enemies are mass-reared in biofactories for release in large numbers to obtain an immediate control of pests. The
van Lenteren, J.C., Lenteren, J.C., van
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OPTIMAL PEST CONTROL IN FLORICULTURE PRODUCTION OF ORNAMENTAL CROPS [PDF]
We develop a conceptual bioeconomic model of floriculture production, wherein optimal decision rules depend on an intertemporal economic objective to maximize profits subject to economic and biological processes.
Williams, Kimberly A. +2 more
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An Unbalanced Nested Error Component Model for Estimating Pest Damage Functions and the Value of Rootworm Bt Corn [PDF]
We apply Antweiler’s (2001) double-nested unbalanced panel data model to estimate a western corn rootworm damage function using data from field trials in Illinois and Nebraska.
Dun, Zhe, Mitchell, Paul D.
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Plant protection in post-Soviet Kazakhstan: the loss of an ecological perspective [PDF]
, 2009 This thesis examines why and how plant protection issues are embedded in political, economic and social contexts. It analyses the domain of plant protection in Kazakhstan under two different socio-economic and political formations, namely the Soviet ...
Toleubayev, K.
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ECONOMIC THRESHOLDS: AN APPLICATION TO FLORICULTURE [PDF]
This paper introduces conjunctive optimal pest management and production decision rules applied to the floriculture industry. A grower is faced with optimally controlling multiple pests and applying cultural controls to maximize the expected net present ...
Williams, Kimberly A. +2 more
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BT CORN AND INSECT RESISTANCE: AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF REFUGES [PDF]
Genetically engineered crops offer farmers a new option for controlling pests. The high efficacy of these pesticidal crops, combined with the potential for widespread adoption, has raised concerns that pest resistance may prematurely diminish their value.
Hellmich, Richard L. +2 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2018 NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) plays an essential role in the cytochrome P450 enzyme system, which aids in the metabolism of endogenous and exogenous compounds including the detoxification of insecticides.
Tian-Xing Jing +11 more
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