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UK and EU policy for approval of pesticides suitable for organic systems: Implications for Wales [PDF]
This study was commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) to review the pesticide approval system in the UK and Europe as far as it affects the use of substances and techniques for crop protection by organic producers in Wales. WAG considers it
Bradshaw, N J +4 more
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Phoma stem canker disease on oilseed rape (Brassica napus) in China is caused by Leptosphaeria biglobosa ‘brassicae’ [PDF]
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of the following article: Ze Liu, Akinwunmi O. Latunde-Dada, Avice M. Hall, Bruce D. L. Fitt, ‘Phoma stem canker disease on oilseed rape (Brassica napus) in China is caused by Leptosphaeria biglobosa ...
A Dawidziuk +50 more
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Dry Bean Cocoa Production in Papua New Guinea: Do IPDM Inputs Pay Off?
ABSTRACT Cocoa is Papua New Guineaʼs (PNG) third‐largest agricultural export, supporting about two million smallholder farmers. Despite integrated pest and disease management (IPDM) systems to improve yields, adoption remains low. We surveyed two cocoa‐growing households—one near Balima (Madang Province) and the other near Manetai (Bougainville)—and ...
Tom Swan +4 more
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This study provides the first record of Ophiostoma clavatum associated with Ips acuminatus in Ukraine, and the first evidence of Fusarium verticillioides coexisting with ophiostomatoid fungi in infested Scots pines. This fungal association may contribute to the decline of Scots pine stands.
Yurii Yusypovych +8 more
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The European chestnut tree (Castanea sativa Mill.) has great economic importance, mostly due to the recognized nutritional value of its fruit. Thus, the development and improvement of the techniques of the production, preservation, and control of the ...
Filipe Lema +3 more
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Understanding disease control: influence of epidemiological and economic factors [PDF]
We present a local spread model of disease transmission on a regular network and compare different control options ranging from treating the whole population to local control in a well-defined neighborhood of an infectious individual. Comparison is based
A Kleczkowski +26 more
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Description, Distribution, and Relevance of Viruses of the Forest Pathogen Gremmeniella abietina
The European race of the ascomycetous species Gremmeniella abietina (Lagerberg) Morelet includes causal agents of shoot blight and stem canker of several conifers in Europe and North America, which are known to host a diverse virome.
Leticia Botella, Jarkko Hantula
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The use of copper-containing fungicides in plant protection has a long history and is today widespread in both organic and conventional agriculture in Germany.
Nadine Herwig +2 more
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Effect of mycoviruses on the virulence of Fusarium circinatum and laccase activity [PDF]
Producción CientíficaLaccase enzymes (benzenediol: oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.10.3.2) play a major role in the degradation of phenolic compounds such as lignin.
Díez Casero, Julio Javier +5 more
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Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) biovar 3 caused pandemic bacterial canker of Actinidia chinensis and Actinidia deliciosa since 2008. In Europe, the disease spread rapidly in the kiwifruit cultivation areas from a single introduction.
Giuseppe Firrao +9 more
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