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Forest Health Management and Detection of Invasive Forest Insects

Resources, 2016
The objectives of this review paper are to provide an overview of issues related to forest health and forest entomology, explain existing methods for forest insect pest detection, and provide background information on a case study of emerald ash borer ...
Kaelyn Finley, Sophan Chhin
doaj   +1 more source

Flight of the dragons: a global review of migration in Odonata

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insects are the most abundant and ecologically important animal migrants. Yet, we know relatively little about the patterns and processes underlying insect migration. Dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera) comprise the ancient insect order Odonata, whose ancestors were the first organisms to fly on Earth.
Johanna S.U. Hedlund, Myles Menz, Jason W. Chapman, Alexander Hayward   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fungal entomopathogens: new insights on their ecology [PDF]

, 2009
An important mechanism for insect pest control should be the use of fungal entomopathogens. Even though these organisms have been studied for more than 100 y, their effective use in the field remains elusive.
Vega, F. E., Maniania, N. K., Goettel, Mark S., Roy, H. E., Goettel, M. S., Monzón, Arnulfo, Keller, S., Rangel, D. E. N., Chandler, Dave, Jackson, Mark A., Rangel, Drauzio E.N., Keller, Siegfried, Roy, Helen, Koike, M., Blackwell, M. S. A., Monzon, A., Chandler, David, Chandler, D., Keller, Siegrried, Blackwell, Meredith, Maniania, Nguya K., Pell, Judith K., Pell, J. K., Vega, Fernando E., Jackson, M. A., Ownley, Bonnie H., Koike, Masanori, Roy, Helen E., Ownley, B. H.   +28 more
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Climate-Change Driven Decline of an Insect Pathogen Increases the Risk of Defoliation by a Forest Pest Insect [PDF]

, 2023
Jiawei Liu, Colin H. Kyle, Jiali Wang, V. R. Kotamarthi, William Koval, Greg Dwyer   +5 more
openalex   +1 more source

Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polyphasic taxonomy of entomopathogenic fungi infecting scale insects in Clavicipitaceae (Hypocreales) from China [PDF]

IMA Fungus
Entomopathogenic fungi in Clavicipitaceae (Hypocreales) serve as critical regulators of scale insect populations in agricultural and forest ecosystems, playing irreplaceable roles in natural pest control and exhibiting considerable potential for ...
Feng Liu, Feihu Wang, Xiulan Xu, Shasha Xiang, Xinyue Li, Xuejing Jiang, Hua Yang, Long Liu, Yinggao Liu, Shujiang Li, Chunlin Yang   +10 more
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Effects of Simultaneous Sitophilus zeamais and Prostephanus truncatus During Storage of Maize in Hermetic and Non‐Hermetic Conditions

Cereal Chemistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sitophilus zeamais (Mostschulsky), the maize weevil, and Prostephanus truncatus (Horn), the larger grain borer, are two notorious insect pests of farm‐stored products in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). The goal of this study was to determine whether there were interactions between P. truncatus and S. zeamais during storage.
Rashid Suleiman, Kurt A. Rosentrater
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Covariates for Sampling Optimization and Pest Prediction in Soybean Crops

AgriEngineering
Insect pest infestations can vary due to spatial differences in microclimates and food availability within agroecosystems. Covariates can reflect these environmental conditions. This study tested whether using environmental covariates in two-phase sample
Cenneya Lopes Martins, Maiara Pusch, Wesley Augusto Conde Godoy, Lucas Rios do Amaral   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life history and habitat explain variation among insect pest populations subject to global change

Ecosphere, 2018
Population dynamic responses to global change have varied widely among taxa. Most studies of population dynamics of insect pests focus on one or a few species, leaving open the question of whether changes in outbreak patterns are species‐specific or ...
Jonathan A. Walter, Anthony R. Ives, John F. Tooker, Derek M. Johnson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental Pesticide Exposure in the Etiology of Pediatric Brain Tumors and Leukemia: A Scoping Review of Epidemiological Studies

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric cancer is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children. The etiologies of pediatric cancer are largely unknown, but environmental pesticide exposures are likely to contribute. Chronic low‐dose exposure to pesticide mixtures through drinking water is a growing concern in agricultural communities.
Grace N. VanDeSteeg, Alyssa R. Russum, Matthew R. Sandbulte, Eleanor G. Rogan, Martha G. Rhoades   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source