Black Soldier Fly Diet Impacts Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Frass Applied as Fertilizer
Increased global production of animal-based protein results in high greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other adverse consequences for human and planetary health.
Pauline Sophie Rummel +4 more
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Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization on Monoterpenes of Jack Pine Seedlings and Weight Gain of Jack Pine Budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) [PDF]
Nine-month old jack pine (Pinus banksiana) seedlings were grown in a greenhouse under four nitrogen fertilization regimes. Levels of total nitrogen and five monoterpenes in new foliage were measured. Fertilization resulted in four significantly different
Kulman, Herbert M +2 more
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Acorns as Breeding Sites for \u3ci\u3eChymomyza Amoena\u3c/i\u3e (Loew) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in Virginia and Michigan [PDF]
Chymomyza amoena is the only chymomyzid fly emerging from white oak acorns in Virginia. An average of 2-3 adult flies emerged from a single acorn in July while emergence declined to 0.4 adults/acorns in September.
Band, Henretta Trent
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Gallery Characteristics and Life History of the Ambrosia Beetle Trypodendron betulae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Birch [PDF]
Trypodendron betulae Swaine distributed attack entrance holes uniformly over the surface of standing stressed sub-canopy birch trees. Male and female pairs constructed galleries consisting of an entrance tunnel about 20 mm in length and then primary and ...
Allen, Michael +4 more
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Reply to Gaertner, K. and Frass, M. [PDF]
Response to criticism on a precious ...
Monami, Matteo +2 more
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Frass is a by-product of the larval meal industry and is currently readily available and competitively priced relative to larva meal. In addition to generally high protein and fat content (21.6% and 6%, respectively), frass contains abundant nutrients ...
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Studies on the Feculae of Selected Michigan Acrididae (Orthoptera) [PDF]
Feculae have been used for some years in the study of insect food-habits and biology. Among the past authors who have used them are Frost (1928), Hodson and Brooks (1956), and Morris (1942), who discussed the use of feculae and frass in the ...
Gangwere, S.K., Tyrkus, Michael
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Biology and systematics of the New World Phyllocnistis Zeller leafminers of the avocado genus Persea (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) [PDF]
Four New World species of Phyllocnistis Zeller are described from serpentine mines in Persea (Family Lauraceae). Phyllocnistis hyperpersea, new species, mines the upper leaf surfaces of avocado, Persea americana Mill., and red bay, Persea borbonia (L ...
Davis, Donald, Wagner, David
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Correct Identity of the Oak Twig Pruner (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) [PDF]
(excerpt) The oak twig pruner is a cerambycid of minor economic importance which is generally common through most of eastern North America. The adult beetles oviposit on living twigs of oak and other hardwoods, and the larvae bore within the twig ...
Gosling, D. C. L
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Life History of the Butternut Curculio, \u3ci\u3eConotrachelus Juglandis\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in Michigan [PDF]
(excerpt) The butternut curculio, Conotrachelus juglandis LeConte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), injures the shoots and nuts of various species and hybrids of Juglans in eastern North America This insect was described in 1876 (LeConte, 1876); its life ...
Corneil, Jeffrey A, Wilson, Louis F
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