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Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The intensification of agricultural practices has led to an increase in the use of insecticides, raising concerns about the exposure of non‐target organisms, particularly pollinators. In this context, plant‐derived essential oils have been proposed as environmentally friendlier alternatives due to their low persistence; however, their ...
Silvane Zancanaro de Oliveira +11 more
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Using phosphine as an effective commodity fumigant
, 2014 Using phosphine as an effective commodity fumigant by R W D Taylor and I Gudrups 1996 14pp UKL5.00 ISBN 0 85954 437 0 NRI Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB ...
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Herbivore and mesocarnivore carcasses trigger divergent short‐term changes in soil properties
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.Scavengers reshape nutrient cycles in soils under carrion. Compared to herbivore carcasses, smaller but longer‐lasting carnivore remains boost nutrient levels and microbial activity in dry soils. Abstract Animal corpses act as pulses of organic matter (OM) and serve a key zoogeochemical role by providing localized nutrient inputs to soils and thereby ...
Adrián Colino‐Barea +15 more
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Managing Weeds and Soilborne Pests with Fumigant and Non-Fumigant Alternatives to Methyl Bromide
, 2012 Methyl bromide (MBr) was widely used as a soil fumigant to manage soilborne pests in plasticulture vegetable production; however, it has been banned by the United Nations Environment Programme.
McAvoy, Theodore Porter
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Molecules, 2013 The aim of this research was to determine the chemical composition of the essential oil of Acorus calamus rhizomes, its insecticidal activity against the booklouse, (Liposcelis bostrychophila) and to isolate any insecticidal constituents from the ...
Shu Shan Du +3 more
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Cuttings, Combings, Fettlings and Flock: Gender and Australian Wool ‘Waste’, 1900–1950
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As Australia's wool industry produced vast amounts of fine fleece from the nineteenth century, the wool processing and clothes manufacturing industries generated waste – products like cuttings, combings, fettlings and flock. Salvaged and then sold to waste merchants, these and other materials had a second life.
Lorinda Cramer
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Proper Calibration of Soil Fumigant Application Equipment
, 2013 Calibration of soil fumigant equipment and determination of soil fumigant application rate are two of the most important factors contributing to the success or failure of pest control efficacy and crop production response, yet generate some of the ...
Joseph w. Noling
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Forestist, 2011 The treatments applied in Küçüksu Pavilion affiliated to the Department of National Palaces, it has been intended to eradicate Anobium punctatum causing damage in wooden structural members and furniture.
Hatice Taşkın, Neşe Yıldırım
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Conserving Rodent Pests in Transition Toward Endangered Status
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Rodent control invariably takes place in the context of ecosystems heavily modified by agriculture. Together, they are potent drivers of rodent decline and endangerment. Nineteen percent of 2349 rodent species evaluated in the IUCN Red List of threatened species are of some conservation concern.
Xavier Lambin
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