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Side effects of pesticides used in organic and conventional tomato crops on Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris, a parasitoid of Tuta absoluta. [PDF]
This study reveals strong variability in the effects of eight tomato integrated pest management‐compatible pesticides on Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris, identifying harmful compounds such as spinosad and more selective ones such as sulfur and spiromesifen, depending on the exposure route.
Urbaneja-Bernat P +3 more
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Simple Summary Reference genes are critical for standardizing expression data of RT-qPCR across samples of organisms under different experimental conditions.
Xin Yan +4 more
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The potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea operculella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is a major pest of potato, Solanum tuberosum L. (Solanales: Solanaceae), both in the field and storehouses. The rate of development and survival of P. operculella, reared on
Stefanos S. ANDREADIS +5 more
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Knowledge of the optimal temperatures for development and survival of biological control agents is essential for efficient mass-rearing and introduction of natural enemies in augmentative biological control programs. We studied the effect of constant and
Ana M. CALIXTO +3 more
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A comparative study on the functional response of Wolbachia-infected and uninfected forms of the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma brassicae [PDF]
Trichogramma species (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) are haplo-diploid egg parasitoids that are frequently used as biological control agents against lepidopteran pests.
Farrokhi, S. +4 more
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Taxonomic redescription and biological notes on Diaugia angusta (Diptera, Tachinidae): parasitoid of the palm boring weevils Metamasius ensirostris and M. hemipterus (Coleoptera, Dryophthoridae) [PDF]
Diaugia angusta Perty, 1833 is a Neotropical species of Tachinidae (Diptera) reported here as a parasitoid of Metamasius ensirostris (Germar, 1824) and M. hemipterus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) in Brazil.
Nihei, Silvio, Pavarini, Ronaldo
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Simple Summary The invasive tomato pinworm is one of the most destructive insect pests of tomato in Africa. The majority of farmers respond to infestations by applying chemical insecticides.
Reynardt Erasmus +2 more
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An Inventory of Stored Grain Insects in Michigan [PDF]
(excerpt) The problems with insects in commercial and farm-stored corn, small grains, dry beans, and soybeans are reduced to a minimum by Michigan\u27s cool climate and usually short period of storage (Ruppel, 1976).
Ruppel, Robert F
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Background In this study, commercial bioinsecticides including entomopathogenic fungi, Beauveria bassiana , Metarhizium anisopliae , and Verticillium lecanii , and Spinetoram active ingredient insecticide were evaluated against the tomato leaf miner ...
A. B. Erol, O. Erdoğan, I. Karaca
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Background The pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella , is the most destructive pests of the cotton plant in Egypt. Due to the several problems of insecticides, the present study was conducted to evaluate the toxicity effect of the entomopathogenic ...
Gamal Omar, A. Ibrahim, Kh. Hamadah
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