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Insect decline in the Anthropocene: Death by a thousand cuts

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021
Nature is under siege. In the last 10,000 y the human population has grown from 1 million to 7.8 billion. Much of Earth’s arable lands are already in agriculture (1), millions of acres of tropical forest are cleared each year (2, 3), atmospheric CO2 ...
D. Wagner, E. Grames, M. Forister, M. Berenbaum, D. Stopak   +4 more
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The combined impact of LLINs, house screening, and pull-push technology for improved malaria control and livelihoods in rural Ethiopia: study protocol for household randomised controlled trial

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background The combined application of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) are commonly used malaria interventions that target indoor Anopheles vectors. Recent studies on the effects of house screening (HS) and LLINs
Abebe Asale, Menale Kassie, Zewdu Abro, Bayu Enchalew, Aklilu Belay, Peter O. Sangoro, David P. Tchouassi, Clifford M. Mutero   +7 more
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The Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Insect Pests

Insects, 2021
Simple Summary Climate change and extreme weather events have a major impact on crop production and agricultural pests. As generally adaptable organisms, insect pests respond differently to different causes of climate change.
S. Skendžić, M. Zovko, I. Živković, V. Lešić, D. Lemić   +4 more
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Sub-lethal effects of indigenous isolate of Spodoptera frugiperda nucleopolyhedrovirus on fall armyworm growth and reproduction in India

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2023
Background Baculoviruses are specific pathogens which can lethally infect several lepidopteran pests. However, the sub-lethal effects of baculoviruses are also highly debilitating for the host. The objective of the study was to demonstrate the sub-lethal
Dhanyakumar Onkarappa, Ram Kumar Pandi, Ashwitha Gopal, Venkatesan Thiruvengadam, Mohan Muthugounder, Nishtha Nayyar, Sivakumar Gopalsamy   +6 more
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Community knowledge, perceptions, and practices regarding malaria and its control in Jabi Tehnan district, Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia

Malaria Journal, 2021
Background Use of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), indoor residual spraying (IRS), community-based malaria education, prompt diagnosis and treatment are key programme components of malaria prevention and control in Ethiopia.
Abebe Asale, Zewdu Abro, Bayu Enchalew, Alayu Teshager, Aklilu Belay, Menale Kassie, Clifford Maina Mutero   +6 more
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The Role of Cytochrome P450s in Insect Toxicology and Resistance.

Annual Review of Entomology, 2021
Insect cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) perform a variety of important physiological functions, but it is their role in the detoxification of xenobiotics, such as natural and synthetic insecticides, that is the topic of this review. Recent advances
R. Nauen, C. Bass, R. Feyereisen, J. Vontas   +3 more
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Population structure and genetic diversity of invasive Fall Armyworm after 2 years of introduction in India

Scientific Reports, 2021
Fall Armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is a polyphagous pest capable of feeding over 80 plant species and was indigenous to the Western Hemisphere.
N. Nayyar, R. G. Gracy, T. R. Ashika, G. Mohan, R. S. Swathi, M. Mohan, M. Chaudhary, N. Bakthavatsalam, T. Venkatesan   +8 more
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The First Report of the Genera Abaria and Drepanocentron (Trichoptera: Xiphocentronidae) from China, with Descriptions of Two New Species

Insects, 2022
The genera Abaria Mosely 1948 and Drepanocentron Schmid 1982 are recorded in China for the first time. In this study, two new species, Abaria herringbona sp. nov., from Guang-xi, and Drepanocentron fuxiensis sp.
Lang Peng, Xinyu Ge, ChangHai Sun, Beixin Wang   +3 more
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History of the Sterile Insect Technique

Sterile Insect Technique, 2021
During the 1930s and 1940s the idea of releasing insects of pest species to introduce sterility (sterile insect technique or SIT) into wild populations, and thus control them, was independently conceived in three extremely diverse intellectual ...
W. Klassen, C. Curtis
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Insect Declines in the Anthropocene.

Annual Review of Entomology, 2020
Insect declines are being reported worldwide for flying, ground, and aquatic lineages. Most reports come from western and northern Europe, where the insect fauna is well-studied and there are considerable demographic data for many taxonomically disparate
D. Wagner
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