Parasites & Vectors, 2015 Background Quantification of eggs prior to rearing the immature stages of mosquitoes is an essential step in establishing a standardized mass rearing system.
Min-Lin Zheng +4 more
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Cereal Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and Winter Wheat: Host Plant Resistance Relationships [PDF]
, 2017 The cereal leaf beetle was introduced into North America from Europe prior to 1960. An overview of the control of the insect in North America is presented with major emphasis on host plant resistance.
Wellso, Stanley G
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Comparing the un-comparable: Olyset Plus and Olyset, different malaria impact
Malaria Journal, 2018 Background In a recent article in The Lancet, Protopopoff et al. stated that insecticide resistance must be tackled and concluded that adding the insecticide synergist piperonyl butoxide (PBO) to a bed net with a pyrethroid as principal insecticide might
Ole Skovmand
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Insect pathogenic fungi in biological control: status and future challenges [PDF]
, 2009 In Europe, insect pathogenic fungi have in decades played a significant role in biological control of insects. With respect to the different strategies of biological control and with respects to the different genera of insect pathogenic fungi, the ...
Eilenberg, Jørgen +2 more
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Organic Centre Wales Technical Note 3: Biology and Management of Soil pests [PDF]
, 2005 The majority of crops grown in the UK are host to single or multiple insect pests that feed on the growing plant at some stage of their life cycle. Insect pest is not strictly correct terminology because the pests come from a wide range of families or ...
Anon
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Radar studies of the vertical distribution of insects migrating over southern Britain: the influence of temperature inversions on nocturnal layer concentrations [PDF]
, 2005 Insects migrating over two sites in southern UK (Malvern in Worcestershire, and Harpenden in Hertfordshire) have been monitored continuously with nutating vertical-looking radars (VLRs) equipped with powerful control and analysis software.
Barlow, Janet Fraser +6 more
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Phytosanitary irradiation as an effective treatment for Drosophila suzukii
Scientific ReportsDrosophila suzukii is a pest native to Southeast Asia that causes significant economic losses to soft fruit crops. Phytosanitary irradiation is a promising treatment for D. suzukii hosts; yet an internationally recognized irradiation protocol is lacking.
Inajara V. Gomes +9 more
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BMC Microbiology, 2018 Background Tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) are solely responsible for the transmission of African trypanosomes, causative agents of sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in livestock.
Antonios A. Augustinos +8 more
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The weevil-watermilfoil interaction at different spatial scales: what we know and what we need to know [PDF]
, 2000 The North American weevil ( Euhrychiopsis lecontei (Dietz)) is being considered as a biological control agent for Eurasian watermilfoil ( Myriophyllum spicatum L.).
Creed, Robert P.
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Companion planting to attract pollinators increases the yield and quality of strawberry fruit in gardens and allotments [PDF]
, 2020 1. Global pollinator declines have led to concern that crop yields might fall as a result of a pollination deficit. Companion planting is a traditional practice thought to increase yield of insect pollinated crops by planting a co-flowering species next ...
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