Impact of Changes in U.S. Grain Standards on Discounts for Insects in Stored Grain [PDF]
The Federal Grain Inspection Service changed U.S. grain standards in 1988. Insect discounts given at country elevators and at terminal elevators were analyzed to determine impacts of the new standards.
Duncan, Steven S. +3 more
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Modelling plant-insect interactions: theory and application in crop protection [PDF]
, 2011 Reducing the use of chemicals and thus developing environmentally friendlier methods such as biological control is one of the current important challenges in crop protection. But, even if biological control has developed very rapidly in the past decades,
Dumont, Yves +3 more
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Biological vector control with the sterile insect technique for the chilungunya disease [PDF]
, 2010 Chikungunya is a vector-borne Disease, usually localized in Asia and East-Africa, with Aedes albopictus mosquito as the principal vector for the Chikungunya virus.
Dumont, Yves, Tchuenche, J.M.
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ParasiteHuman African trypanosomiasis (HAT) and African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) are devastating diseases spread by tsetse flies (Glossina spp.), affecting humans and livestock, respectively.
Mirieri Caroline K. +7 more
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PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE INSECT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES: LEARNING FROM ORGANIC FARMERS [PDF]
Organic farmers are dependent on alternative, biology-based insect control methods and are innovative in their on-farm experimentation with new strategies.
Lohr, Luanne, Park, Timothy A.
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ALFALFA INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES [PDF]
Integrated pest management (IMP) initially focused on insect pest control. More recently, IPM encompasses a broader concept of management, one which crosses several disciplinary boundaries.
Berberet, Richard C. +3 more
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Vector diseases treatment based on intermediate complexion using textile substrates [PDF]
, 2019 The most efficient insect repellents are DEET (N, N-diethhyl-meta-toluamide) from synthetic origin and citronella essential oil from natural origin. However, there are other products that can also be used as insect repellents from synthetic origin, such ...
Lis Arias, Manuel José +2 more
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Body Water-Mediated Conductivity Actualizes the Insect-Control Functions of Electric Fields in Houseflies. [PDF]
Insects, 2020 Takikawa Y, Takami T, Kakutani K.
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Biological control of leatherjackets using insect pathogens OF0116T [PDF]
, 1998 Leatherjackets (Tipula spp.; larvae of crane flies) are significant pests affecting the organic farming sector. Effective non-chemical methods of protecting organic crops from leatherjackets have not yet been developed, although insect pathogens are a ...
Chandler, David
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Market-Based Instruments for the Optimal Control of Invasive Insect Species: B. Tabaci in Arizona [PDF]
Invasive insect species represent perhaps one of the most significant potential sources of economic risk to U.S. agricultural production. Private control of invasive insect species is likely to be insufficient due to negative externality and weaker-link ...
Ellsworth, Peter +3 more
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