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Frass adjuvants improve the efficacy of Steinernema feltiae against vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) under laboratory conditions

Biological Control
Vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus, is a major vineyard pest, complicating vineyard management due to its cryptic behavior and patchy distributions.
Alexander M. Butcher, Lan Xue, Xinyu Li, Vaughn M. Walton   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cottonseed Press Cake as a Potential Diet for Industrially Farmed Black Soldier Fly Larvae Triggers Adaptations of Their Bacterial and Fungal Gut Microbiota

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens, Diptera: Stratiomyidae) are used for the bioconversion of organic side products into valuable compounds such as proteins, lipids and chitin.
Dorothee Tegtmeier, Sabine Hurka, Patrick Klüber, Karina Brinkrolf, Philipp Heise, Andreas Vilcinskas, Andreas Vilcinskas   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Physiological factors affecting the rapid decrease in protein assimilation efficiency by a caterpillar on newly‐mature tree leaves [PDF]

, 2014
Lymantria dispar L. caterpillars have a decreased ability to assimilate protein from mature leaves of red oak ( Quercus rubra ) compared with young, expanding leaves. The present study determines whether the drop in protein assimilation efficiency (PAE)
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A First Step Towards Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Welfare by Considering Dietary Regimes (Part I)

Insects
The insect farming sector is expanding, but knowledge of insect welfare is still limited. This article aims to optimize the dietary regime for “black soldier fly” (Hermetia illucens L., BSF) larvae by applying a holistic view of welfare.
Arianna Cattaneo, Simona Belperio, Luca Sardi, Giovanna Martelli, Eleonora Nannoni, Marco Meneguz, Sihem Dabbou   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of an easy and cost-effective method for non-invasive genotyping of insects.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Non-invasive genotyping methods provide valuable information on insect populations. However, poor DNA amplification and time-consuming sampling procedures limit these methods, especially for small insects. An efficient and convenient method was developed
Bahar Ali, Yicheng Zhou, Qiuyuan Zhang, Changying Niu, Zhihui Zhu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Searching for biological feedstock material: 3D printing of wood particles from house borer and drywood termite frass.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Frass (fine powdery refuse or fragile perforated wood produced by the activity of boring insects) of larvae of the European house borer (EHB) and of drywood termites was tested as a natural and novel feedstock for 3D-printing of wood-based materials ...
Rudy Plarre, Andrea Zocca, Andrea Spitzer, Sigrid Benemann, Anna A Gorbushina, Yuexuan Li, Anja Waske, Alexander Funk, Janka Wilbig, Jens Günster   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Process Analysis and Parameters Optimization of Black Soldier Fly Sand Mixture with Two-Stage Sieve Surface Vibration Separating Machine

Agriculture, 2022
The application of the conventional vibrating screen to the separation of the black soldier fly (BSF) sand mixture has several problems (e.g., high rate of impurity and low efficiency).
Shisheng Song, Yushi Wang, Ting Zhou, Songlin Sun, Yulong Yin, Caiwang Peng   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gallery Characteristics and Life History of the Ambrosia Beetle Trypodendron betulae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Birch [PDF]

, 2017
Trypodendron betulae Swaine distributed attack entrance holes uniformly over the surface of standing stressed sub-canopy birch trees. Male and female pairs constructed galleries consisting of an entrance tunnel about 20 mm in length and then primary and ...
Allen, Michael, Bunce, Mark, Hutchinson, Teresa, Quidot, Corrina, Roeper, Richard A.   +4 more
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Ground‐based robotic remote sensing for standardized biodiversity monitoring in coastal habitats

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Illustrated workflow of the proposed citizen‐to‐robot monitoring pipeline: (i) expert‐validated citizen observations are translated into AI models, (ii) deployed on a ground‐based robotic platform for proximal sensing of coastal dune habitats, (iii) enabling standardized detection of ecological targets (e.g., Pancratium maritimum & Brithys crini), and (
Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Simonetta Bagella, Micaela del Valle Rasino, Maria Laura Carranza, Manolo Garabini, Franco Angelini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biological Characteristics That Make The Lesser Peachtree Borer (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) a Pest on Peach Trees [PDF]

, 2017
The lesser peachtree borer, Synanthedon pictipes, is a native insect with well distributed hosts near peach orchards, which has high mobility between sylvatic and domestic hosts.
Meyer, R. H
core   +3 more sources