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Interspecific Hybridization between the Two Sympatric Termite Reticulitermes Species under Laboratory Conditions

Insects, 2019
Closely related species have similar reproductive behaviors and recognition systems, which contribute to interspecific interactions. However, few studies have explored interspecific reproduction choice and mating in termites.
Jia Wu, Huan Xu, Ali Hassan, Qiuying Huang   +3 more
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Adult mosquito predation and potential impact on the sterile insect technique

Scientific Reports, 2022
The sterile insect technique is a promising environmentally friendly method for mosquito control. This technique involves releasing laboratory-produced sterile males into a target field site, and its effectiveness may be affected by the extent of adult ...
Nanwintoum Séverin Bimbilé Somda, Hamidou Maïga, Wadaka Mamai, Thierno Bakhoum, Thomas Wallner, Serge Bèwadéyir Poda, Hanano Yamada, Jérémy Bouyer   +7 more
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How Effective Is Conservation Biological Control in Regulating Insect Pest Populations in Organic Crop Production Systems?

, 2020
Organic crop production systems are designed to enhance or preserve the presence of natural enemies, including parasitoids and predators, by means of conservation biological control, which involves providing environments and habitats that sustain natural
Raymond A. Cloyd
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Life-history traits of a fluorescent Anopheles arabiensis genetic sexing strain introgressed into South African genomic background

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background South Africa has set a mandate to eliminate local malaria transmission by 2023. In pursuit of this objective a Sterile Insect Technique programme targeting the main vector Anopheles arabiensis is currently under development.
Nonhlanhla L. Ntoyi, Thabo Mashatola, Jérémy Bouyer, Carina Kraupa, Hamidou Maiga, Wadaka Mamai, Nanwintoum S. Bimbile-Somda, Thomas Wallner, Danilo O. Carvalho, Givemore Munhenga, Hanano Yamada   +10 more
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Insect Physical Control: Electric Field-Based Pest Management Approach

, 2020
The Special Issue ‘Insect physical control: electric field-based pest management approach’ was launched to showcase valuable new research on pest control using applied electrostatic engineering.
Hideyoshi Toyoda
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Temporal variations in English Populations of a forest insect pest, the green spruce aphid (Elatobium abietinum), associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation and global warming [PDF]

, 2007
Based on an exceptionally long modern ecological dataset (41 years), it has been possible to show that warm weather in England associated with a positive North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index causes the spring migration of the green spruce aphid ...
Harrington, R., Leroy, S. A. G., Suzanne A.G. Leroy, Westgarth-Smith, Angus R., Harrington, Richard, Collins, Philip E.F., Westgarth-Smith, AR, Leroy, S.A.G., Richard Harrington, Angus R. Westgarth-Smith, Collins, P.E.F., Westgarth-Smith, A. R., Philip E.F. Collins, Leroy, Suzanne A.G., Leroy, SAG, Collins, PEF, Harrington, R, Westgarth-Smith, Angus, Collins, P. E. F.   +18 more
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Oregon pest alert

, 2015
Part of the Pest alert series.Title from PDF caption (viewed on March 19, 2020).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program.

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An Enhanced Insect Pest Counter Based on Saliency Map and Improved Non-Maximum Suppression

, 2021
Accurately counting the number of insect pests from digital images captured on yellow sticky traps remains a challenge in the field of insect pest monitoring.
Chuntao Wang, Qingwen Guo, Deqin Xiao, Qiong Huang   +3 more
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Standard operating procedures for standardized mass rearing of the dengue and chikungunya vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) - II - Egg storage and hatching

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Management of large quantities of eggs will be a crucial aspect of the efficient and sustainable mass production of mosquitoes for programmes with a Sterile Insect Technique component.
Min-Lin Zheng, Dong-Jing Zhang, David D. Damiens, Rosemary Susan Lees, Jeremie R.L. Gilles   +4 more
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The development, regulation and use of biopesticides for integrated pest management [PDF]

, 2011
Over the past 50 years, crop protection has relied heavily on synthetic chemical pesticides, but their availability is now declining as a result of new legislation and the evolution of resistance in pest populations.
Davidson, Gill, David Chandler, Wyn P. Grant, Chandler, David, Alastair S. Bailey, Bailey, Alastair, Greaves, Justin, Gill Davidson, Greeves, Justin, Davidson, G. (Gill), G. Mark Tatchell, Justin Greaves, Chandler, Dave, Grant, Wyn, Tatchell, Mark (G. Mark), Tatchell, G. Mark   +15 more
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