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Should Grain Elevator Managers Adopt Integrated Pest Management? [PDF]

Insect infestation during storage and processing causes millions of dollars of wheat damage annually in the United States. Insect infestation reduces wheat storing processing profit as well as consumer confidence in wheat food products.
Adam, Brian D., Siaplay, Mounir, Flinn, Paul W., Brorsen, B. Wade   +3 more
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Semiochemicals Used by Insect Parasitoids and Hyperparasitoids in Complex Chemical Environments and Their Application in Insect Pest Management

Insect parasitoids are key biological agents within terrestrial ecosystems, offering a promising avenue for controlling insect pests. Hyperparasitoids are a group of insects that lay their eggs in or on the body of parasitoid hosts, which can greatly ...
Pengjun Xu, Junfeng Dong, Shaoli Wang, Caihong Tian, Yalan Sun   +4 more
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ADDITIVE VERSUS PROPORTIONAL PEST DAMAGE FUNCTIONS: WHY ECOLOGY MATTERS [PDF]

Economic analyses of pests typically assume damage is either additively separable from pest free yield or proportional to it. This paper describes the ecological assumptions required for additive and proportional damage functions to demonstrate that both
Mitchell, Paul D.
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Effect of Diallyl Trisulfide on the Reproductive Behavior of the Grain Moth, Sitotroga cerealella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Insects, 2019
The Angoumois grain moth, Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier, 1789) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is primarily a pest of stored products, that feeds inside the grain as larvae inducing significant economic loss in various stored commodities.
Meng-Meng Chang, Sakhawat Shah, Meng-Ya Wu, Su-Su Zhang, Gang Wu, Feng-Lian Yang   +5 more
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Modified Atmosphere Does Not Reduce the Efficacy of Phytosanitary Irradiation Doses Recommended for Tephritid Fruit Flies

Insects, 2020
Phytosanitary irradiation (PI) has been successfully used to disinfest fresh commodities and facilitate international agricultural trade. Critical aspects that may reduce PI efficacy must be considered to ensure the consistency and effectiveness of ...
Vanessa S. Dias, Guy J. Hallman, Olga Y. Martínez-Barrera, Nick V. Hurtado, Amanda A. S. Cardoso, Andrew G. Parker, Luis A. Caravantes, Camilo Rivera, Alexandre S. Araújo, Florence Maxwell, Carlos E. Cáceres-Barrios, Marc J. B. Vreysen, Scott W. Myers   +12 more
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Molecular docking analysis and biochemical characterization of metabolic detoxification enzymes in adults of Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae) exposed to α-cypermethrin

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
IntroductionAedes aegypti serves as a primary vector for several arboviral diseases. The emergence of Aedes-borne diseases has raised concerns in health sectors worldwide.
Rohit Lakhwani, Kajal Narwal, Sanskriti Ojha, Shreya Jha, Roopa Rani Samal, Sarita Kumar   +5 more
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Temperature warming strengthens the mutualism between ghost ants and invasive mealybugs

Scientific Reports, 2017
Although the exogenous forces that directly affect the mutualisms between ants and honeydew-producing hemipterans have been well documented, few studies have been focused on the impacts of environmental warming on ant-hemipteran interactions.
Aiming Zhou, Xiaobin Qu, Lifan Shan, Xin Wang   +3 more
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Functional Scanning of Apple Geminivirus Proteins as Symptom Determinants and Suppressors of Posttranscriptional Gene Silencing

Viruses, 2018
Apple geminivirus (AGV) is a recently identified geminivirus which is isolated from the apple tree in China. We carried out functional scanning of apple geminivirus proteins as symptom determinants and suppressors of posttranscriptional gene silencing ...
Binhui Zhan, Wenyang Zhao, Shifang Li, Xiuling Yang, Xueping Zhou   +4 more
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Effects of Diallyl Trisulfide, an Active Substance from Garlic Essential Oil, on Energy Metabolism in Male Moth Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier)

Insects, 2020
This study investigated the effects of diallyl trisulfide (DAT), an active substance from garlic essential oil, on the metabolism of the main energy substances of pre- and postmating males of Sitotroga cerealella.
Meng-Ya Wu, Yi-Yi Ying, Su-Su Zhang, Xue-Gang Li, Wen-Han Yan, Yu-Chen Yao, Sakhawat Shah, Gang Wu, Feng-Lian Yang   +8 more
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Storage of male Glossina palpalis gambiensis pupae at low temperature: effect on emergence, mating and survival

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Procurement of sterile tsetse flies (Glossina palpalis gambiensis) from Burkina Faso for an eradication programme in Senegal that incorporates the sterile insect technique (SIT) required the development of transport and handling protocols that
Gratian N Mutika, Idrissa Kabore, Andrew G Parker, Marc JB Vreysen   +3 more
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