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Traceability of Agri‐Food Products: The Key to Conscious Trade

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globalization and growing concerns about sustainability have led to improvements in product traceability, quality, and sustainability. Traceability contributes to environmental protection and supports sustainable development by fostering transparency in agricultural practices and encouraging the responsible use of resources.
Scarlett Queen Almeida Bispo, Fernanda Aparecida Silva, Michelle Márcia Viana Martins, Marcelo José Braga Nonnenberg, Ruan da Silva Vianna, Carla Cristina Passos Cruz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumption of β-Caryophyllene Increases the Mating Success of Bactrocera zonata Males (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Insects
The peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is an economically important polyphagous quarantine pest of horticultural crops endemic to South and Southeast Asia.
Ihsan ul Haq, Sehar Fatima, Awais Rasool, Todd E. Shelly   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Regional Differences in U.S. Consumer Preferences for Native Woody Shrubs With Varying Aesthetic Characteristics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn, Ariana P. Torres, Sue Barton, Bridget K. Behe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wing patterning genes of Nilaparvata lugens identification by transcriptome analysis, and their differential expression profile in wing pads between brachypterous and macropterous morphs

Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2015
The brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens is an economically important pest on rice plants. This species produces macropterous and brachypterous morphs in response to environmental cues, which makes it very difficult to control.
Kai-yin LI, Ding-bang HU, Fang-zhou LIU, Man LONG, Si-yi LIU, Jing ZHAO, Yue-ping HE, Hong-xia HUA   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seasonal Dynamics of the Alien Invasive Insect Pest Spodoptera frugiperda Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Manica Province, Central Mozambique

Insects, 2020
Simple Summary In this article “Seasonal dynamics of the alien insect pest Spodoptera frugiperda Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Manica province, central Mozambique”, the authors Albasini Caniço, António Mexia and Luisa Santos, discuss the population ...
Albasini Caniço, A. Mexia, L. Santos
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mechanistic Insights Into Photocatalytic Materials for Toxic Pollutants: Environmental Remediation of Personal Care Products

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Photocatalytic materials have emerged as promising solutions for environmental applications due to their ability to degrade organic pollutants under sunlight or artificial light. In this review, recent progress on the photocatalytic materials used for the degradation of pharmaceutical personal care products (PPCPs) in environmental ...
Urvashi Sen, Gunjan Chauhan, Surbhi Soni, Monika Vats, Anand Kumar, Indra Bahadur   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phytosanitary irradiation as an effective treatment for Drosophila suzukii

Scientific Reports
Drosophila 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, Augusto C. F. P. Sobreira, Jhonatan S. Aguilar, Lissette G. Carrera, Jennifer L. Andrade, Carlos Caceres, Marc J. B. Vreysen, Christian Stauffer, Scott W. Myers, Vanessa S. Dias   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feature Reuse Residual Networks for Insect Pest Recognition

IEEE Access, 2019
Insect pests are one of the main threats to the commercially important crops. An effective insect pest recognition method can avoid economic losses. In this paper, we proposed a new and simple structure based on the original residual block and named as ...
F. Ren, Wenjie Liu, Guoqing Wu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Micro/nanorobots for detecting and eliminating biological and chemical warfare agents

BMEMat, EarlyView.
Fuel‐powered and field‐driven micro/nanorobots provide a cutting‐edge platform to safeguard national security and defense. This review reports the latest research progress in micro/nanorobots in sensing and detoxifying biological and chemical warfare agents.
Song Li, Huaijuan Zhou, Di Shi, Zdeněk Sofer, Jinhua Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep orange gene editing triggers temperature-sensitive lethal phenotypes in Ceratitis capitata

BMC Biotechnology
Background The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, is a significant agricultural pest managed through area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) including a sterile insect technique (SIT) component.
Germano Sollazzo, Katerina Nikolouli, Georgia Gouvi, Roswitha A. Aumann, Marc F. Schetelig, Kostas Bourtzis   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source