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RpoN2- and FliA-regulated fliTX is indispensible for flagellar motility and virulence in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

open access: yesBMC Microbiology, 2017
Background Bacterial blight of rice caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is one of the most important crop diseases in the world. More insights into the mechanistic regulation of bacterial pathogenesis will help us identify novel molecular ...
Chao Yu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The insect pest complex and related problems of lowland rice cultivation in South Sulawesi, Indonesia [PDF]

open access: yes, 1979
CHAPTER 1.The Department of Entomology of the Research Institute for Agriculture at Maros is concerned with insect pests of food crops, and serves the needs of farmers, most of them living near subsistance level, and of extension workers.South Sulawesi ...
van Halteren, P., Halteren, P., van
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Review of the fauna associated with wild and farmed mussels and oysters in the Mediterranean

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mussels and oysters are important ecosystem engineers which modify the physical and chemical characteristics of the environment and create habitats that support highly diverse associated communities. In the Mediterranean Sea, the native Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis, together the ...
Barbara Mikac   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transgenic resistance to pathogens and pests [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Pathogens and pests constantly threaten plants and cause crop losses of significant economic importance for agricultural production worldwide. One way to reduce the damage caused by pathogens and pests is the development of new, resistant cultivars ...
Melander, Margareta
core   +1 more source

Comparative Efficacy of Common Active Ingredients in Organic Insecticides Against Difficult to Control Insect Pests

open access: yes, 2020
There exists a lack of control efficacy information to enable decision-making about which organic insecticide product works best for a given insect pest.
Galen P. Dively   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Carrion ecology: concepts, interdisciplinary synthesis, and perspectives

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carrion is a ubiquitous resource in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, yet it has long been overlooked in ecological research. Over the past two decades, studies on carrion and the many organisms that exploit it have flourished, revealing not only wide‐ranging ecological functions but also significance far beyond ecology.
Marcos Moleón   +38 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combined use of 1,3-dichloropropene with dimethyl disulfide and chloropicrin for managing potato powdery scab and weed

open access: yesScientific Reports
Soilborne pests especially Spongospora subterranea f. sp. subterranea, which causes powdery scab, are posing serious threats to potato production in China.
Liangang Mao   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leveraging Double Materiality as a Decision‐Making Tool for ESG Management and Reporting in Hydroponics

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and double materiality can be integrated within the agri‐food sector, with a particular focus on a company operating in hydroponic agriculture. This study conducts a comprehensive double materiality assessment to evaluate the organization's socio‐environmental ...
Christian Bux   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiversity Strategies in Action—Empirical Evidence From the Food Value Chain

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is an increasing need for better understanding of firm activities that contribute to biodiversity preservation. Panwar, Ober, and Pinkse offer a valuable typology of corporate biodiversity protection strategies based on temporal and spatial dimensions, namely, the preloss (proactive) strategies of conservation and compensation, and the ...
Joanna Scott‐Kennel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The homology gene BtDnmt1 is Essential for Temperature Tolerance in Invasive Bemisia tabaci Mediterranean Cryptic Species

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2017
The Bemisia tabaci Mediterranean (MED) cryptic species has been rapidly invading most parts of the world owing to its strong ecological adaptability, particularly its strong resistance to temperature stress.
Tian-Mei Dai   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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