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Microbial Control of Structural Insect Pests
, 2016 Various reasons have prevented the microbial control of structural pests from reaching the commercial development and practical use achieved with agricultural pests.
Oi, D. H. +3 more
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Delaying the Inevitable? U.S. Screwworm Closures and Feeder Cattle Market Dynamics
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Biosecurity trade restrictions are commonly framed as preventive measures, yet in many settings they function primarily as policies of delay: they impose immediate market costs while only postponing the arrival of biological risks. This paper evaluates that intertemporal tradeoff using the 2024–2025 US suspension of live cattle imports from ...
Shelby Sumner +3 more
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Making the Complicated Simple: A Minimizing Carrier Strategy on Innovative Nanopesticides
Nano-Micro LettersHighlights Nanopesticides with minimizing carrier were prepared through prodrug molecular design and molecular self-assembly. Nanopesticides with minimizing carrier are expected to solve the environmental risks caused by the unrestricted introduction of ...
Wenjie Shangguan +8 more
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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 +5 more
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NADPH Oxidase 5 Is Essential for Molting and Oviposition in a Rice Planthopper Nilaparvata lugens
Insects, 2020 The brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens is a typical monophagous insect herbivore that feeds exclusively on rice sap. This insect pest causes serious damage to rice crops throughout East Asian countries.
Lu-Yao Peng +6 more
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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 +3 more
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Does Contract Farming Reduce Pesticide Use? Panel Data Evidence From Smallholder Farmers in China
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The inappropriate and excessive use of pesticides poses a major threat to human and ecosystem health in the agri‐food sector. While existing studies have examined the potential of contract farming to address this issue, most have focused on large‐scale farms and relied on small or transactional datasets, often leaving the role of crop‐specific
Zhihui Liang, Shan Jin, Matthew Gorton
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Quarantine Pests Commonly Found in Shipments from Hawaii [PDF]
, 2004 Thirty-five pests are illustrated in this poster, including ants, scales, mealybugs, hoppers, slugs, and ...
Hara, A.H. +3 more
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar +2 more
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Climate change and insect pest distribution range
, 2015 There is a pressing need to understand better the dynamics of species' distribution, in particular when it comes to predicting the outcomes of climate change-inflicted variations in the range distributions of insect pests.
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet. +1 more
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