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New Plant Protection, EarlyView.Despite 17 years of development, the effectiveness of nanocarrier‐delivered RNAi pesticide (NDRP) for agricultural biological control remains limited. The successful development of effective NDRP development requires the coordinated optimization of target gene selection and nanocarrier properties, including RNA dosage, multi‐gene targeting, protection ...
Shi Dong Wang +4 more
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ESTIMATING INSECTICIDE APPLICATION FREQUENCIES: A COMPARISON OF GEOMETRIC AND OTHER COUNT DATA MODELS [PDF]
The number of insecticide applications made by an apple grower to control an insect infestation is modeled as a geometric random variable. Insecticide efficacy, rate per application, month of treatment, and method of application all have significant ...
Hubbell, Bryan J.
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Insecticide tolerance of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae following larval exposure to microplastics and insecticide. [PDF]
Microplastic (MP) pollution poses a global threat to urban and rural environments and can have negative effects on a range of organisms. Mosquito larvae often breed in water contaminated with MPs, and given their important role as disease vectors ...
Richard S Quilliam +9 more
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Bt Cry2A pesticidal proteins—A case study for the development of future insecticidal proteins?
New Plant Protection, EarlyView.Abstract This commentary highlights recent advances in engineering Cry2A proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) for improved insecticidal activity. Through metagenomic discovery, domain‐swapping, and ancestral sequence reconstruction, key determinants of host specificity have been identified.
Neil Crickmore +3 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Avocados are a multibillion‐dollar global commodity, but their growing export market pressures local farmers to abandon local fruit tree diversity in favor of commercial cultivar production. Interviews with rural avocado farmers and households from the Southern Mexican Highlands, Pacific Coastal Honduras, and Western Nicaragua, as well as the genetic ...
Kevin Wann +4 more
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Insecticide resistance in the West African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae and investigation of alternative tools for its delay [PDF]
, 2009 There is a current policy to eliminate malaria in the African continent. Pyrethroid-incorporated Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) and/or Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) are the chemical weapons being deployed to achieve that goal. Rather worryingly,
N'Guessan, R.
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Insecticide use: Contexts and ecological consequences
, 2007 Constraints to the sustainability of insecticide use include effects on human health, agroecosystems (e.g., beneficial insects), the wider environment (e.g., non-target species, landscapes and communities) and the selection of insecticide-resistant ...
Furlong, M. J., Devine, G. J.
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Traditional fishing with plant‐based piscicides is a global practice in decline, facing increasing restrictions. We investigated the chemical diversity of endemic Wikstroemia species historically used to stun or poison fish in Hawaiʻi. Using 1‐H‐NMR, principal component analysis, targeted HPLC, and target‐capture sequencing, we characterized compounds ...
Louise Winther +10 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Plant hybridization is increasingly recognized as an important evolutionary process, and a deeper understanding of hybridization is necessary for its application to agriculture, conservation, and ecological solutions. Here, we assess correlates of hybridization in the megadiverse and societally important family Asteraceae and how and where hybrids have
Leandra O′Connell +2 more
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Since cotton producers do not own legal rights to kill insect populations that are susceptible to insecticides, individual producers may have no incentive to account for future, insecticide-resistance productivity losses arising from their pest ...
Fackler, Paul L. +2 more
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