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Potential of alternative control of leaf‐cutting ants using essential oils: A systematic review

open access: yesAgricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Abstract Leaf‐cutting ants (LCAs) are abundant and cause considerable damage to agricultural and forest crops in the Neotropical region and are commonly controlled using sulfluramid‐based ant baits. However, this active ingredient is a precursor of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), a persistent, human‐made pollutant that poses serious environmental
Heloisa S. S. Pinheiro   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cossid moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) as pests of woody plants – A review

open access: yesAgricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Cossidae is a worldwide family of macro‐moths popularly known as carpenter moths due to the larval habit of boring in the wood of living plants. This review compiles current knowledge on the characteristics, diversity and bionomy of cossid moths as well as the damage they cause on woody plants.
Thanapol Choochuen, Jiří Foit
wiley   +1 more source

Does Providing Free Trial Packs With Demonstration Plots Increase the Adoption of Agricultural Technologies? Cost Effectiveness Evidence From Tanzania

open access: yesAgricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study evaluates the effectiveness of the common practice of providing free trial packs alongside demonstration plots managed by local extension agents to promote learning‐by‐doing and increase technology adoption among bean farmers in Tanzania. The experiment randomly assigned some villages to forgo trial packs containing seeds and a seed
Mywish K. Maredia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insecticide resistance inMyzus persicaecollected from sweet pepper

open access: yes
Beekman MM   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

miRNA Dynamics for Pest Management: Implications in Insecticide Resistance. [PDF]

open access: yesInsects
Mahalle RM   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Global, asynchronous partial sweeps at multiple insecticide resistance genes in Aedes mosquitoes. [PDF]

open access: yesNat Commun
Schmidt TL   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Belief in neighbor behavior and confidence in scientific information as barriers to cooperative disease control

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent public health events have brought to the forefront the challenges of incorporating collective action behaviors and information seeking and processing behaviors to motivate personal protections to an environmental risk. The economic and social costs of large‐scale spread of disease when there is no cure for the disease, only preventative
Adelyn Flowers   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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