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Improving Pest Monitoring Networks in order to reduce pesticide use in agriculture [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Disease and pest control largely rely on pesticides use and progress still remains to be made towards more sustainable practices. Pest Monitoring Networks (PMNs) can provide useful information for improving crop protection by restricting pesticide use to the situations that best require it.
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Future Long Cycling Life Cathodes for Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries in Grid‐Scale Energy Storage
Advanced Energy Materials, Volume 15, Issue 18, May 13, 2025.This perspective discusses challenges in advancing zinc‐ion batteries (Z for grid‐scale energy storage and proposes innovative strategies to overcome them. It emphasizes optimizing cathode architectures and electrolytes for practical performance goals, prioritizing low current density and long cycling times.
Divyani Gupta +3 more
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, 2009 Publisher Summary This chapter discusses different approaches to maintain pest insects at tolerable levels or in other words integrated pest management (IPM). For purposes of devising an appropriate IPM strategy, insect pests may be classified as key, secondary, or induced.
Ronald Prokopy, Marcos Kogan
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Insects, 2016 The coffee berry borer (CBB), Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) is the primary arthropod pest of coffee plantations worldwide.
L. Aristizábal, A. Bustillo, S. Arthurs
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The effect of geographical denomination on the uptake of fungus‐resistant grapes
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.Abstract Grape production for wine making is of great economic and cultural importance in Europe, but is heavily dependent on pesticides. Reducing pesticide use and associated risks is a policy goal in several countries, particularly in Europe. The most effective strategy to substantially reduce pesticide use in grape production is the planting of ...
Lucca Zachmann +2 more
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Investigation to answer three key questions concerning plant pest identification and development of a practical identification framework [PDF]
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Volume 222, July 2024,
109021The development of practical and robust automated diagnostic systems for identifying plant pests is crucial for efficient agricultural production. In this paper, we first investigate three key research questions (RQs) that have not been addressed thus far in the field of image-based plant pest identification.
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The future of dispute resolution in international trade
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.Abstract Given ongoing dysfunction of the World Trade Organization's Appellate Body, the focus of this article is on the future of trade dispute resolution, with evaluation of two questions: (i) What is the current status of WTO dispute resolution as compared to that conducted through existing preferential trade agreements (PTAs)? and (ii) What are the
Ian Sheldon, Daniel C. K. Chow
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Nature Communications, 2018 Vertebrate adaptation to high-altitude life has been extensively investigated, while invertebrates are less well-studied. Here, the authors find signals of adaptive evolution in genomes of migratory locusts from the Tibetan Plateau, and implicate a PTPN1
Ding Ding +5 more
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Agribusiness, Volume 41, Issue 2, Page 307-341, Spring 2025.Abstract For a significant global segment, the volatility in grain prices presents a substantial menace to food accessibility and security. In the global pandemic and the Russia–Ukraine conflict (RUW), numerous nations were caught off guard, exacerbating this predicament and leading to instances where citizens faced purchasing restrictions on sunflower
Faruk Urak
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BMC BiologyBackground Mosquitoes transmit many infectious diseases that affect human health. The fungus Beauveria bassiana is a biological pesticide that is pathogenic to mosquitoes but harmless to the environment.
Tengfei Lu +5 more
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