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Invasive alien species in the food chain: Advancing risk assessment models to address climate change, economics and uncertainty [PDF]
NeoBiota, 2013 Pest risk maps illustrate where invasive alien arthropods, molluscs, pathogens, and weeds might become established, spread, and cause harm to natural and agricultural resources within a pest risk area.
Darren Kriticos +5 more
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First Report on Megaselia scalaris Loew (Diptera: Phoridae) Infestation of the Invasive Pest Spodoptera frugiperda Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in China [PDF]
Insects, 2021 The invasive pest Spodoptera frugiperda first emerged in China in January 2019 and has, to date, migrated to 29 provinces and municipalities in China, causing heavy crop damage in large areas.
Yunlin Tang +11 more
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Biological Characteristics and Bacterial Community of Invasive Pest Corythucha ciliata (Hemiptera: Tingidae) [PDF]
InsectsThe sycamore lace bug Corythucha ciliata (Hemiptera: Tingidae), an invasive North American forest pest, owes its strong dispersal and adaptability to biological characteristics and symbiotic microbes, but the underlying mechanisms have not been fully ...
Tong-Pu Li +8 more
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Context-dependent integrated stress resistance promotes a global invasive pest. [PDF]
Insect Sci, 2022 AbstractIn nature, insects concurrently face multiple environmental stressors, a scenario likely increasing with climate change. Integrated stress resistance (ISR) thus often improves fitness and could drive invasiveness, but how physiological mechanisms influence invasion has lacked examination.
Tarusikirwa VL +3 more
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Invasive Insects (Adventive Pest Insects) in Florida
EDIS, 2004 The term 'invasive species' is defined as 'non-native species which threaten ecosystems, habitats, or species' by the European Environment Agency (2004). It is widely used by the news media and it has become a bureaucratese expression.
J. Howard Frank, Michael C. Thomas
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Development of a Species Diagnostic Molecular Tool for an Invasive Pest, Mythimna loreyi, Using LAMP [PDF]
Insects, 2020 The Mythimna loreyi (Duponchel) is one of the well-known invasive noctuid pests in Africa, Australia, and many Asian countries. However, it is difficult to identify the invasive and morphologically similar species, Mythimna separate, which occur at the ...
Hwa Yeun Nam +3 more
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Matching methods to produce maps for pest risk analysis to resources [PDF]
, 2013 Decision support systems (DSSs) for pest risk mapping are invaluable for guiding pest risk analysts seeking to add maps to pest risk analyses (PRAs). Maps can help identify the area of potential establishment, the area at highest risk and the endangered ...
Baker, Richard H. A. +2 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 The European woodwasp, Sirex noctilio Fabricius, is a major invasive quarantine pest that attacks and kills pine trees outside of its native range. Insect gut structure and gut microbiota play crucial roles in various life activities.
Jiale Li +9 more
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Insects, 2023 Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758), which is commonly known as spongy moth, with two subspecies, is found in Asia: Lymantria dispar asiatica and Lymantria dispar japonica, collectively referred to as the Asian spongy moth (ASM).
Wenzhuai Ji +8 more
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iScience, 2023 Summary: Adaptation to host plants is of great significance in the ecology of xylophagous insects. The specific adaptation to woody tissues is made possible through microbial symbionts.
Si-Xun Ge +3 more
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