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Communications Biology, 2022 Jiang et al. sequence the genome of Bactrocera dorsalis, a destructive and invasive agricultural pest. Insights from this chromosome-level assembly shed light on molecular adaptations that allow for the global invasion and expansion of this pest.
Fan Jiang +3 more
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The failure of success: cyclic recurrences of a globally invasive pest [PDF]
Ecological Applications, 2019 AbstractIn the six decades since 1960, the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), has been announced successfully eradicated in California by the U.S. Department of Agriculture a total of 564 times. This includes eradication declarations in one city a total of 25 different years, in 12 cities 8–19 different years, and in 101 cities 2–7 ...
Zihua Zhao +7 more
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Ecological IndicatorsInvasive Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) damage pose significant challenges for sustainable forest management, necessitating accurate mapping of damaged ash trees.
Quan Zhou +6 more
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Detection of pine wood nematode infestation using hyperspectral drone images
Ecological IndicatorsThe pine wood nematode (PWN) is one of the most threatening pests of pine forests in China. An essential management response involves felling and removing the infested trees before the PWN can spread over large areas, but this requires early detection ...
Run Yu, Youqing Luo, Lili Ren
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The Politics of Pests: Immigration and the Invasive Other
Social Research: An International Quarterly, 2017 In 2015 more than one million people entered the European Union, many fleeing wars in the Middle East. There was a strand of hostile media coverage that represented migrants as vermin or insects. This paper examines the context of this representation and argues that that association of vermin – waste, numbers and threats to the home –provides useful ...
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Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 2020 The Red Palm Weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790) is a devastating invasive pest of palm trees, invading the Iraqi date palm tree in 2015 for the first time in Safwan county, Basrah province. The Red Palm weevil has been categorized as
Mohammed M. Alderawii +5 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 IntroductionClimate change affects geographical distribution of insect pests which poses threats to the environment, as well as agricultural productivity and production worldwide.
P. S. Soumia +7 more
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Emergent and Possible Invasive Pest Species of Weevils in Mexico [PDF]
Florida Entomologist, 2019 Mexico is a center of New World crop origins with many insect species associated with the wild crop relatives, some of which have become pests of cultivated plants. Many of these indigenous pests of Mexico are weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and some represent potential quarantine pests.
Jones, Robert W. +4 more
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LiDAR-based assessment of treetop dieback to detect asian longhorned beetle damage in poplar forests
International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and GeoinformationEffective forest management depends on accurately monitoring changes in forest health. The Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) has caused extensive mortality in broadleaf trees worldwide.
Quan Zhou +5 more
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Spatial forecasting of red palm mite in Brazil under current and future climate change scenarios [PDF]
Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2016 : The objective of this work was to predict the spatial distribution of the red palm mite, Raoiella indica (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), in Brazil under current and future climate change scenarios.
Denise Navia +3 more
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