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Insect pests in Brassica napus crops: toward ecologically optimized integrated pest management

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Ecologically optimized IPM: Integrating landscape, biological, and chemical strategies for enhanced pest management. Key findings: Optimizing canola IPM requires the deliberate alignment of habitat diversification, behavioral conditioning, and evolutionary processes.
Jhon Alexander Avellaneda Nieto, Wei Xu, Shovon Chandra Sarkar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why is Coccinella septempunctata so successful? (A point-of-view)

European Journal of Entomology, 2008
Factors were examined that could be responsible for the predominance of Coccinella septempunctata (C7) in most habitats of the Palaearctic and for its successful invasion of the Nearctic Region.
Ivo HODEK, J.P. MICHAUD
doaj   +1 more source

The first RNAi‐based biopesticide approved in the United States: regulatory implications for the European Union – the case of Ledprona (Calantha™)

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
The approval of the RNA interference‐based biopesticide Ledprona (Calantha™) in the USA marks a milestone for RNA‐based crop protection. We discuss the regulatory implications for the European Union, highlighting opportunities, challenges, and the need for adapted risk assessment frameworks for RNA‐based plant protection products.
Aline Koch, Gabi Krczal
wiley   +1 more source

Improved impact from the use of beneficial natural enemy species in Australian canola systems: challenges and required tools

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
In canola production systems in Australia, practices for the use of beneficials (arthropod predators and parasitoids) as part of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy, have not been widely adopted. We outline how canola growers and their advisors can be supported with incremental steps, from passive to active management, to help shift them from ...
Sarina Macfadyen, Basman Al‐Jalely, Mukti Chalise, Maryam Ehsangar, Zorica Duric, Joanne Holloway, Andrew Hulthen, Precious Mavende, Paul Melloy, Svetlana Micic, Hazel Parry, Shovon Chandra Sarkar, Jessa Thurman, Maarten Van Helden, Xiaobei Wang, Wei Xu   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farmers’ Preferences for Sustainable Crop Protection: An Integrated Choice and Latent Variable Approach

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzes farmers' preferences for sustainable crop protection, focusing on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices by incorporating social‐psychological factors to capture economic and behavioral dimensions. Using data from German and Polish potato farmers, we apply an integrated choice and latent variable framework that combines
Philip K. Miriti, Fatima Lambarraa‐Lehnhardt, Stefan Sieber, Xiaohua Yu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hidden treasures: recording Britain's lesser-known ladybirds

, 2019
While some of Britain's ladybirds rank among the most recognisable and familiar of all British insects, many species are poorly known and under ...
Lewington, Richard, Brown, Peter M.J., Roy, Helen E.   +2 more
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Film and Children’s Rights: Ladybird, ladybird

Cuadernos Electrónicos de Filosofía del Derecho, 2023
This article about the film Ladybird, ladybird, by British director Ken Loach, aims to pay tribute to the extensive and renowned academic career of Professor Javier de Lucas Martín, whose research and teaching interests include "Cinema and Film". This article addresses many of the issues that are the subject of Javier de Lucas's studies, both in his ...
openaire   +1 more source

A comparison of the UK's hot, dry summers of 1976 and 2025

Weather, EarlyView.
Summer 2025 was the warmest so far recorded for the UK, and low precipitation amounts in preceding months and through the summer led to drought conditions in many areas of the UK. The hot, dry conditions prompted many comparisons with the infamous hot, dry summer of 1976.
Laura Baker
wiley   +1 more source

The Process of Aphid Egg-Laying and the Little Known Role of the Coccinellidae in Aphid Egg Destruction in Poland – Preliminary Results

Journal of Plant Protection Research, 2014
No detailed studies have been conducted in Poland with regard to aphid eggs or egg survival in particular. So far, no studies have been conducted concerning the role of ladybird beetles in reducing the number of aphid eggs in spring, before the ...
Lubiarz Magdalena, Cichocka Elżbieta
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‘From the Fields Into the Bars’: The Story of Israel's First Transgender Novel, The Cut (1977)

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1977, an Israeli transgender woman, Judy Spotheim, published an autobiographical novel entitled The Cut. It describes the emergence of a trans community in the commercial‐sex areas of Tel Aviv‐Jaffa, hoping to humanise trans women (coccinelles). This article is the first to study the novel and present a biography of Spotheim.
Gil Engelstein, Iris Rachamimov
wiley   +1 more source