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Pesticide distribution and use in vegetable production in the Red River Delta of Vietnam [PDF]
, 2009 For a long time pesticides attracted interest from the Vietnamese governments and farmers for their positive effects in protecting crop yield losses resulting from pests and other plant diseases.
Brink, P.J., van den +3 more
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Advances in Agriculture, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.The overreliance on chemical pesticides in Ecuadorian agriculture raises serious concerns regarding environmental sustainability and public health. This study aimed to assess farmers’ perceptions and knowledge of sustainable pest management strategies across three agricultural systems in Tungurahua province: indigenous family farming (Salasaka), fruit ...
Yelitza Colmenarez +8 more
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Commodity risk assessment of Petunia spp. and Calibrachoa spp. unrooted cuttings from Uganda
EFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to evaluate the likelihood of pest freedom at entry in the EU, including both regulated and non‐regulated pests, potentially associated with unrooted cuttings of the genera Petunia and Calibrachoa produced under physical isolation in Uganda.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) +34 more
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ZooKeys, 2015 A grapevine leafminer found recently in table grape orchards and vineyards in the Paarl region (Western Cape, South Africa) is described as Holocacista capensis sp. n.
Erik van Nieukerken, Henk Geertsema
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The success of the horse-chestnut leaf-miner, Cameraria ohridella, in the UK revealed with hypothesis-led citizen science [PDF]
, 2014 Citizen science is an increasingly popular way of undertaking research and simultaneously engaging people with science. However, most emphasis of citizen science in environmental science is on long-term monitoring.
Evans, Darren M., Pocock, Michael J.O.
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Non‐Native Plants Attain Native Levels of Microherbivory Richness With Time and Range Expansion
Ecology Letters, Volume 28, Issue 11, November 2025.Drawing on a continental database of over 120,000 plant–microherbivore interactions, we demonstrate that non‐native plants in Europe are not excluded from food webs indefinitely. With increasing residence time and range expansion, they can match native plants in microherbivory richness, although their interactions involve a greater share of generalist ...
Lara J. Schulte +2 more
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Preliminary Observations on Zelus Obscuridorsis (Stål) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) as Predator of the Corn Leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Argentina [PDF]
, 2015 The corn leafhopper Dalbulus maidis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), is an important corn pest in most of tropical and subtropical America. This leafhopper has a rich natural enemy complex of which parasitoids and pathogens are the most studied; knowledge on ...
Melo, María Cecilia +2 more
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Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 10, Page 6445-6454, October 2025.This study reveals strong variability in the effects of eight tomato integrated pest management‐compatible pesticides on Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris, identifying harmful compounds such as spinosad and more selective ones such as sulfur and spiromesifen, depending on the exposure route.
Pablo Urbaneja‐Bernat +3 more
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Phyllonorycter messaniella (Zeller, 1846), new record for the Maltese Islands (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) [PDF]
, 2008 Phyllonorycter messaniella is recorded for the first time from the Maltese Islands.
Mifsud, David, Sammut, Paul
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Resistance of citrus genotypes to Phyllocnitis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) [PDF]
, 2011 The development and reproduction of the citrus leafminer (CLM), Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, were evaluated in six citrus genotypes in order to identify genotypes with resistance traits that could be applied in a program for the development of citrus
LOURENÇÃO, AL +4 more
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