NEW AND LITTLE KNOWN SCALE INSECT SPECIES (HEMIPTERA: COCCOIDEA) IN TURKEY [PDF]
, 2014 Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) are notorious pests, especially of perennial plants. They are serious pests of fruit and nut trees, ornamental shade trees and shrubs, forest trees, greenhouse and indoor plantings. In the present study, new data are
Erkılıç, Lerzan +2 more
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Epidemiology and Diagnostics of Cacao Swollen Shoot Disease in Ghana: Past Research Achievements and Knowledge Gaps to Guide Future Research. [PDF]
Viruses, 2023 Ameyaw GA, Domfeh O, Gyamera E.
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Study on the origin of cacao swollen shoot virus and its dispersal on cacao trees in West Africa [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND and OBJECTIVES Cacao swollen shoot virus (CSSV) is a member of the family Caulimoviridae, genus Badnavirus naturally transmitted to Theobroma cacao by several mealybug species.
Abrokwah, Francis +3 more
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Hope for African Agriculture [PDF]
, 1986 Text of the Sir John Crawford Memorial Lecture delivered during International Centers Week in 1986 by Dr. Bukar Shaib of Nigeria. Dr. Shaib described achievements in developing new technologies and farming systems for small-scale African ...
Shaib, Bukar
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Cacao swollen shoot virus detection and DNA barcoding of its vectors and putative vectors in Theobroma cacao L. by using polymerase chain reaction. [PDF]
BioTechnologia (Pozn), 2021 Obok EE +4 more
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The ecology of tropical plant viruses [PDF]
, 1998 In recent decades ecology has become one of the dominant themes of the biological sciences. However, this has not always been so as the subject emerged from the specialist study of plant and animal communities in natural habitats that were often remote ...
Thresh, J. Michael
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Emerging and Re-Emerging Diseases Caused by Badnaviruses. [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 Ishwara Bhat A +2 more
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Production of Polyclonal Antibody Against an Isolate of Yam-infecting Badnavirus from Nigeria [PDF]
, 2010 Integrated viral sequences and high sequence variability among badnaviruses complicates the development of specific reliable molecular detection tests for yam-infecting badnaviruses.
Eni, A. O. +2 more
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Biopesticide efficacy of four plant essential oils against papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Mwanauta RW +2 more
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Millions fed: Proven successes in agricultural development [PDF]
Learning from successes in agricultural development is now more urgent than ever. Progress in feeding the world’s billions has slowed, while the challenge of meeting future food needs remains enormous and is subject to new uncertainties in the global ...
Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Spielman, David J.
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