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Acute Toxicity of Dinotefuran to Picromerus lewisi Scott (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and Its Impact on Offspring Growth and Predation Ability in Integrated Pest Management

Insects
In integrated pest management (IPM), achieving a balance between biological and chemical control strategies is essential for effective pest control. Therefore, it is crucial to assess the impact of chemical pesticides on natural enemies.
Yutong Ji, Mengqing Wang, Chuanzhen Xue, Jianjun Mao, Yuyan Li, Lisheng Zhang   +5 more
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Relationships between natural enemy diversity and biological control

, 2017
Natural enemy diversity generally strengthens biological control, but individual studies have found everything from positive to negative effects. We discuss the factors that promote these different outcomes.
Kaartinen, Riikka,, Jonsson, Mattias,, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet.   +2 more
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Enemy release: loss of parasites in invasive freshwater bivalves Sinanodonta woodiana and Corbicula fluminea

Ecography, EarlyView.
Invasive freshwater bivalves harm native species, ecosystems and biodiversity, and incur economic costs. The enemy release hypothesis posits that invasive species are released from enemies during the invasion process, giving them a competitive advantage in the new environment.
Binglin Deng, Nicoletta Riccardi, Pin Nie, Maria Urbańska, Timo J. Marjomäki, Wojciech Andrzejewski, Małgorzata Ożgo, Keiko Nakamura, Jouni Taskinen   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing Sex Ratio and Colony Size to Enhance Reproduction and Mass‐Rearing in Spodoptera litura Under Controlled Laboratory Conditions

Ecology and Evolution
The tobacco cutworm Spodoptera litura is a globally distributed polyphagous agricultural pest and common factitious host for mass‐producing biological control agents (e.g., predators, parasitoids, entomopathogens), owing to its rapid development, and ...
Chuanzhen Xue, Hanqi Li, Bowen Xu, Jiaying Mao, Xiaotong Xu, Yuanfei Li, Jianjun Mao, Mengqing Wang, Huizi Wu, Hancheng Wang, Yuyan Li, Lisheng Zhang   +11 more
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Exploring the relationship between natural enemy biodiversity and herbivore suppression

, 2006
Agricultural pest suppression is a valuable ecosystem service that may be enhanced by the conservation of natural enemy species. However, it is unclear how conserving natural enemy diversity per se affects the biological control of pests, because few ...
Straub, Cory
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Automatic Enemy Item Detection Using Natural Language Processing

, 2020
This study explores the effectiveness of using Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques in automatically detecting enemy item pairs within item banks.
Fang Peng (327071)
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Study of a crop-pest-natural enemy model with Z-type control — An approach to pest management

, 2022
In this study, the Z-type control method is applied to an intraguild crop-pest-natural enemy model, assuming that the natural enemy can predate on both crop and pest populations.
Joydev Chattopadhyay, Sudip Samanta, Helal, Mohamed, Dibyendu Sekhar Mandal, Mandal, Dibyendu Sekhar, Parshad, Rana D., Abdennasser Chekroun, Chattopadhyay, Joydev, Chekroun, Abdennasser, Rana D. Parshad, Mohamed Helal, Samanta, Sudip   +11 more
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Nanofiber PVA‐Based Membranes Incorporating Functionalized Spanish Broom Derivatives for Sustainable Water Purification

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
This study investigates Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) as a renewable source for electrospun composite membranes in sustainable water purification. MCC and biochar were functionalized with eco‐friendly precursors and nanomaterials (i.e., HNT, β‐CDs) to develop hybrid PVA nanofiber composites.
Giulia Rando, Silvia Sfameni, Jozefien Geltmeyer, Alessandra Palella, Lorenzo Spadaro, Alberto Riminucci, Karen De Clerck, Maria Rosaria Plutino   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying aphid resistance in the ancestral wheat Triticum monococcum under field conditions

Scientific Reports, 2021
Wheat is an economically, socially, and nutritionally important crop, however, aphid infestation can often reduce wheat yield through feeding and virus transmission.
Amma L. Simon, John C. Caulfield, Kim E. Hammond-Kosack, Linda M. Field, Gudbjorg I. Aradottir   +4 more
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Stages of the Cottony Cushion Scale (Icerya purchasi) and its Natural Enemy, the Vedalia Beetle (Rodolia cardinalis) [PDF]

, 2002
Color photos of various life stages of cottony cushion scale and a natural enemy used for its biocontrol, the vedalia beetle.
Grafton-Cardwell, Beth, Beth Grafton-Cardwell   +1 more
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