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Multiple acetylcholinesterases in Pardosa pseudoannulata brain worked collaboratively to provide protection from organophosphorus insecticides

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is an essential neurotransmitter hydrolase in nervous systems of animals and its number varies among species. So far, five AChEs have been identified in the natural enemy Pardosa pseudoannulata.
Xumin Lin, Yixi Zhang, Baojun Yang, Lingchun Zhang, Yunru Chen, Zewen Liu   +5 more
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The efficacy of European fruit lecanium, Parthenolecanium corni (Bouché, 1844) control using natural products

Horticultural Science, 2019
European fruit lecanium, Parthenolecanium corni (Bouché, 1844) is among the leading worldwide pests of fruits such as plums, currants, jostaberry, grapevine and many others.
Michal Skalský, Jana Niedobová, Jan Popelka   +2 more
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Resistance to sap-sucking insects in modern-day agriculture

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2013
Plants and herbivores have co-evolved in their natural habitats for about 350 million years, but since the domestication of crops, plant resistance against insects has taken a different turn.
Martin eDe Vos, Arjen eVanDoorn, Arjen eVanDoorn   +2 more
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Update on resistance status of Anopheles gambiae s.s. to conventional insecticides at a previous WHOPES field site, "Yaokoffikro", 6 years after the political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: At Yaokoffikro field site near Bouaké, in central Côte d'Ivoire, a group of experimental huts built in 1996 served over many years for the evaluation of insecticides against highly resistant mosquitoes.
Chandre Fabrice, N'Guessan Raphael, Alphonsine A Koffi, Adja, Maurice A, Koffi, A. A., Koffi, Alphonsine A, Fabrice Chandre, N'Guessan, R., Kone, M., N'guessan, Raphael, Alou, L. P. A., Raphael N'Guessan, Adja Maurice A, Adja, M. A., Moussa Koné, Maurice A Adja, Ludovic Alou, Alou, Ludovic P Ahoua, Alou Ludovic, Koné, Moussa, Chandre, Fabrice, Koffi Alphonsine A, Koné Moussa   +22 more
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Insecticidal Properties of Capsaicinoids and Glucosinolates Extracted from Capsicum chinense and Tropaeolum tuberosum

Insects, 2019
Food security and biodiversity conservation are threatened by the emergence and spread of pest and pathogens, and thus there is a current need to develop pest management strategies that are sustainable and friendly to the environment and human health ...
José L. Claros Cuadrado, Elder O. Pinillos, Richard Tito, Carlos Seguil Mirones, Norma N. Gamarra Mendoza   +4 more
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Larvicidal potential, phytochemical composition, and molecular docking analysis of Panicum repens as a natural insecticide [PDF]

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
Mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria and dengue fever, remain a significant public health concern, especially in developing regions. The limitations of synthetic insecticides, such as resistance and environmental impact, have driven the search for ...
M. Babu, P.K. Kaleena, T. Abirami, K. Velu, A. Janaki, F.A. Al-Mekhlafi, N. Abutaha, F.A. Alzahrani, S.M.R. Kewedar   +8 more
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Memòria resum d’actuacions Parc Natural dels Ports 2021 [PDF]

, 2022
Gestió efectuada durant el 2021 al Parc Natural dels Ports, destacar les accions estratègiques i les fites més rellevants en cada un dels àmbits i línies de treball.[es] Gestión efectuada durante el 2021 en el Parque Natural de Els Ports, destaca las ...
Parc Natural dels Ports
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Status of insecticide susceptibility in Anopheles gambiae s.l. from malaria surveillance sites in The Gambia. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Vector control is an effective way of reducing malaria transmission. The main vector control methods include the use of insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor residual spraying (IRS).
Betson, M, Betson, Martha, Awolola, Taiwo Samson, Awolola, T S, Natural History Museum, Jawara, Musa, LSHTM, Jawara, M, Malaria Research Programme, Gambia, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Martha Betson, Taiwo Samson Awolola, Musa Jawara, Jawara Musa, Awolola Taiwo, Betson Martha, Awolola, TS   +16 more
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Evaluation of some microbial agents, natural and chemical compounds for controlling tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Journal of Plant Protection Research, 2016
Solanaceous plants have a great economic impact in Egypt. These groups of plants include potatoes, tomatoes and eggplants. The new invasive pest of tomatoes, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) causes the greatest crop losses which can range from 60 to 100%.
Abd El-Ghany Nesreen M., Abdel-Razek Atef Sayed, Ebadah Ibrahim M.A., Mahmoud Youssf A.   +3 more
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Biological Control May Fail on Pests Applied with High Doses of Insecticides: Effects of Sub-Lethal Concentrations of a Pyrethroid on the Host-Searching Behavior of the Aphid Parasitoid Aphidius colemani (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) on Aphid Pests

Agriculture, 2021
The use of synthetic insecticides may cause failures in the biological control of insect pests due to undesired side effects on natural enemies and the rapid evolution of insecticide resistance in agroecosystems.
Armando Alfaro-Tapia, Jeniffer K. Alvarez-Baca, Eduardo Fuentes-Contreras, Christian C. Figueroa   +3 more
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