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Developing and Implementation of Decision Support System (DSS) for the Control of Olive Fruit Fly, Bactrocera Oleae, in Mediterranean Olive Orchards

open access: yesAgronomy, 2019
Modern agriculture requires technology to give precise measures about relevant parameters such as pest control. Here, we developed a decision support system (DSS) based on semi-automatic pest monitoring for managing the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae ...
Miguel Ángel Miranda   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lotta alla mosca delle olive in olivicoltura integrata e biologica [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Bactrocera oleae, fitofago chiave dell’agroecosistema olivo, è presente in Italia in tutti gli areali interessati dalla coltura, tranne in alcune aree caratterizzate da maggiore altitudine dove il fattore termico non consente lo sviluppo della specie. Il
Belcari, A   +2 more
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The King's Evil Without the King: The Royal Touch during the Interregnum

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article examines how far, and in what ways, the traditional belief that English monarchs could cure scrofula (the “King's Evil”) by royal touch survived during the eleven years of the Interregnum (1649–1660). Charles I had been executed and the monarchy abolished, and Charles II was in exile for the vast majority of this period. It might seem that
David L. Smith
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the impact of olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae [Gmelin, 1790], Diptera: Tephritidae) infestation on olive grove in Biskra (Algeria)

open access: yesActa Agriculturae Slovenica
Olive production is important to Algeria's economy and ecology, its cultivation has expanded significantly in recent years in Biskra region, increasing both area and production, with olive varieties that adapt well to local conditions.
Kamila GACEM, Farid MEZERDI
doaj   +1 more source

Control of Bactrocera oleae by low environmental impact methods: NPC methodology to evaluate the efficacy of lure-and-kill method and copper hydroxide treatments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The NonParametric Combination (NPC) methodology is proposed to verify the influence of the lure-and-kill method, using Ecotraps (Vioryl SA), on the distribution of Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Diptera Tephritidae) infestation in olive groves, and the ...
RAGUSA, Ernesto   +2 more
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THE AESTHETICS OF URBAN METABOLISM: Landscape, Design and the Politics of In/Visibility

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, we chart the evolving aesthetic contours of urban metabolism across London, focusing on the River Lea and Thamesmead to the north and south of the River Thames, respectively. We begin in the nineteenth century, when these two sites formed critical nodes within a new sewerage system that relegated the city’s circulatory flows ...
Ben Platt, Zuhri James
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic engineering for SIT application: a fruit fly‐focused review

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Sterile insect technique (SIT) has become a key component of efficient pest control. Fruit fly pests from the Drosophilidae and Tephritidae families pose a substantial and overwhelmingly increasing threat to the agricultural industry, aggravated by climate change and globalization among other contributors.
Serafima Davydova   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Olive Pomace Inclusion Alters the Microbial Community of Black Soldier Fly Larvae Frass While Maintaining Fertilizer Quality. [PDF]

open access: yesMicrobiologyopen
Olive pomace was evaluated as a feed component for rearing BSF larvae in industrial scale. The presence of olive pomace did not affect larvae or frass composition, even when frass was submitted to heat treatment or pelletization. Bacterial and fungal communities were affected by olive pomace.
Lopes IG   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Bactrocera oleae (Gmelin) control in organic olive farming. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In the Mediterranean area the olive fly control, difficult to realise in conventional farming, becomes even more arduous in organic farming, owing to the restrictions laid down by Regulation. The EC Reg.
Belfiore, Tiziana   +4 more
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