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Pests and Agricultural Commodity Losses: Evaluating Alternative Approaches to Damage Function Estimation [PDF]

open access: yes
Estimating the economic impact of a pest requires linking biological and economic systems via a damage function. The most common damage function approach links exogenous pest populations to cumulative commodity yield losses at harvest.
Cobourn, Kelly M.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

iklim değişikliği ve organik zeytin tarımı [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper is about three basic subjects. Firstly, there is a problem caused by the fact that substances used control for olive fruit fly and other diseases are accepted in EU, but not in North America.
Balcıoğlu, Pelin, Irmak, Şahnur
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Genetic control of the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae

open access: yes, 2013
The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, (Rossi) (Diptera:Tephritidae), is a key pest of olive crops. The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environmentally benign and species-specific method of pest control, aiming to reduce the reproductive potential of a wild population through the mass-release of sterile insects.
openaire   +2 more sources

Drift Seaweed as a Multifunctional Resource for Sustainable Coastal Agroecosystems

open access: yesApplied and Environmental Soil Science, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
The growing global population continues to intensify the demand for food and feed, thereby raising pressure on available soil and water resources. As a matter of fact, sustainable agricultural practices are urgently needed to reduce environmental strain while maintaining productivity.
Allois K. Luvai   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL OLIVE GROVES IN THE MESSARA VALLEY, CRETE, GREECE. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Environmental Impacts of agricultural activities have to be assessed in order to address cultural practices and the type of farming that are best suited to avoid the trade-off between the Ecology and the Economy. Furthermore, this study, comparing the
Dessane, Mr Damien
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Vitamin C Alleviates Oxidative Stress in Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) Fingerlings Exposed to Toxicity Induced by Temephos and Buprofezin

open access: yesAquaculture Research, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Context Organophosphates and chitin synthesis inhibitor pesticides pose a significant indirect threat to fish populations, necessitating effective remedial measures. Objective Supplementation with vitamin C (Vit C) in fish feed as a counteracting strategy to mitigate pesticides effect was explored in silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix ...
Sumaira Hassan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

An annotated checklist of the Tephritidae (Diptera) of Florida [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
A total of 73 species of tephritid flies has been recorded from Florida since the early 1800s. Of these, 7 species are considered to represent occasional waifs or accidental introductions from surrounding regions that are not known to have established ...
Steck, Gary J., Sutton, Bruce D.
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Commodity risk assessment of oak and walnut logs from the US

open access: yesEFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract The European Commission submitted to the EFSA Panel on Plant Health a Dossier from the United States proposing the use of a vacuum–steam–heat treatment as a stand‐alone phytosanitary measure to mitigate the risk of entry of Bretziella fagacearum, Geosmithia morbida and its vector Pityophthorus juglandis (thousand cankers disease complex) into ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH)   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commodity risk assessment of Vitis spp. plants from Moldova

open access: yesEFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract The European Commission requests EFSA to provide scientific opinions in the field of plant health in accordance with Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002. Annex VI of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 lists plants, plant products and other objects whose introduction into the Union from certain third countries is prohibited.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH)   +37 more
wiley   +1 more source

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