Effect of non-crop vegetation types on conservation biological control of pests in olive groves [PDF]
PeerJ, 2013 Conservation biological control (CBC) is an environmentally sound potential alternative to the use of chemical insecticides. It involves modifications of the environment to promote natural enemy activity on pests.
Daniel Paredes +3 more
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Transcriptomic responses of the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae and its symbiont Candidatus Erwinia dacicola to olive feeding [PDF]
, 2017 The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, is the most destructive pest of olive orchards worldwide. The monophagous larva has the unique capability of feeding on olive mesocarp, coping with high levels of phenolic compounds and utilizing non-hydrolyzed ...
Ben-Yosef, Michael +9 more
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Prospects for integrated control of olive fruit fly are promising in California
California Agriculture, 2003 The recent invasion of California by the olive fruit fly has the potential to devastate commercial olive production throughout the state. Fortunately, much is known about this pest in Europe, and prospects for olive fruit fly control in
Timothy R Collier, Robert A Van Steenwyk
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Agriculture, 2022 The journal retracts the article (Farmers’ Technical Knowledge about Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Olive Production [...]
Agriculture Editorial Office
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Comparación de técnicas de clasificación deductivas para estimar la distribución potencial de insectos cuarentenarios [PDF]
, 2019 El objetivo de este trabajo fue comparar el desempeño de los criterios de clasificación nítidos y difusos en la construcción de modelos deductivos de la distribución potencial de insectos exóticos. Considerando criterios de clasificación binaria nítida y
Aceñolaza, Pablo Gilberto +3 more
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Control of Bactrocera oleae and Ceratitis capitata in Organic Orchards: Use of Clays and Copper Products. [PDF]
, 2010 Tests on the effect of clays (kaolin and bentonite) and copper products (hydroxide and oxychloride) in the control of olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi), and Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), were carried out from 2003 to ...
Caleca, Virgilio +4 more
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The Food Plants and Distribution of the American Plum Borer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) [PDF]
, 2017 The North American geographical and host plant distributions for the American plnm borer, Euzophera semifuneralis, are reported. Literature and curatorial surveys found the plum borer to be present in 34 states in the U. S.
Biddinger, David J, Howitt, Angus J
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Biology, 2022 The peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Tephritidae), is economically relevant as a highly polyphagous pest infesting over 50 host plants including commercial fruit and horticultural crops. As an invasive species, B.
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Relevance of intermittent rivers and streams in agricultural landscape and their impact on provided ecosystem services—a Mediterranean case study [PDF]
, 2019 Ecosystem services (ES), as an interconnection of the landscape mosaic pieces, along with temporal rivers (IRES) are an object of research for environmental planners and ecological economists, among other specialists.
Amélie Truchy +25 more
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Journal of Oasis Agriculture and Sustainable DevelopmentThe eriophyid mite Aceria oleae is a serious pest of olive groves causing significant damages to several parts of olive trees (leaves, buds, flowers or fruits).
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