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Low Rates of Kaolin in Different Application Periods Reduce Diaphorina citri Population and Huanglongbing Incidence in Commercial Citrus Orchards

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Huanglongbing (HLB) is the most destructive citrus disease worldwide, and it has been disseminated by the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri, the vector of the causing agent Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus. Although processed kaolin reduces psyllid infestation, long‐term field data from commercial orchards are limited.
Marcelo Pedreira de Miranda, Wellington Ivo Eduardo, Renato Beozzo Bassanezi, Eduardo Augusto Girardi, Haroldo Xavier Linhares Volpe   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Six Decades of the Sterile Insect Technique Applied to Ceratitis capitata in Israel: Evolution, Methodology and Socio‐Economic Perspectives

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata; Medfly) has been a primary agricultural pest in Israel for over a century. While chemical control remains the prevalent choice for its management, the integration of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) into the management programme for this pest has been explored and implemented in various ...
Gal Yaacobi
wiley   +1 more source

Case Report: An Unusual Heart Rhythm Associated with Organophosphate Poisoning

, 2012
Organophosphate pesticides have emerged as a common cause of poisoning, particularly in developing countries. The most common electrocardiographic abnormalities observed in organophosphate poisoning are sinus tachycardia, QT interval prolongation, and ...
Gul, Enes Elvin, Can, Ilknur, Kusumoto, Fred M.   +2 more
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Assessment of Salinity Tolerance in Lepeophtheirus salmonis Following Five Generations of Freshwater Treatment Selection

Journal of Fish Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Non‐medicinal approaches for controlling sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) infestations, such as freshwater (FW) treatments, have been increasingly implemented to support more sustainable parasite control in aquaculture. This study evaluated the efficacy of FW treatment against sea lice under controlled experimental conditions and assessed ...
Reza Ghanei‐Motlagh, Shona K. Whyte, Manuel Soto‐Dávila, Eyesun Fajei, Maricruz Guevara, Amber F. Garber, Gro Vee, Preben R. Antonsen, Gordon Ritchie, Mark D. Fast   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Generics Revolution and the New Economic Geography of the Global Pesticide Industry

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global pesticide industry transformed from one dominated by patented products and legacy multinationals with strong manufacturing bases in the United States and EU to one dominated by generic products produced in India and China. We use proprietary market research data, data from regulatory filings, industry press and bilateral trade data ...
Christian Berndt, Marion Werner, Finn Mempel, Annie Shattuck, Zackary Okun Dunivin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remaking State Power Through a Paraquat Ban in Malaysia

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the role of the state in its ability to enact environmental regulations. Specifically, this study investigates how Malaysian state actors changed, shifted and betrayed various, oftentimes competing interests to ban paraquat, an acutely toxic herbicide.
Caitlyn Sears
wiley   +1 more source

The Collective Action of Firms on Regulatory Science: Mechanistic Toxicology as a Market‐Making Epistemic Strategy in the R&D Agrochemical Industry

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The influence of agrochemical firms on testing and risk assessment standards constitutes a central yet understudied dimension of the political economy of agrochemicals and the formation of a corporate‐dominated global pesticide regime. How leading R&D firms—formally positioned as competitors—have converged in the production and dissemination ...
David Demortain
wiley   +1 more source

Larval Susceptibility of Two Culex quinquefasciatus Populations (Diptera: Culicidae) Temephos® in the City of Naviraí, MS, Brazil

Orbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistry, 2015
The control mosquito populations in Brazil is needed to prevent disease transmission and nuisance to man, and avoid causing deaths and economic losses.
Cintia Granzotti da Silva Scudeler, Eduardo José de Arruda, Carlos Fernando Salgueirosa de Andrade, Tania Granzotti da Silva, Magda Freitas Fernandes, Tatiane Zaratini Teixeira, Isaias Cabrini   +6 more
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Efeito reativador de oximas frente à inibição da enzima acetilcolinesterase cerebral induzida pelo malation e malaoxon [PDF]

, 2012
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Bioquímica, Florianópolis, 2009.O malation e um pesticida organofosforado (OF) e sua toxicidade depende da sua bioativacao a ...
Santos, Alessandra Antunes dos
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The Global Pesticide Complex: Infrastructure, Fragility and Frontiers of Agrarian Change

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although most pesticides have long been on the market, the political economy surrounding their production, regulation and use has undergone considerable change, spurring renewed interest in the social sciences. The global pesticide complex (GPC) is an analytical device to understand the multidimensional nature of these changes. In this special
Marion Werner, Kees Jansen, Jessie Luna, Nathalie Jas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source