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Characterising Hot Spots of Mediterranean Fruit Fly Infestation in Apple Orchards: Implications for Pest Monitoring and Management

open access: yesJournal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly, Ceratitis capitata [Wiedemann]) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a significant pest causing sizeable economic burden and fruit damage to crops worldwide, especially in the Mediterranean area. In deciduous orchards, monitoring the population of Mediterranean flies is an intensive and expensive process.
A. J. Hill   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Imidazole aldoximes effective in assisting butyrylcholinesterase catalysis of organophosphate detoxification. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Intoxication by organophosphate (OP) nerve agents and pesticides should be addressed by efficient, quickly deployable countermeasures such as antidotes reactivating acetylcholinesterase or scavenging the parent OP.
Amitai, Gabriel   +5 more
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Control of the Colorado Potato Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Tomatoes with \u3ci\u3eBacillus Thuringiensis\u3c/i\u3e Var. \u3ci\u3eThuringiensis\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
(excerpt) The Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), is a serious pest of tomatoes grown in this country. This beetle is also developing resistance to several classes of chemical insecticides including most of the carbamates ...
Cantelo, W. W, Cantwell, G. E
core   +2 more sources

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

open access: yesJournal 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   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preventing a Risk/Risk Trade-off: An Analysis of the Measures Necessary to Increase U.S. Pollinator Numbers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This Note will proceed in four parts. Part II will discuss the importance of pollinators and the possible reasons for their declining numbers. Part III will delve into the current and proposed actions to increase pollinator populations that are taking ...
Acchiardo Vallejo, Camila
core   +2 more sources

Change Your Diet: How CO2, Plant Phenology and Genotype Alter Grapevine Quality and Affect Performance and Larval Transcriptome of an Insect Herbivore

open access: yesMolecular Ecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Herbivorous insects need to cope with changing host plant biochemistry caused by abiotic and biotic impacts, to meet their dietary requirements. Larvae of the multivoltine European grapevine moth Lobesia botrana, one of the main insect pests in viticulture, feed on both flowers and berries.
Christine Becker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health effects of agrochemicals among farm workers in commercial farms of Kwekwe district, Zimbabwe, 2006

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2011
INTRODUCTION: Farm workers are at a very high risk of occupational diseases due to exposure to pesticides resulting from inadequate education, training and safety systems.
Regis Magauzi   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preimaginal development of Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae) in brackish water gives rise to adult mosquitoes with thicker cuticles and greater insecticide resistance

open access: yesMedical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
The principal arboviral vector Aedes aegypti can develop in coastal brackish water field habitats (0.5–15 g/L salt) with larvae possessing thicker cuticles and greater resistance to the larvicide Temephos. Females emerging from brackish water‐developing preimaginal stages are now shown to have thicker and remodelled leg and abdominal cuticles and ...
Kokila Sivabalakrishnan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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