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An Insight of Parasitic Weeds in Africa and Scientific Developments: A Review
, 2023 Parasitic weeds are a major threat to food security in Africa and control measures mostly done by smallholder farmers are not effective in eradicating the parasites. This results in a yield loss up to 100%.
Kabambe, Vernon H. +2 more
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Assessment of insecticide use practices in licensed pest control operators in North Carolina
Pest Management Science, EarlyView.A statewide survey of 105 licensed North Carolina pesticide operators found ants, mosquitoes, and aphids as top target pests, pyrethroids as the dominant insecticide class (68%), and limited resistance monitoring, establishing a baseline for future insecticide resistance management and outreach.
Kaylin Russell +3 more
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Pest Management Science, EarlyView.Combining intensive drone‐brood removal with brood interruption provided the most effective and consistent seasonal Varroa control. Abstract BACKGROUND Varroa destructor remains the most significant biotic threat to honey bee colonies, and increasing resistance to synthetic acaricides necessitates alternative control strategies.
Leon M. Reinhold, Kirsten S. Traynor
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Pest Management Science, EarlyView.Norway rat ectoparasite burden varied by residential microhabitat, host traits, and trap type, showing that urban rodent management should address both rat burden and ectoparasite persistence in residential buildings. Abstract BACKGROUND Norway rats, Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout), can carry ectoparasites of public health importance.
Babatunji Daramola +3 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016 Faba bean (Vicia faba) production in Mediterranean and Near East agriculture is severely constrained by broomrape infection. The most widely distributed broomrape species affecting faba bean is Orobanche crenata, although O.
Diego Rubiales +2 more
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Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 4, Page 2165-2180, April 2025.We used recently detected P450 DNA‐based markers of pyrethroid resistance in both Anopheles funestus and Anopheles gambiae to demonstrate that although pyrethroid‐resistant mosquitoes have higher ability to survive and live longer after exposure to Royal Guard, this net significantly affects their lifespan, blood feeding ability and interestingly ...
Emilie S Ngongang‐Yipmo +8 more
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Differences in the ecology of witchweed and vampireweed: Implications for rice farming in Africa
Plants, People, PlanetSocietal Impact Statement Parasitic weeds in African rice systems threaten household‐level food security and income generation. Most affected farmers are smallholders with limited capacities to address these pests.
Jonne Rodenburg, Lammert Bastiaans
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The continuing significance of chiral agrochemicals
Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 4, Page 1697-1716, April 2025.In the time frame 2018–2023, around 43% of the 35 chiral agrochemicals introduced to the market (herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, acaricides, and nematicides) contain one or more stereogenic centers in the molecule, and almost 69% of them have been marketed as racemic mixtures of enantiomers or stereoisomers.
Peter Jeschke
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LONG-RUN STRIGA CONTROL BY SUBSISTENCE FARMERS IN MALI [PDF]
A dynamic programming model is developed to identify barriers to the adoption of long-run control programs for the parasitic weed Striga. The model is applied to Sirakorola in northwestern Mali.
Mullen, Jeffrey D. +3 more
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Phthalimide-lactones stimulate germination of parasitic weeds
, 2015 Trabajo presentado en la XXXV Reunión Bienal de la Real Sociedad Española de Química (RSEQ), celebrado en A Coruña del 19 al 23 de julio de 2015.Parasitic weeds cause high damage on crops production each year and their seed bank is almost ...
Rubiales, Diego +6 more
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