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Swine Manure‐Derived Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens L.) Frass Enhances Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) Vegetative Growth and Soil Epigeic Macro‐Arthropod Abundance

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid expansion of swine production has increased environmental concerns related to nutrient pollution and improper manure management. Black soldier fly (BSF) larvae offer a promising bioconversion approach, producing frass that may serve as a sustainable organic fertiliser.
Dwi Harya Yudistira, Isna Aprillia Chofifah, Bayu Anggita Wirabumi, Satoru Sato   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Small‐Scale Laboratory Rearing Systems for Frankliniella occidentalis (Western Flower Thrips) Using a Single Female

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reliable laboratory rearing of Frankliniella occidentalis is critical for experimental consistency in entomological research. This study validates and optimises three small‐scale rearing systems initiated from a single female thrips using various organic fruits, flowers and pollen as feed, along with moist cotton, blotting paper and ...
Pia S. Menezes, Vidya Sriraman, Divya S. Bangera, Narelle Manzie, Karl Robinson, Karishma T. Mody   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconfiguring biofortification strategies to transform food systems and address micronutrient deficiency of the 21st century

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
This review explores how to make staple foods and horticultural crops more nutritious, including how artificial intelligence‐based screening of gene banks helps deploy nutritionally rich germplasm into breeding. Genome editing can help develop crops richer in minerals, vitamins, and health‐promoting compounds, supporting healthier diets and more ...
Rhowell Jr. N. Tiozon, Alisdair R. Fernie, Nese Sreenivasulu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

EFFECT OF CONCENTRATION OF NEEM LEAVES BOTANICAL PESTICIDE ON PEST MANAGEMENT IN RED CHILI PEPPER

JIGA : Journal Innovation in Green Agriculture
Neem plants are one of the potential plants to be used as ingredients for making vegetable pesticides, both from the leaves and fruit of neem plants. This study aims to determine the effect of various concentrations of neem leaf pesticides that are most appropriate for pest management, plant growth, and yield of red chili.
null Faiz Abdi Firdaus, null Dian Astriani, null Wafit Dinarto   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Beyond safety net value(s): Tourist hotel rooms for people experiencing homelessness

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the shape of care and value through an ethnographic study of an intensive, temporary housing intervention for people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco, California, during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Building on a new anthropological theory of value, the results highlight the slipperiness between surveillance and care,
Naomi C. Schoenfeld
wiley   +1 more source

Climate-Driven Pest and Disease Dynamics in Greenhouse Vegetables: A Review

Horticulturae
Greenhouse cultivation enables year-round vegetable production and high yields through precise environmental regulation. Yet, the same stable microclimate that promotes crop growth also favors the proliferation of pests and diseases.
Dimitrios Fanourakis, Theodora Makraki, Theodora Ntanasi, Evangelos Giannothanasis, Georgios Tsaniklidis, Dimitrios I. Tsitsigiannis, Georgia Ntatsi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Civilizing the Nation: Travel, Civility and Bourgeois Nationalism in Israel

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reads The Lapid Guide to Europe, a bestselling Hebrew‐language travel guide published from the 1970s to the 1990s, as a form of bourgeois nationalism enacted through everyday practices of behaviour. Written by journalist and Holocaust survivor Tommy Lapid, the guide operated as civic pedagogy, instructing Israeli travellers in ...
Daniel Mahla
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of different pest management modules against the major sucking pests complex of chilli (Capsicum annuum)

The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2016
Three different pest management modules were tested against major sucking pests complex of chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) (thrips, yellow mites) and occurrence of Pepper leaf curl virus transmitted by whitefly [Bemisia tabaci (Gem.)] and compared with the ...
JAYDEEP HALDER, M H KODANDARAM, A B RAI, RAJESH KUMAR   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

On-Farm Evaluation of Homemade Pepper Extract in the Management of Pests of Cabbage,Brassica oleraceaeL., and French Beans,Phaseolus vulgarisL., in Two Agro-Ecological Zones in Ghana

African Entomology, 2014
Cabbage, Brassica oleraceae L., and French beans, Phaseolus vulgaris L., are important vegetables grown in Ghana. However, attack by insect pests affects their quality and marketable yield. On-farm experiment was undertaken during the major rainy season of 2012 at Afari and Kpong, in the moist Semi Deciduous Forest and Coastal Savanna agro-ecological ...
K.O. Fening, I. Adama, R.E. Tegbe
openaire   +1 more source

Climate change and crop resilience: harnessing metabolomics for predicting stress tolerance

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summarised methodology for metabolite biomarker discovery and genomic targets selection for those metabolites to predict high‐throughput phenotypic and agronomic traits of interest for direct uptake in breeding programmes. Summary Global warming is driving climate change to levels not experienced since the advent of agriculture, primarily due to ...
Agyeya Pratap, Arash Fazeli, Ali Bandehagh, Nicolas L. Taylor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source