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The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis

open access: yesEcology Letters, 2020
Floral plantings are promoted to foster ecological intensification of agriculture through provisioning of ecosystem services. However, a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of different floral plantings, their characteristics and consequences ...
Matthias Albrecht   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

First Report of Outbreaks of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a New Alien Invasive Pest in West and Central Africa

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
The fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda is a prime noctuid pest of maize on the American continents where it has remained confined despite occasional interceptions by European quarantine services in recent years.
Georg Goergen, P Lava Kumar, Abou Togola
exaly   +2 more sources

Climate warming promotes pesticide resistance through expanding overwintering range of a global pest

open access: yesNature Communications, 2021
Climate change has the potential to change the distribution of pests globally and their resistance to pesticides, thereby threatening global food security in the 21st century.
Chun-Sen, Wei Zhang, Fei Zhao
exaly   +2 more sources

Agro-ecological options for fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda JE Smith) management: Providing low-cost, smallholder friendly solutions to an invasive pest

open access: yesJournal of Environmental Management, 2019
Fall armyworm (FAW), a voracious agricultural pest native to North and South America, was first detected on the African continent in 2016 and has subsequently spread throughout the continent and across Asia.
Rhett D Harrison   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Plant-Derived Pesticides as an Alternative to Pest Management and Sustainable Agricultural Production: Prospects, Applications and Challenges

open access: yesMolecules, 2021
Pests and diseases are responsible for most of the losses related to agricultural crops, either in the field or in storage. Moreover, due to indiscriminate use of synthetic pesticides over the years, several issues have come along, such as pest ...
A. Souto   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The pivotal roles of gut microbiota in insect plant interactions for sustainable pest management

open access: yesnpj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2023
The gut microbiota serves as a critical “organ” in the life cycle of animals, particularly in the intricate interplay between herbivorous pests and plants.
Yuxin Zhang, Shouke Zhang, Letian Xu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The first detection of an alien, invasive bamboo aphid species of the genus Takecallis (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Poland [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Plant Protection Research, 2023
The first record of an oriental, alien aphid species belonging to the genus Takecallis, associated with the cold hardy bamboo Fargesia rufa T.P.Yi, collected in Słupsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, is provided.
Karina Wieczorek
doaj   +1 more source

Key role of environmental competence in successful use of entomopathogenic fungi in microbial pest control

open access: yesJournal of Pest Science, 2023
One of the main negative effects of climate change on biological pest control is alteration of relationships between insect pests and their natural enemies (both entomophagous and entomopathogenic).
E. Quesada-Moraga   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Maize-YOLO: A New High-Precision and Real-Time Method for Maize Pest Detection

open access: yesInsects, 2023
Simple Summary Maize is one of the world’s most important crops, and pests can seriously damage its yield and quality. Detection of maize pests is vital to ensuring the excellent productivity of maize.
Shuai Yang   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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