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Do wildflower strips enhance pest control in organic cabbage? [PDF]
, 2009 Within this project we assess whether wildflower strips and companion plants increase the control of cabbage pests Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), Mamestra brassicae L. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Pieris rapae L.
Leimgruber, A. +8 more
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Spatial variability in ecosystem services: simple rules for predator-mediated pest suppression [PDF]
, 2010 Agricultural pest control often relies on the ecosystem services provided by the predators of pests. Appropriate landscape and habitat management for pest control services requires an understanding of insect dispersal abilities and the spatial ...
Bianchi, F. J. J. A. +3 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study identifies the mitochondrial protein RTA9, a member of the Domain of Unknown Function 641 family, together with its partner S40, as key regulators of aphid resistance in maize. RTA9 promotes S40 degradation and modulates reactive oxygen species accumulation.
Chuanhong Wang +12 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Norepinephrine/α2B‐adrenoceptor axis promotes the secretion of Notch2 intracellular domain (N2ICD)‐enriched extracellular vesicles (EVs) from macrophages. These EVs deliver N2ICD into fibroblasts, thereby inducing their activation. Deletion of Notch2 or α2B‐AR in macrophages disrupts N2ICD‐enriched EV formation and alleviates kidney fibrosis in mice ...
Huiwen Ren +14 more
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Studies on exploiting semiochemicals for pest management in organic farming systems OF0188 [PDF]
, 2000 This study addresses the extent to which pest management systems can exploit semiochemicals (defined below) in ways acceptable to organic farming, and determines where the science base needs to be expanded to accommodate specific problems arising in an ...
Pickett, JA +4 more
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Modeling Control of Invasive Fire Ants by Gene Drive
Advanced Science, EarlyView.The fire ant Solenopsis invicta is characterized by exceptional invasive capabilities, rendering conventional control ineffective. Here, we explore the use of homing suppression gene drive in fire ants by developing a spatially explicit model. Overall, these results show that target population suppression requires an extended time scale, but that gene ...
Yiran Liu +3 more
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Mass irradiation of adult Aedes mosquitoes using a coolable 3D printed canister
Scientific ReportsIn the last decade, the use of the sterile insect technique (SIT) to suppress mosquito vectors have rapidly expanded in many countries facing the complexities of scaling up production and procedures to sustain large-scale operational programs. While many
F. Balestrino +9 more
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Pest management and food production: looking to the future [PDF]
In their comprehensive paper, Montague Yudelman, Annu Ratta, and David Nygaard examine the key issues with regard to pest management and food production over the coming decades. They draw attention to the lack of adequate information on the magnitude and
Nygaard, David +2 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Electron‐beam excited conductive atomic force microscopy is demonstrated. Here, a low‐energy e‐beam impinging on the sample surface can be used to perform C‐AFM in a new configuration that enables comparable results to classic C‐AFM sensitivity, while unlocking applications previously not possible in terms of large‐area analysis and wafer‐scale ...
Md Ashiqur Rahman Laskar +14 more
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