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Ecology 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 ...
M. Albrecht +43 more
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Type of pests in agrobiocenosis of rice and pest control [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 In the article, 10 species of pests that damage rice plants during the season in the rice agrobiocenosis were identified. Leptestheria dahalacensis Sars, Apus concriformis Sh., Corn stalk Ostrinia nubilalis Hb, and Cephus pygmaeus have been reported to cause damage to rice grasses.A growth calendar has been developed.
N Otamirzayev, R Ibodullayeva
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Insects, 2022 Cerambycid beetles (Cerambycidae) are major forest pests, posing a serious threat to the security of forest resources worldwide. Extensive research has focused on the control of cerambycid beetles from physiological and biochemical perspectives.
Yiming Niu +7 more
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mSphere, 2020 Amylostereum areolatum is the symbiotic fungus of the Eurasian woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, a globally invasive species. The mutualistic symbiont is associated with the woodwasp, assisting the damage process and providing nutrition for its insect partners ...
Ningning Fu +4 more
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Proteo-Transcriptomic Characterization of Sirex nitobei (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) Venom
Toxins, 2021 The wood-boring woodwasp Sirex nitobei is a native pest in Asia, infecting and weakening the host trees in numerous ecological and commercial coniferous forest plantations. In China, hosts of S.
Chenglong Gao +11 more
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BMC Plant Biology, 2019 Background The Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor), belonging to the gall midge family (Cecidomyiidae), is a devastating pest of wheat (Triticum aestivum) causing significant yield losses.
Jill A. Nemacheck +3 more
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Improving RNAi efficiency for pest control in crop species
BioTechniques, 2020 The application of RNAi promotes the development of novel approaches toward plant protection in a sustainable way. Genetically modified crops expressing dsRNA have been developed as commercial products with great potential in insect pest management ...
Shuo Yan, Binyuan Ren, Bo Zeng, Jie Shen
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Remote Sensing, 2022 The red turpentine beetle (Dendroctonus valens LeConte) has caused severe ecological and economic losses since its invasion into China. It gradually spreads northeast, resulting in many Chinese pine (Pinus tabuliformis Carr.) deaths. Early detection of D.
Bingtao Gao +4 more
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Optimal pest control in agriculture [PDF]
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2005 Abstract Based on economic methodology we model an ecosystem with two species in predator–prey relationship: mice feed on grain and grain feeds on a resource. With optimizing behavior of individual organisms a short-run ecosystem equilibrium is defined and characterized that depends on the farmer's use of fertilizer and pesticide and on the mice ...
Thomas Christiaans +2 more
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BMC Microbiology, 2019 Background Metarhizium robertsii, a widely distributed insect pathogen, is presently used as a natural alternative to chemical insecticides. Unfortunately, its worldwide commercial use has been restricted by a short shelf life and inconsistencies in ...
Tian Xie +6 more
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