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CHIMIA, 2016 During our continuous search for new resistance-breaking insecticides applicable to malaria vector control, a new class of ?,?-unsaturated imines was identified by applying the principle of conformational rigidification as a powerful tool for ...
Alexander Arlt +5 more
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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PEST RESISTANCE: AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF REFUGES [PDF]
Transgenic crops offer farmers a new and effective pest control option. However, the wide spread adoption of these crops could lead to a resistant pest population. This paper demonstrates how a pest refuge can be used to maximise the value of farm income
Hellmich, Richard L. +2 more
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Integrated pest management: from monitoring to control [PDF]
, 2022 The purposes of pest monitoring are (1) quality control of a pest management programme and (2) communication of pest occurrence information to different user groups.
Henderson, Jane, Baars, Christian
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Pesticide Science, 1978 AbstractCoffee pests have been estimated to cause losses of about 13% of the world yield but are most serious in Africa, particularly where Arabica coffee is grown. Coffee pests are normally indigenous and except for the berry borer beetle (Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari) there has been little movement between the main production areas.
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Weather Forecast Based Conditional Pest Management: A Stochastic Optimal Control Investigation [PDF]
In this paper, we examine conditional, forecast-based dynamic pest management in agricultural crop production given stochastic pest infestations and stochastic climate dynamics throughout the growing season.
Elbakidze, Levan, Lu, Liang
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Frontiers in Forests and Global ChangeIntroductionPine wilt disease (PWD), caused by Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, has led to widespread logging interventions in subtropical China, especially clearcutting, yet the ecological consequences for insect communities remain poorly understood. Insects
Yiming Wang +5 more
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PREDATOR-PREY SYSTEMS IN PEST MANAGEMENT [PDF]
The use of chemical pesticides frequently causes minor pests to become serious problems by disturbing the natural controls that keep them in check. As a result, it is possible to suffer heavier crop losses after pesticides are introduced than before ...
Harper, Carolyn R.
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The Bioeconomics of Controlling an African Rodent Pest Species [PDF]
The paper treats the economy of controlling an African pest rodent, the multimammate rat, causing major damage in maize production. An ecological population model is presented and used as a basis for the economic analyses carried out at the village level
Nils Chr. Stenseth +4 more
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InsectsSirex noctilio, a European woodwasp, occasionally shares resources with the native S. nitobei and other colonizers in northeast China. The impact of its coexistence on individual species remains unclear.
Ming Wang +4 more
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Should Grain Elevator Managers Adopt Integrated Pest Management? [PDF]
Insect infestation during storage and processing causes millions of dollars of wheat damage annually in the United States. Insect infestation reduces wheat storing processing profit as well as consumer confidence in wheat food products.
Adam, Brian D. +3 more
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