Impact of shocks to economies on the efficiency and robustness of the international pesticide trade networks [PDF]
Eur. Phys. J. B 96, 25 (2023), 2023 Pesticides are important agricultural inputs to increase agricultural productivity and improve food security. The availability of pesticides is partially achieved through international trade. However, economies involved in the international trade of pesticides are impacted by internal and external shocks from time to time, which influence the ...
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Evolving community structure in the international pesticide trade networks [PDF]
Heliyon 9(11), e21076 (2023), 2022 The statistical properties including community structure of the international trade networks of all commodities as a whole have been studied extensively. However, the international trade networks of individual commodities often behave differently. Due to the importance of pesticides in agricultural production and food security, we investigate the ...
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Reliable LC-MS/MS-based method for trace level determination of 50 medium to highly polar pesticide residues in sediments and ecological risk assessment [PDF]
Anal Bioanal Chem. 2019 Dec;411(30):7981-7996, 2020 The occurrence of polar pesticides in sediments has not been extensively investigated because of their relatively poor hydrophobicity and apparently less persistence in the environment. However, their continuous release into the aquatic systems calls for the evaluation of their potential accumulation in sediments and the role of this matrix as a ...
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Improved fully automated method for the determination of medium to highly polar pesticides in surface and groundwater and application in two distinct agriculture-impacted areas [PDF]
Science of The Total Environment Volume 745, 25 November 2020,
140650, 2020 Water is an essential resource for all living organisms. The continuous and increasing use of pesticides in agricultural and urban activities results in the pollution of water resources and represents an environmental risk. To control and reduce pesticide pollution, reliable multi-residue methods for the detection of these compounds in water are needed.
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Economy importance and structural robustness of the international pesticide trade networks [PDF]
Journal of Management Science and Engineering 8 (4), 512-528
(2023), 2023 Pesticides are a kind of agricultural input, whose use can greatly reduce yield loss, regulate plant growth, effectively liberate agricultural productivity, and improve food security. The availability of pesticides in economies all over the world is ensured by pesticide redistribution through international trade and economies play different roles in ...
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Dynamics of a Double-Impulsive Control Model of Integrated Pest Management Using Perturbation Methods and Floquet Theory [PDF]
Axioms 12 (2023), no. 4, Art. 391, 14 pp, 2023 We formulate an integrated pest management model to control natural pests of the crop through the periodic application of biopesticide and chemical pesticides. In a theoretical analysis of the system pest eradication, a periodic solution is found and established. All the system variables are proved to be bounded.
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Controlling crop pest with a farming awareness based integrated approach and optimal control [PDF]
Comput. Math. Methods 3 (2021), no. 6, Paper e1194, 1--24, 2021 We investigate a mathematical model in crop pest controlling, considering plant biomass, pest, and the effect of farming awareness. The pest population is divided into two compartments: susceptible pests and infected pests. We assume that the growth rate of self-aware people is proportional to the density of susceptible pests existing in the crop arena.
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Pesticide Mediated Critical Transition in Plant-Pollinator Networks [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Mutually beneficial interactions between plant and pollinators play an essential role in the biodiversity, stability of the ecosystem and crop production. Despite their immense importance, rapid decline events of pollinators are common worldwide in past decades.
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Microalgae-based bioremediation of water contaminated by pesticides in peri-urban agricultural areas [PDF]
Environmental Pollution Volume 265, Part B, October 2020, 114579, 2020 The present study evaluated the capacity of a semi-closed, tubular horizontal photobioreactor (PBR) to remove pesticides from agricultural run-off. The study was carried out in July to study its efficiency under the best conditions (highest solar irradiation).
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Mathematical modelling of adjuvant-enhanced active ingredient leaf uptake of pesticides [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 The global importance of effective and affordable pesticides to optimise crop yield and to support health of our growing population cannot be understated. But to develop new products or refine existing ones in response to climate and environmental changes is both time-intensive and expensive which is why the agrochemical industry is increasingly ...
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