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Brevibacillus laterosporus, a Pathogen of Invertebrates and a Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Species

Insects, 2013
Brevibacillus laterosporus, a bacterium characterized by the production of a unique canoe-shaped lamellar body attached to one side of the spore, is a natural inhabitant of water, soil and insects.
Luca Ruiu
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An AIoT Based Smart Agricultural System for Pests Detection

IEEE Access, 2020
In this study, artificial intelligence and image recognition technologies are combined with environmental sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT) for pest identification.
Ching-Ju Chen, Ya-Yu Huang, Yuan-Shuo Li, Chuan-Yu Chang, Yueh-Min Huang   +4 more
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Nutrient content restructuring and CT-measured density, volume attritions on damaged bean caused by Acanthoscelides obtectus Say (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Journal of Plant Protection Research, 2018
Leguminous plant products have great nutritional and economic importance in the European Union, which is reflected by its protein policy. These harvested yields are risked by stored product pests, such as Acanthoscelides obtectus Say, which can cause ...
Sándor Keszthelyi, Helga Bosnyákné Egri, Dávid Horváth, Ádám Csóka, György Kovács, Tamás Donkó   +5 more
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North American Specialty Cut Flower Production and Postharvest Survey

HortTechnology, 2019
In the United States and Canada, there has been an increase in the demand for local specialty cut flowers and a corresponding increase in production. To assess the needs of the industry, we electronically surveyed 1098 cut flower producers and handlers ...
Cristian E. Loyola, John M. Dole, Rebecca Dunning   +2 more
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A case study – The Occurrence of pests in stands of newly introduced energy crops in large-scale Pilot experiments in conditions of Central Europe

Agriculture, 2023
The objective of this paper is to document the occurrence of pests recorded in a large-scale pilot field experiment, where a unique set of newly-introduced herbaceous energy crops was tested under conditions of eastern Slovakia.
Tóth Štefan, Tancik Ján, Šoltysová Božena, Porvaz Pavol   +3 more
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A Global Survey on Diseases and Pests in Oilseed Rape—Current Challenges and Innovative Strategies of Control

Frontiers in Agronomy, 2020
The introduction of high-yielding and hybrid cultivars and the opening of new markets in the food and feed sector have steadily increased rapeseed production since the 1980s in the main production regions, Canada, Europe, China, India, and Australia ...
Xiaorong Zheng, B. Koopmann, B. Ulber, A. von Tiedemann   +3 more
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Urban Pests and Pest Management

EDIS, 2015
The warm southern states provide an ideal environment for a wide variety of pests — and because almost everyone has problems with pests, most urban areas are sprayed with pesticides. 30 to 40 percent of pesticide use is in urban areas, but most pesticide applications are unnecessary and can result in environmental contamination and human exposure to ...
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Selected monocots and eudicots as alternative host plants for promoting arthropod populations in paddy cultivation area

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research
Aim of study: To investigate the relationship between selected alternative host plant species and the abundance of arthropods throughout the growth of rice plants. Area of study: Southwest of Malaysia (Melaka).
Fairuz Khalid, Che Nor F. Che-Ismail, Abd-Ghani Idris, Ismail Rakibe, Muhamad Azmi Mohammed, Salmah Yaakop   +5 more
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Bactérias endofíticas como agentes de controle biológico na orizicultura

Arquivos do Instituto Biológico, 2016
RESUMO Esta publicação apresenta alguns dados sobre as interações entre as bactérias e as plantas hospedeiras, considerando os simbiontes e os patógenos das plantas de importância agrícola, com ênfase nos agroecossistemas de arroz irrigado.
Taís Vargas Garcia, Neiva Knaak, Lidia Mariana Fiuza   +2 more
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Biological control needs evolutionary perspectives of ecological interactions

Evolutionary Applications, 2022
While ecological interactions have been identified as determinant for biological control efficiency, the role of evolution remains largely underestimated in biological control programs.
Arnaud Sentis, Jean‐Louis Hemptinne, Alexandra Magro, Yannick Outreman   +3 more
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