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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This review explores functional and responsive materials for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) in sustainable smart agriculture. It examines how particulate contamination and dirt affect charge transfer and efficiency. Environmental challenges and strategies to enhance durability and responsiveness are outlined, including active functional layers ...
Rafael R. A. Silva +9 more
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Cocoa Yield Development of Different Sites, Varieties, Production Systems and Years, in Alto Beni, Bolivia [PDF]
, 2013 One of the most essential limiting factors of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) productivity worldwide is pests and diseases. Each of the major production regions has its specific pests and diseases. Reported yield losses range from minor to almost 100 per cent.
Alcon, Freddy +5 more
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Diurnal Sampling of the Insect Complex of Alfalfa [PDF]
, 2017 The appearance of the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica (Gyllenhal), in Michigan in 1966 (Dowdy 1966) necessitated intensive testing of methods for its control.
Ruppel, Robert F
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Proteins, Processing, and Properties of Adhesive Fluid Condensates Purified from Mussels
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Mussels exhibit an unmatched proficiency for adhering to wet surfaces in salty environments—a remarkable ability that could inspire new biomedical and technical glues. The fluid protein condensates used to form the underwater mussel glue are extracted, reconstituted and characterized with advanced spectroscopy and nanomechanical analysis, revealing ...
Mathieu D. Rivard +8 more
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Differences in flight activity of pests on winter and spring oilseed rape
Plant Protection Science, 2002 For 6 years the flight activity of pests on winter and spring oilseed rape was studied from spring till harvest, using yellow traps. In all years the flight intensity was higher in winter rape than in spring rape.
Josef Šedivý, Jan Vašák
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.An optimized carbon host nanostructure enables a dual‐interface‐dominant architecture in sulfur cathodes of solid‐state Li‐S batteries by selectively forming sulfur|carbon and sulfur|solid electrolyte interfaces. This tailored interfacial configuration accelerates sulfur redox kinetics by establishing enriched Li+/e– transport networks, while ...
Zhao Yang +13 more
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Annals of Tropical Research, 1994 The development of arthropod communities on three low input, shifting cultivation sweetpotato fields located in very distinct environments was monitored.
Robert Spatz, Werner Koch
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Plant Protection Science, 2015 Field validation of spot-fumigation with phosphine (PH3) applied by a subcontracted pest-control company in a farm grain store infested by pests was conducted.
Radek AULICKY, Vaclav STEJSKAL
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Psyllid species (Cacopsylla spp.) in pear orchards of East Sarajevo [PDF]
Agroznanje, 2016 Psyllid species (Cacopsylla spp.) are the most important pests on pear in all regions where this fruit species is grown. Cacopsylla spp. cause direct and indirect damages because they suck the sap and make large amounts of honeydew, which disturbs the ...
Tešanović Dejana +2 more
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Development of plant epidemiological surveillance networks, data exchanges and joint response strategies in the Caribbean: the french experience [PDF]
, 2009 Plant pests and pathogens have the potential to emerge and spread rapidly, cause severe losses and threaten food security worldwide. Such a threat is increased by the rise of commercial exchanges of germplasm and fresh produce and by global warming. This
Abadie, Catherine +2 more
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