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Noncrop flowering plants restore top-down herbivore control in agricultural fields [PDF]
, 2013 Herbivore populations are regulated by bottom-up control through food availability and quality and by top-down control through natural enemies. Intensive agricultural monocultures provide abundant food to specialized herbivores and at the same time ...
Pfiffner, Lukas +13 more
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Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria, 2017 Neoleucinodes elegantalis Guenée (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) represents the most damaging pest of the Solanaceae family. Current studies have demonstrated that the species has differentiated into four races according to variations in female genitalia, wing
Ana Elizabeth Díaz-Montilla +4 more
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, mainly secretes 4‐oxo‐(E)‐2‐hexenal, (E)‐2‐decenal, dodecane and tridecane, a mixture representative of that released by many heteropterans. We demonstrated that H. halys can synthesise these secretory components de novo using dietary glucose.
Haruna Fujimori, Koji Noge
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Antimetabolic effects of plant proteins on homopteran insect pests [PDF]
, 1993 Homopteran insect pests can cause severe economical damage to crop plants by both direct physical means and as vectors of plant viral diseases. They are notoriously difficult insects to control by conventional methods, primarily due to their ability to ...
Powell, K.S, Powell, Kevin Steven
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Research is strongest when conducted alongside patients, not just about them. Patient research organizations help integrate patient perspectives into research priorities, study design, and scientific meetings, leading to meaningful patient outcomes and development of relevant therapies.
Jenica H. Kakadia +9 more
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The effect of within-crop habitat manipulations on the conservation biological control of aphids in field-grown lettuce [PDF]
, 2011 Within-crop habitat manipulations have the potential to increase the biological control of pests in horticultural field crops. Wildflower strips have been shown to increase the abundance of natural enemies, but there is little evidence to date of an ...
Skirvin, David J. +9 more
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Pesticide use in periurban areas [PDF]
, 2012 Public concern about pesticide use is very high, although it varies with social, ethical and political factors. In periurban regions, farmers live close to people with other occupations.
Ahmed, Nur
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Plant Pests and their Control [PDF]
Nature, 1921 THE “Report on the Occurrence of Insect and Fungus Pests on Plants in England and Wales for the Year 1919,”14 which has just been issued by the Intelligence Department—Plant Pests Branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, marks a very definite step in the recognition in this country j of the danger to our food crops from diseases caused by ...
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Over the past 50 years, the science of pediatric rheumatology has grown exponentially due to an expansion in the understanding of complex rheumatic conditions and a surge in novel targeted therapeutics. Physician‐scientists in the field of pediatric rheumatology have played major roles in these advancements that have improved the care of children ...
Ekemini A. Ogbu +2 more
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Advances in Agriculture, 2022 Insect pests cause serious damage through feeding in the process and may also transmit plant diseases. Although most resource-poor farmers rely on the use of synthetic insecticides for controlling insect pests, it is generally considered too expensive ...
C. D. Kayange +6 more
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