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Control of Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in apple orchards using the mating disruption technique [PDF]
PeerJThe codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is a major, economically important pest of apple orchards in Türkiye. This study was conducted with the objective of evaluating the efficacy of the mating disruption technique in ...
Alperen Kutalmış, Ekrem Ögür
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Research on a machine vision-based electro-killing pheromone-baited intelligent agricultural pest monitoring method [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceThe annual global economic losses from pest-induced crop damage are substantial and difficult to quantify. Real-time monitoring of pest dynamics and timely control strategies are crucial for food security.
Guozhi Li +7 more
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Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences, 2023 Tuta absoluta is an invasive, oligophagous pest that has been recently reported from Pakistan. Although originated from South America, it has now introduced and spread in almost all the tomato growing areas of the globe including Pakistan.
Ghulam Qader Mangrio +4 more
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Nematode-Trapping Fungi Eavesdrop on Nematode Pheromones [PDF]
Current Biology, 2013 The recognition of molecular patterns associated with specific pathogens or food sources is fundamental to ecology and plays a major role in the evolution of predator-prey relationships. Recent studies showed that nematodes produce an evolutionarily highly conserved family of small molecules, the ascarosides, which serve essential functions in ...
Hsueh, Yen-Ping +3 more
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Insects, 2021 Eradication programs for the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), rely almost exclusively on pheromone traps to indicate the need for insecticide applications.
Lindsey C. Perkin +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 The use of pheromone traps can minimize the excess application of synthetic insecticides, while can also benefit the environment. The use of pheromone traps has been promoted and suggested to vegetable farmers of Bangladesh for widespread adoption ...
Muhammad Humayun Kabir +4 more
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AgriEngineering, 2022 Attractants used with sticky traps for monitoring navel orangeworm include artificial pheromone lures, ovipositional bait (ovibait) bags, and phenyl propionate; however, the sticky traps have the limitations of potentially becoming ineffective because of
Charles S. Burks
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Optimal pheromone trap density for mass trapping cacao mirids [PDF]
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 2018 AbstractSahlbergella singularis Haglund and Distantiella theobroma (Distant) (Heteroptera: Miridae) are the key insect pests of cacao in Ghana and elsewhere in West Africa. Since 1954, spraying with synthetic insecticides has been the principal means of controlling these pests.
Sarfo, Joseph E. +2 more
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Agronomy, 2021 The effects of funnel-trap color, trap height and pheromone formulation on the adult captures of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) were evaluated in traps that were suspended in cotton fields in central Greece ...
Alkiviadis Karakasis +3 more
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Florida Entomologist, 2022 The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), has now become a pest of global concern. Originally known to be endemic to the Western Hemisphere, its first detection in Africa was followed by spectacular outbreaks and spread to almost all sub-Saharan countries. The rapid incursion of S. frugiperda on maize (Zea mays L.;
Tepa-Yotto, G. +6 more
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