Pest Management Science, EarlyView.Silicon (Si) fertilization enhances the attractiveness of plant volatiles emitted by fall armyworm‐infested maize plant to the predatory earwig Doru luteipes by triggering the emission of the terpene neryl acetate. Abstract BACKGROUND Silicon (Si) fertilization has been well‐documented to enhance plant resistance against insect pests by increasing the ...
Patrícia Pereira +9 more
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FlowerPatch: New Method to Measure Nectar Volume in Artificial Flowers. [PDF]
InsectsLara-Perez E +4 more
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Proteolytic stabilization of a spider venom peptide results in an orally active bioinsecticide
Pest Management Science, EarlyView.Selective editing out of an insect gut protease cleavage site renders a spider‐derived insecticidal peptide active by ingestion by insect pests. Abstract BACKGROUND The toxin peptide U1‐AGTX‐Ta1b from the Hobo spider, Eratigena agrestis (Walckenaer, 1802), was studied to determine its potential to serve as a bioinsecticide.
Breck R. Davis +12 more
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Understanding interactive effects between habitat configuration and pesticide use for pollination: towards better informed landscape management. [PDF]
Ecol ProcessGebhardt S +4 more
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River Research and Applications, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Riparian ecosystems harbor diverse biota and provide numerous services to rivers including mitigating sediment run‐off, regulating temperature, and contributing food‐web subsidies. Dams are a major threat to riparian communities, but dam removal and riparian restoration efforts have the potential to restore these communities and the services ...
Sara N. Diller, Tiffany A. Schriever
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Plant-pollinator interactions along the altitudinal gradient in Berberis lycium royle: An endangered medicinal plant of the Himalayan region. [PDF]
PLoS OneAnjum N +6 more
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Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.Hedgerows are a diverse habitat and act as wildlife corridors for traversing the agricultural landscape, however they can become fragmented due to poor management, reducing their ecological connectivity. Here we present a novel deep learning framework to quantify hedgerows and hedgerow gaps across the East Riding of Yorkshire in the UK that has high ...
J. M. Wolstenholme +5 more
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Evidence of widespread pollen limitation in diverse specialty crops on commercial farms. [PDF]
R Soc Open SciStroh E +3 more
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Towards edge processing of images from insect camera traps
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.The advancement of light traps with camera‐based monitoring systems for nocturnal insects necessitates effective and flexible pipelines for analysing recorded images. In this paper, we present a flexible and fast processing pipeline designed to analyse these recordings by detecting, tracking and classifying insects in a broad taxonomy of 15 classes and
Kim Bjerge +2 more
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Novel brood-site pollination mutualism between sympetalous <i>Heterosmilax</i> (Smilacaceae, Liliales) and a cecidomyiid gall midge (Cecidomyiidae, Diptera) breeding in fallen male flowers. [PDF]
ZookeysKato M, Kawakita A.
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