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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Milkweed–herbivore systems are characterized by cardenolide chemical defenses and specialized herbivore adaptations such as physiological target site insensitivity.
Paola Rubiano-Buitrago +6 more
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Molecules, 2022 Cardiac glycosides are a large class of secondary metabolites found in plants. In the genus Asclepias, cardenolides in milkweed plants have an established role in plant–herbivore and predator–prey interactions, based on their ability to inhibit the ...
Paola Rubiano-Buitrago +3 more
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Targeted Mop up and Robust Response Tools Can Achieve and Maintain Possum Freedom on the Mainland
Animals, 2022 Unfenced sites on mainland New Zealand have long been considered impossible to defend from reinvasion by possums, and are thus unsuitable for eradication.
Briar Cook, Nick Mulgan
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THE IMPLEMENTATION PROSPECTS OF AMBLYSEIUS SP. AS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT [PDF]
Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2020 Amblyseius sp. was found as a natural enemy of spider mites. Amblyseius can adjust to live together with other mite predators in the development of spider mites. When conditions are favorable for the proper flow between source plants and protected plants,
Handoko, Latifah E.
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NATURAL ENEMIES ASSOCIATED WITH MEALY PLUM APHID HYALOPTERUS PRUNI (Geoff.), (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE) INFESTED APRICOT TREES, AT QALUBIA GOVERNORATE [PDF]
Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2005 The present work was carried out to study the population dynamics of the mealy plum aphid Hyalopterus pruni (Geoff.) and related parasitoids and predators on apricot trees, during the two successive seasons, 2003 and 2004, at Qalubia Gover-norate.
H Abul-Fadl +2 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 Oceanic whitetip sharks Carcharhinus longimanus are a cosmopolitan epipelagic species that was once prolific throughout the tropics and subtropics but was recently listed as Critically Endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature ...
Michelle S. Passerotti +2 more
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Ruminants, 2023 This study aimed to identify behavioral and morphological traits of Nellore cattle that can influence calves’ survival and pre-weaning performance. It was performed in two units of a large-scale cow–calf operation farm located in the Central-West region ...
Mateus José Rodrigues Paranhos da Costa +3 more
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THE POTENTIAL OF THREE LARVAL PREDATORS AGAINST FALL ARMYWORM SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA (LEPIDPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) UNDER THE LABORATORY CONDITION [PDF]
Acta Scientifica Malaysia, 2021 Most cereal crops are often damaged by lepidopterous insects. Of recent, fall armyworm, S. frugiperda (J.E. Smith) has resulted into yield and economic loss in many African and Asian countries.
Moses Otuba, Jumrae Cho
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The antipredator benefits of postural camouflage in peppered moth caterpillars
Scientific Reports, 2020 Camouflage is the most common form of antipredator defense, and is a textbook example of natural selection. How animals’ appearances prevent detection or recognition is well studied, but the role of prey behavior has received much less attention. Here we
Hannah M. Rowland +2 more
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