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Reducing Pest Risk in Birch Wood Products—The Effective Heat Treatment for Bronze Birch Borer Agrilus anxius (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Prepupae

open access: yesJournal of Applied Entomology, Volume 149, Issue 3, Page 430-441, April 2025.
ABSTRACT The protection of forest resources and the safe trade of forest products require phytosanitary measures to reduce the risk of pest movement to novel environments. Heat treatment is a widely available, efficient and effective method to produce phytosanitary wood products destined for trade.
Meghan K. Noseworthy   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterising Hot Spots of Mediterranean Fruit Fly Infestation in Apple Orchards: Implications for Pest Monitoring and Management

open access: yesJournal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly, Ceratitis capitata [Wiedemann]) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a significant pest causing sizeable economic burden and fruit damage to crops worldwide, especially in the Mediterranean area. In deciduous orchards, monitoring the population of Mediterranean flies is an intensive and expensive process.
A. J. Hill   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Plant Volatile Scents in Sustainable IPM Approaches for Fall Armyworm Control

open access: yesJournal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the invasion of the fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) into new regions, studies have oriented toward low‐cost management tools and methods. This study assessed the effects of volatile scents that are naturally emitted by essential oil (EO) plants on the severity of FAW and populations of its natural ...
Djima Koffi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unexpected trophic diversity in the endemic fish Orestias chungarensis in a high‐altitude freshwater ecosystem, Lake Chungará (4520 m), northern Chile

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Orestias chungarensis Vila & Pinto, 1986 is a small‐bodied (max fork length = 120 mm) cyprinodontiform fish with a very restricted global distribution. The species is limited to a single, small (283 km2), high‐altitude (4520 m) catchment located in the Altiplano of northern Chile. Until the late 20th century, O.
Karina González   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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