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YOLO-PTHD: A UAV-Based Deep Learning Model for Detecting Visible Phenotypic Signs of Pine Decline Induced by the Invasive Woodwasp Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera, Siricidae)

Insects
Sirex noctilio is an invasive pest that contributes to pine tree decline, leading to visual symptoms such as needle discoloration, crown thinning, and eventual tree death.
Wenshuo Yang, Jiaqiang Zhao, Dexu Zhu, Zhengtong Wang, Min Song, Tao Chen, Te Liang, Juan Shi   +7 more
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A review of the introduced forest pests in Brazil [PDF]

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2016
: Special attention should be given to forest plantings in order to minimize the probability of exotic pest introduction and, consequently, of production losses.
Guilherme Schnell e Schühli, Susete Chiarello Penteado, Leonardo Rodrigues Barbosa, Wilson Reis Filho, Edson Tadeu Iede   +4 more
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Advancing conservation breeding programs for marine invertebrates

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the face of ecosystem change and biodiversity loss caused by climate change and other stressors, conservation breeding, or captive breeding, with the aim of reintroduction for wild population recovery, is an emerging tool for preventing species’ extinction and rehabilitating ecosystems.
Elora H. López‐Nandam, Bart Shepherd, Kylie Lev, Rebecca Albright   +3 more
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Primary Efficacy of Co-Fumigation with Methyl Bromide and Phosphine Against Tribolium castaneum and Sitophilus zeamais in Wood Pellets as a Quarantine Treatment

Insects
Pests in wood pellets are treated using methyl bromide (MB) fumigation, which has low efficacy against pests because of its high adsorption to wood pellets.
Donghun Cho, Min-Goo Park
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Epitrix papa sp. n. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), previously misidentified as Epitrix similaris, is a threat to potato production in Europe

European Journal of Entomology, 2015
A nonnative pest of potato recently established and causing significant economic damage in Portugal and Spain was initially identified as Epitrix similaris Gentner and included on lists of quarantine pests.
Marina J. ORLOVA-BIENKOWSKAJA
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The complete mitochondrial genome of an egg parasitoid (Trichogramma chilonis)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
Trichogramma chilonis Ishii is an important natural enemy of several lepidopterous pests on crops. In this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of T. chilonis (GenBank accession number MW789210).
Yanlong Liu, Baoqian Lyu, Xue Tang, Hui Lu, Jihong Tang, Rui Meng, Bo Cai   +6 more
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Landscape and Geography Determine Saproxylic Beetle Captures in Pheromone‐Baited Traps

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Pheromone‐baited traps at 39 forest sites across southern Sweden captured 58 saproxylic beetle species, including seven Red‐listed taxa. The effect of surrounding forest cover on beetle abundance may depend on latitude and longitude: positive effects were strongest in warmer southern and eastern regions but weakened or reversed in colder northwestern ...
Markus Franzén, Christoffer Fristedt, Olof Persson, Per Milberg, Victor Johansson   +4 more
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Scientific Opinion on the pest categorisation of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner)

EFSA Journal, 2014
The Panel on Plant Health undertook a pest categorisation of Helicoverpa armigera for the European Union territory. The taxonomy of H. armigera and related species worldwide is complex but, in Europe, only H. armigera is present.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH)
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A Non‐Destructive Method for Sex Identification in a Tubuliferan Thrips

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Accurate sex identification of the biological control agent Pseudophilothrips ichini Hood (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) is a useful tool for colony management and experimental applications in biological control. Destructive methods of sex identification limit specimen usage, prompting the need for a sex identification method for live thrips.
Brianna Foster, F. Allen Dray, Dale Halbritter   +2 more
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The web-based entry-exit plant quarantine information management & decision assistance system

浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版, 2003
The web-based entry-exit plant quarantine information management & decision assistance system has been developed in response to the demands raised from the fact that China joined WTO in 2002, which will bring both great opportunities and austere ...
SUN Guan-ying, CHEN Xue-xin, CHENG Jia-an   +2 more
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