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Devouring the Invaders: The Racial‐Ecological Politics of the Chinese Crayfish Trade in Kenya

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 183-194, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines entanglements of ecology, race, and foodways at Lake Naivasha in Kenya. Nonnative Louisiana red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), first introduced to Kenya in the 1960s, were once viewed as invasive but are now sought after as a delicacy among Kenya's Chinese community.
Amanda Kaminsky
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Rice Water Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Population Dynamics in Louisiana

, 2004
The rice water weevil, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel, has long been an important pest of rice in the U.S. and has recently emerged as a pest of rice in Asia.
Michael J. Stout, Cheng, Jiaan, Zhang, Zhitao, Zhitao Zhang, Hanwu Shang, Stout, Michael J., Jiaan Cheng, Shang, Hanwu   +7 more
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Insecticidal Effects of Peppermint and Black Pepper Essential Oils against Rice Weevil, Sitophilus oryzae L. and Rice Moth, Corcyra cephalonica (St.)

Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2012
Background: The rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae and rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica are major and cosmopolitan insect. Adults of S. oryzae (male and female) and both larvae are insatiable feeders on a great variety of grains.
M Khani, R Muhamad Awang, D Omar
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Activity of two deltamethrin formulations on different surfaces against rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (L.)

Julius-Kühn-Archiv, 2018
Several methods are used to control stored product insects. The spraying of empty structures with insecticides, prior to the introduction of produce, is an important method for preventing development of insects.
Quinn, Elazar, Trostanetsky, Anatoly, Nega, Mula, Hefetz, Rafi, Kostyukovsky, Moshe   +4 more
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Loss‐of‐Function Mutation in CER2‐LIKE1 Reduced Accumulation of Cuticular Wax and Susceptibility to Thrips in Welsh Onion

Plant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 871-883, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Cuticular waxes can form a hydrophobic barrier on aerial plant surfaces, which is essential for mediating plant‐environment interactions by providing protection against both biotic and abiotic stresses. In this study, a cuticular wax mutant (gl) was identified and characterised in Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum L.), exhibiting a functional ...
Jiayi Xing, Huanhuan Xu, Mifeng Bai, Yundan Cong, Huiying Liu, Yongqin Wang   +5 more
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Olfactometer-measured responses of Listronotus bonariensis (Kuschel) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to feeding-induced grass volatiles and conspecific frass as influenced by the weevil’s seasonality

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
This contribution aimed to uncover the unique host plant-finding and spatial ecology of reproductive and diapausing Argentine stem weevil, Listronotus bonariensis, and its adaptive implications in Aotearoa-New Zealand pasture.
Jessica Vereijssen, Rob van Tol, Michael Rostás, Chikako van Koten, Stephen Goldson   +4 more
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Control of Rice Weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (L.), in Stored Wheat Grains with Mesquite Plant, Prosopis juliflora (SW), D.C. Seed Extracts

Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 2004
The effectiveness of mesquite plant, Prosopis juliflora (SW) D.C. (Family: Mimosaceae), seed extracts against rice weevil. Sitophilus oryzae (L), reared on wheat grains was investigated in the laboratory. The tested plant extracts of P.
N.H. AI-Moajel
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Evaluation of neonicotinoids as pyrethroid alternatives for rice water weevil management in water-seeded rice

, 2014
The rice water weevil (RWW), Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (Kuschel) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is the most destructive insect pest of rice in the United States.
Lanka, Srinivas K., Stout, Michael J., Ottea, James A.   +2 more
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Variation in Susceptibility of Rice Lines to Infestation by the Rice Water Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

, 2020
The rice water weevil, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel, is an important insect pest of rice in the United States and Asia. Current management programs for this pest rely heavily on insecticides.
M Rita Riggio, Michael J Stout
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First report of the exotic weevil Stenopelmus rufinasus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) occurrence in Iran

Journal of Crop Protection, 2018
The water fern weevil, Stenopelmus rufinasus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is considered as the most important biological control agent of Azolla spp. in the world. Azolla spp. was introduced in Iran in 1986.
Atousa Farahpour-Haghani, Ivo Tosiveski, Bijan Yaghoubi, Mahdi Jalaeian, Farzin Pouramir   +4 more
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