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Identification and synthesis of a male-produced pheromone for the neotropical root weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus. [PDF]
J Chem Ecol, 2012 An unsaturated hydroxy-ester pheromone was isolated from the headspace and feces of male Diaprepes abbreviatus, identified, and synthesized. The pheromone, methyl (E)-3-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-methyl-2-pentenoate, was discovered by gas chromatography-coupled ...
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Citrus Pest Quick Guide: Diaprepes Root Weevil
EDIS, 2020 A one-page quick guide written by Lauren M. Diepenbrock and Jamie D. Burrow and published by the Entomology and Nematology Department presents the life cycle of the Diaprepes root weevil and provides several photos of the pest and the damage it causes ...
Lauren M Diepenbrock, Jamie D Burrow
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Above–belowground herbivore interactions in mixed plant communities are influenced by altered precipitation patterns [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016 Root- and shoot-feeding herbivores have the capacity to influence one another by modifying the chemistry of the shared host plant. This can alter rates of nutrient mineralisation and uptake by neighbouring plants and influence plant–plant competition ...
James Michael William Ryalls +3 more
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Clover root weevil tolerance of clover cultivars
Journal of New Zealand Grasslands, 2016 Clover root weevil arrived in New Zealand about 20 years ago causing major loss of productivity as it progressively spread across the whole country. It is now largely controlled by an introduced parasitic wasp biocontrol agent Microctonus aethiopoides ...
C. Ferguson, B. Philip
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Root Weevil Management: Above and Below Ground
EDIS, 2018 Root weevils are a major pest group for many kinds of plants, with at least nine species that colonize citrus. Species commonly infesting citrus include Diaprepes root weevil (Diaprepes abbreviates), blue-green citrus root weevils (Pachnaeus litus and ...
Jawwad A. Qureshi, Larry W. Duncan
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Furadan controls root weevil on strawberries
California Agriculture, 1978 When applied as a bed sprag to weevil-infested strawberry plants after fall and winter picking, Furadan greatlg reduced populations of woods and cribrate weevils.
N McCalley, N Welch
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Entomopathogenic Nematodes: Root Weevil Management Tool
EDIS, 2017 Citrus growers are recognized as early adopters of practices that enhance the biological control of arthropod pests. For more than a century, tactics such as the exploration and importation of predators and parasitoids or the reduced use of insecticides
Larry Duncan
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Root Weevil Control 1996 [PDF]
Arthropod Management Tests, 1997 Abstract Two-year-old rhododendrons were planted in 6 inch black plastic containers with equal parts sphagnum peat and pumice and treated weekly with 20-20-20 fertilizer. Each container was placed in a 13 inch diameter plastic saucer whose inner 1.5 inch high walls were coated with Fluon to sequester the 10 BVW adults placed on each ...
L. K. Tanigoshi, J. D. Chamberlin
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Genome announcement of Steinernema khuongi and its associated symbiont from Florida
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2021 Citrus root weevil (Diaprepes abbreviatesSteinernemaS. diaparepesiS. khuongiS. diaprepesiS. khuongiS. khuongiS. khuongiXenorhabdusS.
Anil Baniya, Peter DiGennaro
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From flower buds to bolls: how cotton reproductive structures shape boll weevil development, reproduction and survival. [PDF]
Pest Manag SciFemale boll weevils feeding on flower buds promote reproduction regardless of their immature diet, whereas boll feeding increases lipid reserves and lifespan, revealing a nutrition‐driven trade‐off that sustains survival and reproduction in tropical boll weevil populations.
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