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Utilizing plants with enhanced resistance traits is gaining interest in plant protection. Two strategies are especially promising for increasing resistance against a forest insect pest, the pine weevil (Hylobius abietis): exogenous application of the ...
Kristina Berggren +5 more
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Influence of plant and residue age on attraction, acceptance and larval survival of the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) [PDF]
Laboratory trials were conducted in Uganda at the Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute to determine attraction, eclosion success and larval survivorship of the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) on crop residues of different ages.
Gold, C.S. +3 more
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Despite the ability of sweetpotato to grow in marginal areas, large differential genotypic responses have been reported under varying environmental conditions.
Chalwe A. +5 more
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Cypress Weevil, Eudociminus mannerheimii (Boheman) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
The cypress weevil, Eudociminus mannerheimii (Boheman), is a native insect that breeds primarily in scarred, weakened, or fallen bald cypress (Taxodium distichum [L.] L.C. Rich) and pond cypress (T. ascendens Brongn.).
Albert E. Mayfield, III
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Modeling the impact of sweetpotato weevils on storage root yield
This study estimated the amount of loss in storage roots caused by various levels of damage caused by sweetpotato weevils (Cylas spp). Seven varieties of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.
Akansake Daniel A. +2 more
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Insecticide Efficacy for Root Weevil on Strawberry, 1997 [PDF]
Abstract Treatments were replicated four times in a 2-year-old ‘Rainier’ strawberry field in La Center, WA. Plots measuring 3 rows wide and 25 ft long were arranged in a RCB design. Sprays were applied on 6 Jun with a tractor-mounted 6-tank plot sprayer with a 3-row boom using 3 D4-45 TeeJet nozzles per row at 150 psi, delivering 100 gal/
L. K. Tanigoshi, J. D. Chamberlain
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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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Root Weevil Insecticide Efficacy on Strawberry, 1996 [PDF]
Abstract Treatments were replicated 4 times in a 2-year-old ‘Totem’ strawberry field in Burlington, WA. Plots measuring 3 rows wide and 25 ft long were arranged in a RCB design. Sprays were applied on 22 Jul with a field sprayer at 100 psi delivering 83 gpa of finished spray from a hand-held boom with 3 hollow cone D4-45 TeeJet nozzles ...
L. K. Tanigoshi +2 more
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Abundance, Harmfulness, and Control of Pea Leaf Weevil in Broad Beans (Vicia faba Linn.)
A field experiment was carried out on broad beans (Vicia faba L.) to investigate the abundance of the pea leaf weevil (Sitona lineatus L.), as influenced by the timing of pest control, using insecticides.
Mohammad Almogdad, Roma Semaškienė
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This article 'Rice Root Weevil in Haryana' appeared in the International Rice Research Newsletter series, created by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). The primary objective of this publication was to expedite communication among scientists concerned with the development of improved technology for rice and for rice based cropping systems.
Kushwaha, K. S., Sharma, S. K.
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