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Live Branches on Pine Stumps Deter Pales Weevil Breeding in Michigan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) [PDF]
Eastern white pine and Scotch pine stumps with living branches were unattractive to pales weevil for breeding. When feasible, leaving a few lower branches on Christmas tree stumps during harvest should prevent weevil ...
Corneil, Jeffrey A, Wilson, Louis F
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Development, Survival and Phenology of the Sweetclover Weevil Parasitoid, \u3ci\u3ePygostolus Falcatus\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) [PDF]
Biennial sweetclovers were widely used for soil improvement and as for- ages in the first half of the 1900s. The introduction of the sweetclover weevil, Sitona cylindricollis, caused a drastic decline in sweetclover acreage.
Milbrath, Lindsey R, Weiss, Michael J
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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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Comparing Exogenous Methods to Induce Plant-Resistance Against a Bark-Feeding Insect
Exogenous application of the plant hormone methyl jasmonate (MeJA) can trigger induced plant defenses against herbivores, and has been shown to provide protection against insect herbivory in conifer seedlings.
Yayuan Chen +5 more
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PP262, a 2-page illustrated identification sheet by Megan Dewdney and Jamie D. Yates, can be used to identify four Phytophthora-related diseases of citrus–phytophthora foot rot, brown rot, phytopththora root rot, and diaprepes root weevil.
Megan M. Dewdney, Jamie D. Yates
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Clover Root Curculio Injury and Abundance in Minnesota Alfalfa of Different Stand Age [PDF]
Root injury and midsummer adult abundance of clover root curculio (CRC), Sitona hispidulus (Fabricius), was surveyed in 24 different aged southeastern Minnesota alfalfa fields. CRC presence was not detected in first year fields 2-3 months following stand
Cranshaw, Whitney S
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Early evolutionary history of the seed
ABSTRACT The seed is an essential stage in the life history of gymnospermous and angiospermous plants, facilitating both their survival and dispersal. We reappraise knowledge of the evolutionary history of the gymnospermous seed, from its origin in the late Devonian through to the well‐known end‐Permian extinctions – an interval encompassing the ...
Richard M. Bateman +2 more
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Interactions between above- and belowground herbivores have been prominent in the field of aboveground-belowground ecology from the outset, although little is known about how climate change affects these organisms when they share the same plant ...
James Michael William Ryalls +4 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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ABSTRACT Background Sitophilus zeamais (Mostschulsky), the maize weevil, and Prostephanus truncatus (Horn), the larger grain borer, are two notorious insect pests of farm‐stored products in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). The goal of this study was to determine whether there were interactions between P. truncatus and S. zeamais during storage.
Rashid Suleiman, Kurt A. Rosentrater
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