Pittosporum pit scale, Planchonia Arabidis (Hemiptera: Asterolecaniidae) and its leaf galls induced on Pittosporum Tobira in Southern Italy [PDF]
, 2013 The morphology of the adult female pittosporum pit scale, Planchonia arabidis, a commonly encountered sap-feeding insect in Europe, is described and illustrated, based on material collected from southern Italy on Pittosporum tobira.
Malumphy, Chris +2 more
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Pollination services in the UK: how important are honeybees? [PDF]
, 2011 Pollination services are known to provide substantial benefits to human populations and agriculture in particular. Although many species are known to provide pollination services, honeybees (Apis mellifera) are often assumed to provide the majority of ...
Bailey, Alison P. +3 more
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POTENTIAL ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI TO CONTROL SCALE INSECT PEST ON CITRUS TANGERINE (CITRUS SUHUIENSIS TAN.) [PDF]
Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2017 Achiving of food self-sufficiency can be done by using of local potential that is by agribusiness in Indonesia. One potential locally owned citrus agribusiness was the use of entomopathogenic fungi to improve the productivity of citrus.
Triwiratno A. +2 more
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Innovating out of the Fishmeal Trap: The role of Insect-Based Fish Feed in Consumers’ Preferences for Fish Attributes [PDF]
, 2018 The purpose of the study was to examine the potential market impacts of the use of insect-based protein for fish feed as an innovative approach out of the fish-meal trap.
Ankamah-Yeboah, Isaac +2 more
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Occurrence of Pinnaspis strachani (Cooley, 1899) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack (Rutaceae) in the Midwest of Brazil, with a taxonomic key to common Pinnaspis species [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of BiologyPinnaspis strachani (Cooley, 1899) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) is a polyphagous scale insect that has a wide range of hosts worldwide, with records of occurrence in more than 79 families and 265 plant genera. In Brazil, P.
M. T. Castro +2 more
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Effects of large herbivores on grassland arthropod diversity [PDF]
, 2015 Both arthropods and large grazing herbivores are important components and drivers of biodiversity in grassland ecosystems, but a synthesis of how arthropod diversity is affected by large herbivores has been largely missing. To fill this gap, we conducted
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The restoration of ecological interactions: plant-pollinator networks on ancient and restored heathlands [PDF]
, 2008 1. Attempts to restore damaged ecosystems usually emphasize structural aspects of biodiversity, such as species richness and abundance. An alternative is to emphasize functional aspects, such as patterns of interaction between species.
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A list of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) intercepted in quarantine on imported succulent plants in Korea 2006-2010 [PDF]
, 2012 A list of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) intercepted on imported succulent plants at the plant quarantine of Korea from 2006 to 2010 is provided. A total of 15 species belonging to four families are listed.
Ji, Jungyoun, Suh, Soo-Jung
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G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2016 Dactylopius species, known as cochineal insects, are the source of the carminic acid dye used worldwide. The presence of two Wolbachia strains in Dactylopius coccus from Mexico was revealed by PCR amplification of wsp and sequencing of 16S rRNA genes.
Shamayim T. Ramírez-Puebla +6 more
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Unsteady forces on an accelerating plate and application to hovering insect flight [PDF]
, 2004 The aerodynamic forces on a flat plate accelerating from rest at fixed incidence in two-dimensional power-law flow are studied analytically and numerically.
Pullin, D. I., Wang, Z. Jane
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