Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2020 Insecticidal property of aloe, ginger, garlic, and hot pepper extracts were evaluated in the form of alone spray or in combination of two plant sources or as a mixture of all plant extracts in comparison to the insecticide Lambda on the mango scale ...
A. Siam, E. Othman
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Influence of Infestation with the Scale Insect; Kilifia acuminata on the Leaves of Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Cultivars in Egypt [PDF]
Journal of Plant Protection and PathologyThe response of the infested mango leaves Mangifera indica L. different cultivars (Keitt, Alphonso and Fagriklan) to the infestation with the scale insect; Kilifia acuminata (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) was investigated.
Lobna Amin +4 more
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A wireless radiofrequency-powered insect-scale flapping-wing aerial vehicle
Nature Electronics, 2021 Insect-scale aerial vehicles are useful tools for communication, environmental sensing and surveying confined spaces. However, the lack of lightweight high-power-density batteries has limited the untethered flight durations of these micro aerial vehicles.
T. Ozaki +3 more
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Caldasia, 2018 The Marques’ soft scale, Alecanochiton marquesi (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) is recorded from Colombia and Costa Rica on Sapotaceae (Manilkara zapota) and on Melastomataceae (Conostegia xalapensis, Miconia trinervia, and M. schlimii), respectively.
Oscar Javier Dix Luna +3 more
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A Guide to Scale Insect Identification
EDIS, 2018 Control of scale insects in Florida citrus utilizes native and introduced exotic natural enemies, including predators, parasites, and pathogens. Under most conditions, predators and parasites suppress scale pest populations to a level where chemical ...
Stephen H. Futch +2 more
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Sex, males, and hermaphrodites in the scale insect Icerya purchasi
bioRxiv, 2020 Androdioecy (the coexistence of males and hermaphrodites) is a rare mating system for which the evolutionary dynamics are poorly understood. Here we study the only presumed case of androdioecy in insects, found in the cottony cushion scale, Icerya ...
Andrew J. Mongue +8 more
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Collision Resilient Insect-Scale Soft-Actuated Aerial Robots With High Agility
IEEE Transactions on robotics, 2021 Flying insects are remarkably agile and robust. As they fly through cluttered natural environments, they can demonstrate aggressive acrobatic maneuvers such as backflip, rapid escape, and in-flight collision recovery.
Yu-Feng Chen +3 more
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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.
Mifsud, David +2 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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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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