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Frontiers in Zoology, 2017 BackgroundSolar-powered sea slugs are famed for their ability to survive starvation due to incorporated algal chloroplasts. It is well established that algal-derived carbon can be traced in numerous slug-derived compounds, showing that slugs utilize the ...
E. Laetz +4 more
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Toxins, 2014 In spite of advances in invertebrate pest management, the agricultural industry is suffering from impeded pest control exacerbated by global climate changes that have altered rain patterns to favour opportunistic breeding.
Magbubah Essack +3 more
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First record of two slug mite species of the genus Riccardoella Berlese (Acari: Ereynetidae) in Serbia [PDF]
Pesticidi i Fitomedicina, 2016 The paper presents the first data on slug mites Riccardoella (Riccardoella) limacum (Schrank) and R. (Proriccardoella) oudemansiThor (Acari: Ereynetidae) in Serbia. The two parasitic species were detected on seven species of snails and slugs (Gastropoda,
Stojnić Bojan +5 more
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Insects, 2021 Invasive slugs and snails are among the most damaging pests of agriculture in temperate and tropical regions of the world. Control options, however, are limited and there is a heavy reliance on chemical molluscicides of variable efficacy.
Robin Veasey +12 more
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Ecological studies on some terrestrial snails and slugs at Sohag governorate, Egypt [PDF]
Archives of Agriculture Sciences Journal, 2021 This study was carried out on certain districts at Sohag governorate, Egypt to survey and population density of some species of land snails and slugs infesting field crops, vegetable, fruit trees and ornamental plants.
M. Mahmoud, M. Omar, H. Kurany
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European Journal of Entomology, 2003 Slugs are important pests of many agricultural crops, especially oilseed rape. The carabid beetles Pterostichus melanarius Illiger and Poecilus cupreus L.
Frank OBERHOLZER +2 more
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Diversity and ecology of terrestrial gastropods of the Kabylia region (northern Algeria)
Ekológia (Bratislava), 2023 The snail and slug fauna of the Kabylia region (Bouira and Tizi-Ouzou) was studied during the years 2018/2019 and 2020/2021, focusing on seven stations belonging to three altitudinal levels (low, middle, and high altitude).
Sadouk Ghania +3 more
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Potential distribution of the invasive species of slugs Arion Lusitanicus Sensu Lato in Europe
Біологічні студії, 2015 Ecological niche modeling (BIOCLIM) of the invasive slug Arion lusitanicus sensu lato was carried out. Considerable potential for further spread of this species was established. This species was found only in Western Ukraine before our study. However the
A. V. Garbar, N. S. Kadlubowska
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An Evaluation of Cultural and Chemical Control Practices to Reduce Slug Damage in No-till Corn
Insects, 2022 Slugs, primarily the gray garden slug, Deroceras reticulatum (Müller), are the most damaging non-arthropod pest of corn grown in conservation tillage systems in the US. These mollusks favor decaying plant residue on the soil surface, which provides food,
Galen P. Dively, Terrence Patton
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Fabrication of U-10wt.%Zr-RE Fuel Slugs by Recycling of Metallic Fuel Scraps [PDF]
Archives of Metallurgy and Materials, 2020 U-10wt.%Zr-5wt.%RE fuel slugs for a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) were conventionally prepared by a modified injection casting method, which had the drawback of a low fabrication yield rate of approximately 60% because of the formation of many ...
Ki-Hwan Kim +4 more
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