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Scientific ReportsIn this study, the efficiency of two pollens, Bird-of-paradise and Damask rose, was evaluated concerning the life table of the phyto-carnivorous predator Amblyseius swirskii, both alone and in combination with the spider mite Tetranychus urticae as a ...
Faranak Kouros, Shima Rahmani
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BMC Genomics, 2013 BackgroundDiapause or developmental arrest, is one of the major adaptations that allows mites and insects to survive unfavorable conditions. Diapause evokes a number of physiological, morphological and molecular modifications.
Astrid Bryon +4 more
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Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Global warming is a cause for concern and is predicted to diversely affect agricultural systems. One aspect of the predicted effects is the susceptibility of pests to chemical pesticides. It is therefore crucial to study the reaction of pests to different pesticide compounds under different temperatures in order to better predict how those ...
Orna Ben‐Aziz +3 more
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Spider mite predator tested for pesticide resistance on pears
California Agriculture, 1978 Under field conditions the spider mite predator M. occidentalis can resist low application rates of organophosphate pesticides; but the spider mite is 40 times more resistant to permethrin than its predator.
M Hoy, R Roush
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Genome Architecture and Speciation in Plants and Animals
Molecular Ecology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There have been numerous treatments of specific topics in speciation, but surprisingly few papers have compared patterns and processes of speciation across different organismal groups. In this review, we partially address this gap by asking how variation in genome architecture impacts speciation across the plant and animal kingdoms.
Silu Wang +3 more
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Sampling spider mites in almonds
California Agriculture, 1984 Not available – first paragraph follows: Six species of spider mites are associated with almond trees in California's Central Valley. The lack of economical and reliable sampling techniques has hampered not only research on these mites but also the ...
F Zalom +4 more
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Becoming Dostoevsky (how Rowan Williams opens up Bakhtin)
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract With the end of Communism in Russia, non‐materialist contexts were enthusiastically restored to Mikhail Bakhtin's globally famous ideas of carnival, dialogism, and polyphony. This essay surveys Rowan Williams's 2008 study Dostoevsky: Language, Faith + Fiction as a major contribution to this effort, concentrating on those general philosophical ...
Caryl Emerson
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SEASONAL ABUNDANCE OF RED SPIDER MITE AND ITS PREDATORS ON SELECTED CASSAVA ACCESSIONS
Annals of Tropical Research, 1981 In an unsprayed cassava planting, the cassava red spider mite population fluctuated in lesser magnitude in moderately resistant Accessions 8, 12 and 46 than in Golden Yellow and susceptible Accessions 35, 36 and 38.
Emiliana N. Bernardo +1 more
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Environmental Entomology, 2013 Inherited bacteria Wolbachia, and more recently Cardinium, have received a great deal of attention for their ability to manipulate the reproduction and fitness of their host species.
Dongxiao Zhao, Xiang-Fei Zhang, X. Hong
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.Arboviral diseases spread by Culicoides biting midges have been introduced into Europe by unknown means. A possible route is the carriage of midges with cut flowers shipped to flower markets. We sampled Culicoides in and around a cut flower farm in Kenya; midges were caught in the vicinity and a greenhouse, but not where flowers are processed.
Jessica Eleanor Stokes +3 more
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