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Extreme Silk Toughness in Caerostris Spiders Is Limited to Adult Females
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.We ask whether species with exceptionally tough silk, like Caerostris bark spiders, show different developmental patterns in silk toughness between ontogenetic stages and sexes. We found that only large females produce exceptionally tough silk with higher initial stiffness, while juvenile females as well as adult and juvenile males produce inferior ...
Matjaž Gregorič +4 more
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DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION OF PAPAYA CARMINE SPIDER MITES AND THEIR PREDATORS
Annals of Tropical Research, 1980 Distribution pattern and population fluctuation of the carmine spider mite and its predators were studied in unsprayed Solo papaya trees grown at the Kauai Branch Experiment Station of the University of Hawaii, at Kapaa from 1978 to 1979.
Nelson M. Esguerra, Frank H. Haramoto
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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012 We investigated mother-offspring relations in a lady beetle Stethorus punctillum Weise that utilizes spider mites as prey. Our objectives were to determine if (1) prey quality affects egg size, (2) maternal size correlates with egg size, and (3) egg size
Eric W. Riddick, Zhixin Wu
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Organic Hop Variety Trial: Results from Year Five [PDF]
, 2015 Hops production continues to increase throughout the the Northeast. While hops were historically grown in the Northeast, they have not been commercially produced in this region for over a hundred years.
Calderwood, Lily +7 more
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Annals of Applied Biology, EarlyView.Plant essential oils (EOs) represent a potentially effective, safe, and eco‐friendly alternative to synthetic pesticides that cause negative effects for human health and the environment. The present study evaluated in airtight glass chambers the toxicity of vapours produced by EOs obtained from sweet gale, balsam poplar, Labrador tea, jack pine, and ...
Antoine Roy‐Lemieux +4 more
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Mitigating ground effect on mini quadcopters with model reference adaptive control [PDF]
, 2019 Mitigating ground effect becomes a big challenge for autonomous aerial vehicles when they are flying in close proximity to the ground. This paper aims to develop a precise model of ground effect on mini quadcopters, provide an advanced control algorithm ...
Chan, SN, Kong, Z, Lee, S, Wei, P
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The presence of webbing affects the oviposition rate of two-spotted spider mites, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) [PDF]
, 2009 Several species of tetranychid mites including Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) construct complicated three-dimensional webs on plant leaves. These webs provide protection against biotic and abiotic stress.
Dicke, M., Magalhães, S., Oku, K.
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Yellow canopy syndrome of sugarcane: A review of current knowledge and future research directions
Annals of Applied Biology, EarlyView.Yellow Canopy Syndrome (YCS) is a complex issue affecting commercial sugarcane in Australia, first identified in Far North Queensland over a decade ago. It has spread across most cane‐growing regions in Queensland and poses a significant threat to the global sugarcane industry.
Hang Xu +4 more
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AgronomySpider mites are globally distributed pests that cause significant damage to a wide range of crops. The use of predators for the control of pest mites is an effective and environmentally sustainable strategy.
Haoyu Wang +6 more
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Annals of Applied Biology, EarlyView.We determined the associations of native Mediterranean plant species located around organic vineyards with species of Auchenorrhyncha and phytophagous tetranychid and tenuipalpid mites, including important vineyard pests: Jacobiasca lybica and Tetranychus urticae.
Renata Santos +9 more
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