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Frontiers in Fungal Biology, 2023 Brazil has a long history of using biological control and has the largest program in sugarcane agriculture to which a biocontrol program has been applied.
Emily Mesquita +4 more
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Hemipteran Pests of Sugarcane in North America
Insects, 2019 Piercing-sucking herbivores (Insecta: Hemiptera) represent one of the greatest threats to agricultural production worldwide. Hemipteran pests directly injure plants as well as vector disease-causing plant pathogens. Production of sugarcane (Saccharum spp.
Blake E. Wilson
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Moisture source and diet affect development and reproduction of Orius thripoborus and Orius naivashae, two predatory anthocorids from southern Africa [PDF]
, 2012 The effect of moisture source and diet on the development and reproduction of the pirate bugs, Orius thripoborus (Hesse) and Orius naivashae (Poppius) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) was examined in the laboratory. Both species had been collected in and around
Bonte, Jochem +5 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 The sugarcane giant borer (SGB), Telchin licus licus, is a pest that has strong economic relevance for sugarcane producers. Due to the endophytic behavior of the larva, current methods of management are inefficient.
Daniel D. Noriega +16 more
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Detecting common coccinellids found in sorghum using deep learning models
Scientific Reports, 2023 Increased global production of sorghum has the potential to meet many of the demands of a growing human population. Developing automation technologies for field scouting is crucial for long-term and low-cost production.
Chaoxin Wang +3 more
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Correlation of microbiomes in “plant-insect-soil” ecosystem
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 IntroductionTraditional chemical control methods pose a damaging effect on farmland ecology, and their long-term use has led to the development of pest resistance.MethodsHere, we analyzed the correlations and differences in the microbiome present in the ...
Guomeng Li +15 more
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Apertochrysa smitzi (Navás, 1914) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), a novel chrysopid biocontrol agent for Pakistan [PDF]
نامه انجمن حشرهشناسی ایرانBiological control is a key component of Integrated Pest Management, however, the use of green lacewings as a biocontrol agent has not received much attention in Pakistan, although Chrysoperla carnea, a generalist predator against a variety of soft ...
Jan Muhammad Dahri +5 more
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An IPM module for the management of major insect pests of sugarcane in Indian subtropics [PDF]
Sugar Tech, 2000 This paper describes the evaluation of some environmentally sound tactics developed for raising insect-pests damage free sugarcane crop in subtropical India. Six ecology based approaches were employed: timing irrigation and urea application, mechanical removal of damaging stages of pests and crop residues, earthing up, propping of cane stalks ...
Sreevalli Sharma +3 more
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Agronomy, 2022 The phototaxis of insects is closely related to light source factors, such as spectrum and light intensity. The cane grub, Exolontha castanea Chang (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae), is an important underground pest of sugarcane in Guangxi province of China ...
Xian-Kun Shang +6 more
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Down regulation of a gene for cadherin, but not alkaline phosphatase, associated with Cry1Ab resistance in the sugarcane borer Diatraea saccharalis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 The sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis, is a major target pest of transgenic corn expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) proteins (i.e., Cry1Ab) in South America and the mid-southern region of the United States.
Yunlong Yang +7 more
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