Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda Smith) feeding elicits differential defense responses in upland and lowland switchgrass [PDF]
, 2019 Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a low input, high biomass perennial grass being developed for the bioenergy sector. Upland and lowland cultivars can differ in their responses to insect herbivory.
Basu, Saumik +5 more
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Biological Control in Brazil: an overview
Scientia Agricola, 2014 The use of Biological Control methods is on the increase, mainly as a result of the mobilization of human resources in entomology studies since the establishment of graduate programs in this country in the 1960s.
José Roberto Postali Parra
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Deep learning powered real-time identification of insects using citizen science data [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Insect-pests significantly impact global agricultural productivity and quality. Effective management involves identifying the full insect community, including beneficial insects and harmful pests, to develop and implement integrated pest management strategies.
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Sugarcane Health Monitoring With Satellite Spectroscopy and Machine Learning: A Review [PDF]
Comput. Electron. Agric. 2025, 229, 109686Research into large-scale crop monitoring has flourished due to increased accessibility to satellite imagery. This review delves into previously unexplored and under-explored areas in sugarcane health monitoring and disease/pest detection using satellite-based spectroscopy and Machine Learning (ML). It discusses key considerations in system development,
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Image background assessment as a novel technique for insect microhabitat identification [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 The effects of climate change, urbanisation and agriculture are changing the way insects occupy habitats. Some species may utilise anthropogenic microhabitat features for their existence, either because they prefer them to natural features, or because of no choice. Other species are dependent on natural microhabitats.
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Weakly Supervised Attention-based Models Using Activation Maps for Citrus Mite and Insect Pest Classification [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Citrus juices and fruits are commodities with great economic potential in the international market, but productivity losses caused by mites and other pests are still far from being a good mark. Despite the integrated pest mechanical aspect, only a few works on automatic classification have handled images with orange mite characteristics, which means ...
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Mathematical model for pest-insect control using mating disruption and trapping [PDF]
Applied Mathematical Modelling 52 (2017), 437-457, 2016 Controlling pest insects is a challenge of main importance to preserve crop production. In the context of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs, we develop a generic model to study the impact of mating disruption control using an artificial female pheromone to confuse males and adversely affect their mating opportunities.
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Which artificial larval diet is better for Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) rearing?
Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology, 2022 Background There is an increasing demand for biological agents for integrated pest management programs, requiring a constant supply of insects in terms of quantity and quality.
Bruno Aguiar Maset +5 more
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High performing ensemble of convolutional neural networks for insect pest image detection [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Pest infestation is a major cause of crop damage and lost revenues worldwide. Automatic identification of invasive insects would greatly speedup the identification of pests and expedite their removal. In this paper, we generate ensembles of CNNs based on different topologies (ResNet50, GoogleNet, ShuffleNet, MobileNetv2, and DenseNet201) altered by ...
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The genus Sipha Passerini (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in North America [PDF]
, 2013 Five species of the aphid genus Sipha Passerini (Hemiptera: Aphididae) are reported in North America and are reviewed herein. Of these species, three are adventive species and include: Sipha elegans del Guercio, Sipha glyceriae (Kaltenbach), and Sipha ...
Ames, Lisa M. +2 more
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