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Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) in Europe: Current Status and Sustainable Pest Management. [PDF]

Insects, 2021
Western corn rootworm (WCR), or Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, became a very serious quarantine maize pest in Europe in the mid-1990s. Between 1995 and 2010, European countries were involved in international projects to share information and ...
Bažok R, Lemić D, Chiarini F, Furlan L.   +3 more
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Sustainable Management Methods of Orchard Insect Pests [PDF]

, 2021
The current need for sustainable resource management is increasingly urgent, as demand for agricultural commodities is rising rapidly as the world’s population grows.
Hernández-Suárez, Estrella, Francisco Beitia, Estrella M. Hernández-Suárez, Beitia, Francisco J.   +3 more
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How labour organization may affect technology adoption: an analytical framework analysing the case of integrated pest management [PDF]

, 2003
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an important component of sustainable agriculture. Farmers who switch from a more capital-intensive pesticide-based pest management strategy to IPM have to substitute capital with labour.
Wesseler, J.H.H., Beckmann, V., Beckmann, Volker, Wesseler, Justus   +3 more
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The development, regulation and use of biopesticides for integrated pest management [PDF]

, 2011
Over the past 50 years, crop protection has relied heavily on synthetic chemical pesticides, but their availability is now declining as a result of new legislation and the evolution of resistance in pest populations.
Davidson, Gill, David Chandler, Wyn P. Grant, Chandler, David, Alastair S. Bailey, Bailey, Alastair, Greaves, Justin, Gill Davidson, Greeves, Justin, Davidson, G. (Gill), G. Mark Tatchell, Justin Greaves, Chandler, Dave, Grant, Wyn, Tatchell, Mark (G. Mark), Tatchell, G. Mark   +15 more
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Effects of Elevated CO₂ on the Fitness of Three Successive Generations of Lipaphis erysimi

Insects, 2022
To assess the effect of elevated CO2 on the development, fecundity, and population dynamic parameters of L. erysimi, the age-stage, two-sex life table was used to predict the individual fitness and population parameters of three successive generations of
Xue-Mei Li, Mu-Hua Zhao, Feng Huang, Fang-Ge Shang, Yun-Hui Zhang, Cheng-Min Liu, Shuai-Jie He, Gang Wu   +7 more
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The Mechanisms of Social Immunity Against Fungal Infections in Eusocial Insects

Toxins, 2019
Entomopathogenic fungus as well as their toxins is a natural threat surrounding social insect colonies. To defend against them, social insects have evolved a series of unique disease defenses at the colony level, which consists of behavioral and ...
Long Liu, Xing-Ying Zhao, Qing-Bo Tang, Chao-Liang Lei, Qiu-Ying Huang   +4 more
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Reference gene stability of a synanthropic fly, Chrysomya megacephala

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Stable reference genes are essential for accurate normalization in gene expression studies with reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR).
Xiaoyun Wang, Mei Xiong, Jialu Wang, Chaoliang Lei, Fen Zhu   +4 more
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Integrated Pest Management Portfolios in UK Arable Farming: Results of a Farmer Survey [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND. Farmers are faced with a wide range of pest management (PM) options which can be adopted in isolation or alongside complement or substitute strategies.
Abhijit Sharma, Bertaglia, Marco, Marco Bertaglia, Elodie Douarin, Fraser, Iain, Bailey, Alastair, Douarin, Elodie, Alastair S Bailey, Sharma, Abhijit, Bertaglia, M., Fraser, Iain M, Douarin, E., Iain M Fraser   +12 more
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Effects of Diallyl Trisulfide, an Active Substance from Garlic Essential Oil, on Energy Metabolism in Male Moth Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier)

Insects, 2020
This study investigated the effects of diallyl trisulfide (DAT), an active substance from garlic essential oil, on the metabolism of the main energy substances of pre- and postmating males of Sitotroga cerealella.
Meng-Ya Wu, Yi-Yi Ying, Su-Su Zhang, Xue-Gang Li, Wen-Han Yan, Yu-Chen Yao, Sakhawat Shah, Gang Wu, Feng-Lian Yang   +8 more
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Transgenic Bt rice lines producing Cry1Ac, Cry2Aa or Cry1Ca have no detrimental effects on Brown Planthopper and Pond Wolf Spider

Scientific Reports, 2017
Transgenic rice expressing cry genes from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt rice) is highly resistant to lepidopteran pests. The brown planthopper (BPH, Nilaparvata lugens) is the main non-target sap-sucking insect pest of Bt transgenic rice.
Lin Niu, Amani Mannakkara, Lin Qiu, Xiaoping Wang, Hongxia Hua, Chaoliang Lei, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Weihua Ma   +7 more
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