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Intercropping rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis) with sweet pepper (capsicum annum) reduces major pest population densities without impacting natural enemy populations [PDF]
, 2021 Intercropping of aromatic plants provides an environmentally benign route to reducing pest damage in agroecosystems. However, the effect of intercropping on natural enemies, another element which may be vital to the success of an integrated pest ...
Zhang, Jin-ming +17 more
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Temperature warming strengthens the mutualism between ghost ants and invasive mealybugs
Scientific Reports, 2017 Although the exogenous forces that directly affect the mutualisms between ants and honeydew-producing hemipterans have been well documented, few studies have been focused on the impacts of environmental warming on ant-hemipteran interactions.
Aiming Zhou +3 more
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A Method for Identification of Biotype-Specific Salivary Effector Candidates of Aphid
Insects, 2023 Polyphagous aphids often consist of host-specialized biotypes that perform poorly in non-native hosts. The underlying mechanisms remain unknown. Host-specialized biotypes may express biotype-specific salivary effectors or elicitors that determine aphid ...
Duoqi Wang +4 more
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Interference Competition for Mutualism between Ant Species Mediates Ant-Mealybug Associations
Insects, 2020 Ant-hemipteran mutualism has been well documented, and many studies have reported the interference competition between ant species for the mutualism.
Yongheng Liu +3 more
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Integrated Pest Management in Portugal: from Policies to Practices [PDF]
, 2017 Integrated pest management is an ecosystem approach to crop protection that combines different control methods to reduce pesticide use and to obtain safe food products with lower environmental impact.
José Lima Santos +9 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are important for the perception of chemical signals by insects. Effective pest management strategies can be developed by understanding the host location mechanism and the physiological functions of OBPs in olfactory ...
Dong-Zhen Li +4 more
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Integrated Insect Pest Management Techniques for Rice
, 2023 In modern agriculture, climate change, environmental degradation, and natural resource depletion constitute one of the major potential issues for sustainable crop production and environmental management.
M. Jamal Hajjar +3 more
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Toxics, 2021 Environmental problems have always received immense attention from scientists. Toxicants pollution is a critical environmental concern that has posed serious threats to human health and agricultural production.
Ahmed Alengebawy +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2017 Ascoviruses are double-stranded DNA viruses that mainly infect noctuid larvae, and are transmitted by the parasitoid wasp Microplitis similis Lyle. Ascovirus-parasitoids wasp-noctuid insects constitute the dissemination system.
Zi-Shu Chen +4 more
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Insects, 2019 Diapause control is one of the successful methods for long-term cold storage of biological control organisms without decreasing their fitness. Sufficient preparation before diapause is essential for successful diapause initiation and maintenance ...
Qiao Gao +5 more
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