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Aqueous Zinc‐Based Batteries: Active Materials, Device Design, and Future Perspectives

Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.
This review conducts a comprehensive analysis of aqueous zinc‐based batteries (AZBs) based on their intrinsic mechanisms, including redox reactions, ion intercalation reactions, alloying reactions, electrochemical double‐layer reactions, and mixed mechanisms, systematically discussing recent advancements in each type of AZBs.
Yan Ran, Fang Dong, Shuhui Sun, Yong Lei
wiley   +1 more source

A biodiversity jigsaw: A review of current New Zealand legislation and initiatives [PDF]

, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review the current legislation and initiatives surrounding biodiversity management, protection and sustainable use related to the New Zealand local government sector. Design/methodology/approach: This paper takes
Samkin, Grant, Schneider, Annika Barbara Sabine   +1 more
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Triboelectric Tactile Transducers for Neuromorphic Sensing and Synaptic Emulation: Materials, Architectures, and Interfaces

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
Triboelectric nanogenerators are vital for sustainable energy in future technologies such as wearables, implants, AI, ML, sensors and medical systems. This review highlights improved TENG neuromorphic devices with higher energy output, better stability, reduced power demands, scalable designs and lower costs.
Ruthran Rameshkumar, Arunkumar Chandrasekhar, Poongundran Selvaprabhu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional agrobiodiversity – a novel approach to optimize pest control in fruit production [PDF]

, 2017
Fruit growers suffer great economic losses each year due to pest damage. The demand for organic produce is increasing along with the interest from growers to develop sustainable and more resilient production systems and over 20% of the apple production ...
Sigsgaard, Lene
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Sustainable Pest Management in Rainfed Farming Systems [PDF]

, 2011
Insect pests are estimated to cause losses of 16% to world attainable crop production with post-harvest losses another 10%, in spite of widespread use of pesticides. Losses due to pests have been estimated for key rainfed crops in different regions of the world.
Ridsdill-Smith, T J, Sharma, H C, Spafford, H   +2 more
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Generative Artificial Intelligence Shaping the Future of Agri‐Food Innovation

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Emerging use cases of generative artificial intelligence in agri‐food innovation. ABSTRACT The recent surge in generative artificial intelligence (AI), typified by models such as GPT, diffusion models, and large vision‐language architectures, has begun to influence the agri‐food sector.
Jun‐Li Xu, Dimitrios Argyropoulos, Tamíris da Costa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temperature-Dependent Functional Response of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on the Eggs of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Laboratory

Insects, 2020
Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a major pest of several economically important crops with worldwide distribution. Use of insecticides is the principal strategy for its management, which has subsequently led to insecticide ...
Yasir Islam, Farhan Mahmood Shah, M. Abas Shah, Muhammad Musa Khan, Muhammad Asim Rasheed, Shakeel Ur Rehman, Shahzaib Ali, Xingmiao Zhou   +7 more
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Integrated pest management of black weevil in banana cropping systems [PDF]

, 2010
The black weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Coleoptera: curculionidae) is a major pest of banana in export farms and for smallholders in developing countries.
Cabrera Cabrera, Juan, Chabrier, Christian, Guillon, Michel, Okolle, Justin, Padilla Cubas, Angeles, Tixier, Philippe, Vinatier, Fabrice   +6 more
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Downregulation of Orco and 5-HTT Alters Nestmate Discrimination in the Subterranean Termite Odontotermes formosanus (Shiraki)

Frontiers in Physiology, 2019
Nestmate discrimination allows social insects to recognize nestmates from non-nestmates using colony-specific chemosensory cues, which typically evoke aggressive behavior toward non-nestmates.
Pengdong Sun, Shuxin Yu, Austin Merchant, Chaoliang Lei, Xuguo Zhou, Qiuying Huang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source