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Eliciting Plant Defenses Through Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles’ Exposure in Sweet Peppers

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Insect herbivory activates plant defense mechanisms and releases a blend of herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs). These volatile compounds may be involved in plant-plant communication and induce defense response in undamaged plants. In this work, we
Chaymaa Riahi   +4 more
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Rural-urban price transmission and market integration of selected horticultural crops in Oyo state, Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Sciences (Belgrade), 2013
The majority of agricultural markets in African countries are inefficient and poorly integrated. This study therefore assessed the level of market integration and the trend analysis of selected vegetable crops in Oyo State.
Obayelu Oluwakemi Adeola   +1 more
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Backstopping & support mission HORTIN II supply chain development : recommendations, actions lists and planning 2008 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Greenhouse production in North-West Europe consumes a lot of energy. The energy is needed for heating the greenhouse and controlling air humidity. Transpiration of a crop increases the energy use.
Danse, M.G.   +2 more
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The use of olfactory and visual cues in host choice by the capsid bugs Lygus rugulipennis Poppius and Liocoris tripustulatus fabricius. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
Lygus rugulipennis Poppius and Liocoris tripustulatus Fabricius (Heteroptera: Miridae) are pests of glasshouse cucumber and sweet pepper crops respectively. L. rugulipennis has a wide range of foodplants, but L. tripustulatus is specialised with very few
Fiona J H Wynde, Gordon R Port
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Intercropping Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) with Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annum) Reduces Major Pest Population Densities without Impacting Natural Enemy Populations

open access: yesInsects, 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 ...
Xiao-wei Li   +8 more
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Parasitoids diversity in organic Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum) associated with Basil (Ocimum basilicum) and Marigold (Tagetes erecta )

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Biology, 2018
The sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is one of the most important crops in Brazilian farming. Many insect are related to this crop, compromising the quantity and quality of the fruit, representing a production problem.
I. L. Souza   +4 more
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Diversity of the Chemical Profile and Biological Activity of Capsicum annuum L. Extracts in Relation to Their Lipophilicity

open access: yesMolecules, 2021
Ethanol extracts of two types of pepper (sweet and hot) were separated into fractions with increasing lipophilicity. After drying the extracts and fractions, their chemical composition, anti-radical activity in the DPPH radical system, and cytotoxic ...
Barbara Chilczuk   +3 more
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Irrigation regimes for sweet peppers

open access: yesLand Reclamation and Hydraulic Engineering, 2023
Purpose: to study the features of irrigation regimes and their impact on the yield of sweet pepper based on the analysis of scientific sources of information. Discussion. Sweet pepper is a moisture-loving crop. For its normal growth and development, optimal soil moisture is required. Plants experience a special need for moisture when planting seedlings,
Irina V. Gurina, Alexander P. Tishchenko
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Sweet Peppers

open access: yes, 2020
Sweet pepper is an important greenhouse vegetable crop and highly attractive to multiple pest and pathogen species. The main pests and diseases detrimental to pepper crops in various parts of the globe are reported here, along with the most effective or sustainable control strategies currently applied to manage them. Biological control of the main pest
Messelink, Gerben J.   +3 more
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A Vision Servo System for Automated Harvest of Sweet Pepper in Korean Greenhouse Environment

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2019
Recently, farmers of sweet pepper suffer from the increase of its unit production costs due to the rise of labor costs. The rise of unit production costs of sweet pepper, on the other hand, decreases its productivity and causes the lack of its farming ...
BongKi Lee   +4 more
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