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Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The use of insectary plants to provide alternative food and shelter resources for enhancing natural enemy activity has been established as a common practice in IPM. Candidate flowering plant species have been screened and evaluated for their contribution to enhance life parameters of beneficial insects.
Francesc Gómez Marco +6 more
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Cogent Food & AgricultureA field experiment was carried out at Melkassa Agricultural Research Center from 2015 to 2017 to determine the seasonal fluctuation of onion thrips on onion in three consecutive growing seasons.
Belete Negash +2 more
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Majallah-i ḥifāẓat-i giyāhān, 2016 Introduction: Garlic (Allium sativum) (family Amaryllidaceae) are one of important crops in Hamedan province. There are several insects and mites that by feeding on this plant cause to damage garlic yield. Among the insect pests, the most dangerous pests
Majid Mirab-balou
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Effect of Endophytic Fungi on Thrips tabaci Development and Population Dynamics
Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Endophytic fungi are promising biocontrol agents because they colonise healthy plant tissues asymptomatically while inducing systemic resistance that negatively affects herbivorous insects. We investigated whether treatments with the endophytes Trichoderma harzianum and Beauveria bassiana in two onion cultivars (Allium cepa L.; Sturon and Red ...
Ngoc Anh Vu +2 more
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Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Reliable laboratory rearing of Frankliniella occidentalis is critical for experimental consistency in entomological research. This study validates and optimises three small‐scale rearing systems initiated from a single female thrips using various organic fruits, flowers and pollen as feed, along with moist cotton, blotting paper and ...
Pia S. Menezes +5 more
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The impact of honey bees on montane ecosystems within Tongariro National Park : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Ecology at Massey University [PDF]
, 1996 A study of the effects of honey bees on montane ecosystems was conducted during the summers of 1993/1994 and 1994/1995 at Tongariro National Park. Three possible effects of the introduced honey bee were examined.
Murphy, Claire
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.Mortality for diatomaceous earth was observed as early as 2 h after exposure with 50% and 90% mortality at 3.5 and 4.6 h (LT50 and LT90, respectively) for Musca domestica. The LT50 and LT90 increased when the size of the fly species increased (M. domestica to Cochliomyia macellaria to Sarcophaga bullata) and increased for all three from 50 to 70 ...
Grayson L. Cave +4 more
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An innovative approach to reduce chemicals in mite control [PDF]
, 2010 The efficacy of an innovative technique using acaricide treated nets was recently demonstrated to control phytophagous mites on vegetables. The net impregnated with the acaricide dicofol was efficient against the broad mite Polyphagotarsonemus latus ...
Komlan, A., Martin, Thibaud, Sidick, I.
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, 2013 Published as part of Masumoto, Masami & Okajima, Shûji, 2013, Review of the genus Thrips and related genera (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from Japan, pp.
Masumoto, Masami, Okajima, Shûji
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Plant Breeding, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Global food demand is predicted to rise anywhere from 59% to 98% by 2050 because of increasing population. However, the continued depletion of natural resources and increasing biotic and abiotic stresses will continue to pose significant threats to global food security in coming years.
Memoona Khalid +5 more
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