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Plants, like humans, have a microbiome that helps them grow, defend themselves against pathogens, acquire nutrients, and protect themselves against environmental stresses. The microbiome of tomatoes, a staple crop grown worldwide, could be utilized not only to reduce fertilizer and pesticide applications, but also to clean up harmful pollutants ...
Sean Lindert +3 more
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Global warming caused by climate change causes some problems in agricultural production. One of these problems is the increase in various pest populations. This increase poses a serious threat to agricultural products and significantly negatively affects
Tahsin Uygun +3 more
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Securing the Wind? Governing Atmospheric Life Above Aotearoa New Zealand
ABSTRACT Birds, dust and smoke are all periodic windborne visitors to Aotearoa New Zealand. These visitors are, however, only the most visible tip of a churning atmosphere teeming with life. Drawing on work examining the assemblage of volumetric territoriality, this paper explores the framing of the atmosphere in biosecurity world‐making.
Matthew Henry
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ABSTRACT Global warming is a cause for concern and is predicted to diversely affect agricultural systems. One aspect of the predicted effects is the susceptibility of pests to chemical pesticides. It is therefore crucial to study the reaction of pests to different pesticide compounds under different temperatures in order to better predict how those ...
Orna Ben‐Aziz +3 more
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of both sprinkler and drip irrigation systems on the organic production of the tomato, cultivar Duradouro, when cultivated both as a single crop and intercropped with coriander. The experiment was
Waldir Aparecido Marouelli +4 more
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The tomato is one of the most nutritious, economically important, and delicate vegetables grown in the world. It is highly susceptible to insect pests and microbial pathogens. The tomato leafminer moth, Tuta absoluta Meyrick, is the current impediment to
Birhan Aynalem
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The overreliance on chemical pesticides in Ecuadorian agriculture raises serious concerns regarding environmental sustainability and public health. This study aimed to assess farmers’ perceptions and knowledge of sustainable pest management strategies across three agricultural systems in Tungurahua province: indigenous family farming (Salasaka), fruit ...
Yelitza Colmenarez +8 more
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Pests significantly negatively affect product yield and quality in agricultural production. Agricultural producers may not accurately identify pests and signs of pest damage. Thus, incorrect or excessive insecticides may be used.
Tahsin Uygun, M. Ozguven
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Commodity risk assessment of Petunia spp. and Calibrachoa spp. unrooted cuttings from Uganda
Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to evaluate the likelihood of pest freedom at entry in the EU, including both regulated and non‐regulated pests, potentially associated with unrooted cuttings of the genera Petunia and Calibrachoa produced under physical isolation in Uganda.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) +34 more
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Study of mating effect, hosts range and competition with the parasitoid Bracon hebetor on some behavioral and biological aspects of larval parasitoid Goniosus sp [PDF]
Laboratory studies was conducted to investigate effect of mating behavior on egg laying, host selection and competition with Bracon hebetor. The results showed that no differences in mating and egg laying behavior between mated and unmated females ...
A.J. AllAllah, S.H. Abid, J.K. Mohammed
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