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A bait and trap method for sampling symphylid populations in pineapple [PDF]

, 2010
We developed a standardized method to monitor the Symphylids (Hanseniella sp) populations in pineapple using bait and traps. Two methods for symphylid extraction and counting were tested.
Dole, Bernard, Fournier, Patrick, Govindin, Jean-Claude, Marie Alphonsine, Paul-Alex, Quénéhervé, Patrick, Soler, Alain   +5 more
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Application of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification in an Early Warning System for Epidemics of an Externally Sourced Plant Virus

Plants, 2019
Restricting Turnip yellows virus (TuYV) spread in canola (Brassica napus) crops often relies upon the application of systemic insecticides to protect young vulnerable plants from wide-scale green-peach aphid (GPA; Myzus persicae) colonization and ...
Benjamin Congdon, Paul Matson, Farhana Begum, Monica Kehoe, Brenda Coutts   +4 more
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Déterminants de l'hétérogénéité temporelle et spatiale de la pression de foreurs de tige sur maïs dans une région agricole du Kenya [PDF]

, 2011
This study is integrated in a context of research on ecosystem services on pest regulation. In the context of high population rural area in mid altitude Kenya, smallholders have diversified production systems and intensification is based on labor.
Harignordoquy, Miren
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Mass Trapping of Live Male Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae): Interaction between Trap Types and Period of Trapping

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2023
Mass trapping of insects involves the use of specific traps or devices that are designed to attract and capture a large number of adult insects, thereby reducing their population in the agricultural environment.
Enoch Selorm Kofi Ofori, Linus Dottey, Michael Yao Osae, John Abraham, Peter Kofi Kwapong   +4 more
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Application of Trap Cropping as Companion Plants for the Management of Agricultural Pests: A Review

Insects, 2018
Companion planting is a well-known strategy to manage insect pests and support a natural enemy population through vegetative diversification. Trap cropping is one such type of special companion planting strategy that is traditionally used for insect pest
Shovon Chandra Sarkar, Endong Wang, Shengyong Wu, Zhongren Lei   +3 more
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi [PDF]

, 2005
The potential disease suppressiveness of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi of various origins on Bipolaris sorokiniana in barley has been investigated.
Sjöberg, Johanna
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Domestication as innovation : the entanglement of techniques, technology and chance in the domestication of cereal crops [PDF]

, 2010
The origins of agriculture involved pathways of domestication in which human behaviours and plant genetic adaptations were entangled. These changes resulted in consequences that were unintended at the start of the process.
Allaby R., Bogaard A., Chris Stevens, Colledge S., Colledge S., Currat M., Dorian Q Fuller, Doust A N., Elbaum R., Fisher R A., Fuller D Q, Fuller D. Q, Fuller D. Q., Harlan J R., Harris D R., Harris D R., Helbaek H., Hillman G C., Hodder I., Horiuchi T., Jones M K., Kobayashi H., Kobayashi H., Lee R B., Moore A., Piperno D R., Robin G. Allaby, Sahlins M., Smith B D., Stevens C J., Vavilov N., Willcox G., Zohary D.   +32 more
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An Ac/Ds-mediated gene trap system for functional genomics in barley

BMC Genomics, 2009
Background Gene trapping is a powerful tool for gene discovery and functional genomics in both animals and plants. Upon insertion of the gene trap construct into an expressed gene, splice donor and acceptor sites facilitate the generation of ...
Lazarow Katina, Lütticke Stephanie
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Agroecological management of staple food and horticultural crop insect pests in Niger [PDF]

, 2009
In the Sahel, Icrisat extends agrosystems mixing food crops (cereals and legumes) and fruits and vegetables, e.g. as the Bio-reclamation of Degraded Land (BDL) system.
Kadi-Kadi, Hame, Kano, H., Maazou, Abdul A., Ratnadass, Alain, Ryckewaert, Philippe, Salha, Halarou, Zakari-Moussa, Ousmane   +6 more
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Some soybean cultivars have ability to induce germination of sunflower broomrape. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Sunflower broomrape is a noxious parasitic weed which has caused severe damage to crop ecosystems. Trap crops can release a mixture of allelochemicals to induce the germination of sunflower broomrape.
Wei Zhang, Yongqing Ma, Zhong Wang, Xiaoxin Ye, Junfeng Shui   +4 more
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