Bayesian Optimization of insect trap distribution for pest monitoring efficiency in agroecosystems
Frontiers in Insect ScienceInsect trap networks targeting agricultural pests are commonplace but seldom optimized to improve precision or efficiency. Trap site selection is often driven by user convenience or predetermined trap densities relative to sensitive host crop abundance ...
Eric Yanchenko +2 more
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Ethnobotanical survey of pesticidal plants used in South Uganda : case study of Masaka district [PDF]
, 2011 Use of synthetic pesticides in developing countries is not only limited by their being expensive but also the small (uneconomic) fields whose limited production costs cannot offset costs of agricultural implements like agro-chemicals. Subsistence farmers,
Charles, Kudamba +3 more
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Automated Remote Insect Surveillance at a Global Scale and the Internet of Things
Robotics, 2017 Τhe concept of remote insect surveillance at large spatial scales for many serious insect pests of agricultural and medical importance has been introduced in a series of our papers.
Ilyas Potamitis +2 more
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Soil Traversing Arthropod Populations as Sampled by Pitfall Traps in Sunflower and Three Adjacent Habitats in Northeast Arkansas [PDF]
, 1982 Soil traversing arthropod populations were sampled by pitfall traps in sunflower (Helianthus spp.) and three adjacent habitats during the months of July, August and September of 1980 and May, June, July and August of 1981.
Barton, Harvey E., Lee, Linda A.
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Augmentative releases of Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) control in a fruit-growing region of Argentina [PDF]
, 2016 Field-open augmentative releases were conducted to assess the efficacy of Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) for the regulation of Ceratitis capitata (Weidemann) infesting Ficus carica (L.) in a commercial area located in a fruit-producing irrigated ...
Bilbao, Mariana +8 more
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Using Yellow Rocket as a Trap Crop for Diamondback Moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) [PDF]
, 2017 Yellow rocket, Barbarea vulgaris (R. Br.) variety arcuata, was evaluated as a trap crop for diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), in cabbage, Brassica oleracea L. variety capitata, in 2003 and 2004.
Badenes-perez, Francisco R. +2 more
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Composition and diversity of spring-active carabid beetle assemblages in relation to soil management in organic wheat fields in Denmark [PDF]
, 2005 Patterns in spring-active carabid assemblages were described in relation to four organic soil management regimes (no soil nutrient addition, undersowing, animal manure, undersowing + manure) in two areas of Denmark.
Axelsen, J.A., Lövei, G.L., Toft, S.
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The production of freshwater fish for food [PDF]
, 1942 It has been estimated that in England and Wales fresh water covers some 340 square miles of which about one quarter is inhabited mainly by salmon and trout; in Scotland the lakes cover an area of 340 square miles. The principal object of this publication
Macan, T.T. +2 more
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Controlling Bacterial Wilt in Muskmelon with Perimeter Trap Cropping
, 2013 Perimeter trap cropping (PTC) involves planting one or more rows of a cucurbit crop that is highly attractive to cucumber beetles around the border of a main cucurbit cash crop that is less attractive to the beetles. Cucumber beetles attempting to migrate into the field are concentrated in the relatively more attractive border crop, where they can be ...
Batzer, Jean, Gleason, Mark
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Trap Crops and Insectary Plants in the Order Brassicales [PDF]
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 2018 AbstractThis paper reviews the most important cases of trap crops and insectary plants in the order Brassicales. Most trap crops in the order Brassicales target insects that are specialist in plants belonging to this order, such as the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L.
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