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Groundcovers Promote Water-Use Efficiency and Pest Management

EDIS, 2022
Managing one issue in the orchard might have an impact on other issues, and those impacts are not always bad. Landscape fabric groundcovers, for example, have been used for pest management in citrus production, and recently to promote the homogeneous ...
Sandra M. Guzmán, Larry Duncan , John Santiago, Lorenzo Rossi   +3 more
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Phytosanitary Rules for the Movement of Olive (Olea europaea L.) Propagation Material into the European Union (EU)

Plants, 2023
Phytosanitary legislation involves government laws that are essential to minimize the risk of the introduction and diffusion of pests, especially invasive non-native species, as a consequence of the international exchange of plant material, thus allowing
Vito Montilon, Oriana Potere, Leonardo Susca, Giovanna Bottalico   +3 more
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MANAGEMENT OF A MAIN CITRUS PEST BLACK PARLATORIA SCALE PARLATORIA ZIZIPHI (LUCAS) (HEMIPTERA: DIASPIDIDAE) IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN

Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, 2018
The scale of black parlatoria, Parlatoria ziziphi (Lucas) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), causes considerable damage to citrus fruits in the Mediterranean basin.
N. Haddad, D. Sadoudi, F. Garcia-Mari
doaj   +1 more source

3D Printing of Self‐Healing Polymers by Material Extrusion: A Process‐Centric Review of Setups, Parameters, and Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in material extrusion 3D printing of self‐healing polymers, focusing on the interplay between material chemistry, rheology, hardware customization, and process optimization. Filament‐ and ink‐based extrusion strategies, multimaterial architectures, and postprocessing approaches are discussed for applications in ...
Antonio Pavone, Gianni Stano, Gianluca Percoco   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Key Plant, Key Pests: Chinese Elm (Ulmus parvifolia)

EDIS, 2018
This series of Key Plant, Key Pests publications are designed for Florida gardeners, horticulturalists and landscape professionals to help identify common pests associated with common Florida flora.
Juanita Popenoe, Caroline G Roper Warwick, Richard C Beeson, Jr.   +2 more
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RNAi in the Rhizarian Phytopathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae: The Causal Agent of Clubroot Disease in Cruciferous Crops

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study uncovers an unusual RNAi pathway in the rhizarian pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae. In the absence of Dicer, a Drosha‐like RNase III protein supports the biogenesis of predominant 21‐nt small RNAs, and two Argonaute proteins mediate small RNA‐guided silencing.
Xiong Zhang, Yupo Wu, Jiachang Hou, Lixia Gao, Longqi Pan, Cuicui Shen, Chuanji Zhao, Feng Gao, Yi Zhang, Li Ren, Xiaoping Fang, Xiaoling Dun, Shengyi Liu, Lijiang Liu   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Infestation and damage status assessment of white mango scale (Aulacaspis tubercularis) insect at boloso sore and boloso bombe districts of Wolaita Zone South Ethiopia

International Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology
This fruit devastating pest of white mango scale (Aulacaspis tubercularis Newstead; Hempitera: Diaspididae) insect is an economically important pest and damages the mango fruit by sucking the sap through its piercing-sucking mouth part from mango leaves ...
Andualem Alemayehu, Zerhun Tomas
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Closing the Empirical Loop: Autonomous AI Agents Conduct End‐to‐end Research With Human Participants

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A multi‐agent AI system autonomously executes the complete scientific workflow, from hypothesis to manuscript, across three psychological studies involving 288 participants. The system designs experiments, collects real world data, develops analysis pipelines, and writes manuscripts with theoretical rigor comparable to experienced researchers.
Gabrielle Wehr, Reuben Rideaux, Amaya J. Fox, David R. Lightfoot, Jason Tangen, Jason B. Mattingley, Shane E. Ehrhardt   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weed species, not mulching, affect web‐building spiders and their prey in organic fruit orchards in South Africa

Ecosphere, 2020
Weed infestation affects economically relevant orchard properties, including tree performance, yield, and fruit quality negatively, and weeds are therefore often controlled by herbicide application in conventional farming.
F. Arvidsson, P. Addison, M. Addison, C. R. Haddad, K. Birkhofer   +4 more
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The Plant‐to‐Plant Circular Strategy: Coupling Photodegradation and Phytoremediation With Plant‐Based Nanomaterials for Plastic Degradation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Plant‐based nanomaterials derived from alfalfa serve as dual‐function catalysts, coupling photodegradation and phytoremediation to degrade polyethylene under UV‐A light and in soil. The nanomaterials work synergistically with alfalfa and soil microbes, achieving efficient plastic breakdown without trophic transfer.
Haoran Liu, Lena Ciric, Yuheng Wang, Ziru Pei, Manpreet Bhatti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source