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Efficacy of three Tagetes species for the suppression of lepidopteran pests in bagless apple orchards

Frontiers in Agronomy
BackgroundThe shift to bagless apple cultivation (i.e., fruit production without bagging) has increased the need for pest management during the summer and fall.
Jingwen Shen, Jingwen Shen, Haiyan Wang, Mingjie Zhao, Ruifen Zhang, Manman Zhang, Yunfei Mao, Shaochao Chen, Cuixiang Zhu, Tiantian Han, Xiang Shen, Shaoxuan Li, Shaoxuan Li   +12 more
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Greens in Regulation: Biodiversity Strategy Implementation Across the Golf Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although much of the business and biodiversity literature focuses on extractive industries, we turn our attention to the golf industry. Golf courses occupy millions of acres globally, yet biodiversity strategy implementation across the golf industry remains understudied.
Jordan P. Howell, Jordan Moore
wiley   +1 more source

Revolutionizing pest control: harnessing cutting-edge technologies in controlling forest pests

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Global climate change and increased anthropogenic activities are responsible for outbreaks of invasive and endemic pests, diseases, and pathogens. Forest pests pose serious threats to the growth, productivity, and resilience of natural forests and green ...
Maria Bibi, Antonio F. Skarmeta, Shouket Zaman Khan   +2 more
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The Role of Solution Business Model Patterns in Digital Agriculture: Linking Business Model Components and Sustainable Outcomes From a Startup Business Perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital agriculture is expanding rapidly, yet research has only begun to examine how AgTech startups design and adapt their business models, through digital technologies, in response to technological change and rising sustainability expectations.
Mauro Florez, Isabelle Bourdon, Julian Schirmer, René Eber, Valentina Materia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiversity Strategies in Action—Empirical Evidence From the Food Value Chain

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is an increasing need for better understanding of firm activities that contribute to biodiversity preservation. Panwar, Ober, and Pinkse offer a valuable typology of corporate biodiversity protection strategies based on temporal and spatial dimensions, namely, the preloss (proactive) strategies of conservation and compensation, and the ...
Joanna Scott‐Kennel, Sini Laari, Asta Salmi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weaver Ant Oecophylla longinoda Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Performance in Mango and Cashew Trees Under Different Management Regimens

Sociobiology, 2018
Weaver ants are used for biological control of insect pests in plantation crops. To obtain proper pest control, ant densities need to be high. Food availability and nesting facilities on host plants and management practices may affect ant performance. In
Rosine Brisso Wargui, Appolinaire Adandonon, Antonio Sinzogan, Florence Mahouton Anato, Jean-François Vayssières, Dansou Kossou, Joachim Offenberg   +6 more
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Predicting Environmental Violations: A Cross‐Method Framework Integrating Parametric and Non‐Parametric Approaches

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prior research has mostly relied on linear and parametric models while explaining environmental non‐compliance, but they have a limited capacity to capture non‐linear and asymmetric effects of elements affecting firms' environmental compliance.
Ashutosh Singh, Salwa Saleh Almasabi, Ajay Kumar Patel, Judit Petra Koltai, Honghan Qi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable integrated non-disruptive management of mango mealybug (Drosicha mangiferae) using physical barriers and holistic modules

Discover Agriculture
The mango mealybug (Drosicha mangiferae Green) is a destructive pest of mango (Mangifera indica) and Alstonia scholaris, reducing productivity through sap feeding and honeydew-induced sooty mould.
Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Muzafar Riyaz, Bhanu Arora, Ramandeep Kour, Kamlesh Bali   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ecolabels as Instruments for Biodiversity Governance in Agri‐Food Systems: A Comparative Assessment of EU Certification Schemes

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity underpins ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services, yet it continues to decline due to intensive agriculture, pollution, habitat loss and climate change. Although ecolabels are increasingly used to communicate sustainability attributes and influence consumer choices, their role in addressing biodiversity ...
Marzieh Aminravan, Parthena Chatzinikolaou, Sina Ahmadikaliji, Luca Camanzi, Luca Mulazzani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Global Standards to Local Compliance: Implementation Heterogeneity in Cocoa Certification in Indonesia

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certified companies translate voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) into local practice, yet little is known about how company‐level implementation of VSS relates to farmer compliance. This paper examines Rainforest Alliance (RA) implementation by three certified companies in the Indonesian cocoa sector. Drawing on compliance and regulatory
Charline Depoorter, Janne Bemelmans, Eva Boonaert, Axel Marx, Miet Maertens   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source