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To provide pollinator nesting habitat, cut dead perennial stems in their first winter

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Garden management practises need to consider stem‐nesting bees and wasps to avoid destroying active nests and important nesting materials. Volunteers collected samples of dead stems (in situ where they grew) in winter, spring, summer and fall as part of a participatory research project.
Hannah K. Levenson, Charlotte Glen, Leslie Rose, Elsa Youngsteadt   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lethal Effects of the Wild Potato Solanum bulbocastanum on the Planthopper Pentastiridius leporinus, a Vector of Bacterial Pathogens in Potato

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The planthopper Pentastiridius leporinus [Hemiptera: Cixiidae] is a vector of the two plant pathogenic bacteria ‘Candidatus Arsenophonus phytopathogenicus’ and ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ causing ‘bacterial potato tuber wilt’ in potato.
Eva Therhaag, Karin Gorzolka, Jürgen Gross   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grewia flava twig extracts: phytochemical, antioxidant, and antimicrobial evaluations

Bulletin of the National Research Centre
Background Grewia flava infusions are consumed to assist with kidney problems and stomach ailments. However, there are no scientific data on the phytochemical profile or biological properties to validate its folklore use.
Gofaone Coin, Disang Lekutlane, Kabo Masisi, Mbaki Muzila, Ofentse Mazimba   +4 more
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Antibacterial twig [PDF]

British Dental Journal, 2011
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Establishing Baseline Information for the Risk of Flatheaded Borer Attack in Specialty Tree Crops Using Trapping and On‐Farm Surveys

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Flatheaded borers (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) are largely xylophagous insects. Larvae of flatheaded borers tunnel into the trunks of trees, with boring and feeding damage eventually appearing on the surface as discolored bark, sunken areas, bark splits or bark sloughing.
Zia V. Williamson, Brett R. Blaauw, Shimat V. Joseph   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring water relations and phenological traits of Betula utilis (D. Don) in western Himalayan treeline ecotone

Scientific Reports
Betula utilis exhibits intriguing characteristics and interactions with its environment and has specific adaptations that enable it to thrive in various water conditions.
Nandan Singh, Amit Mittal, Ashish Tewari, Shruti Shah, Sumira Malik, Azmat Ali Khan, Vandana Jaggi   +6 more
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A new species of inseminating catfish of the genus Tympanopleura (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the Ituxi River, Amazon River basin, northern Brazil, revealed by integrative taxonomy

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract A new species of the genus Tympanopleura is described from the Iquiri River, a tributary of the Ituxi River, a right‐bank tributary to the Purus River, Amazon River, northern Brazil. The new species is distinguished from all its congeners by a combination of features, such as the presence of an intensely pigmented square‐shaped blotch on the ...
Frank Raynner V. Ribeiro, Cárlison Silva‐Oliveira, Valdenor Magalhães, Lucas Gama, Lúcia H. Rapp Py‐Daniel   +4 more
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Entangled Foodways and Livelihood Pathways: Cinnamon, State Interventions, and Everyday Life in Hmong Communities of Northern Vietnam

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The agroecological practices of ethnic minority farmers in Vietnam's northern uplands are being reshaped by intersecting pressures of land‐use reform, market integration, and state‐backed crop promotion. Among Hmong communities in the south of Lào Cai Province (former Yên Bái Province) cinnamon was once valued primarily for its medicinal ...
Mélie Monnerat, Sarah Turner
wiley   +1 more source

Dormant sprays with experimental insecticides for control of peach twig borer

California Agriculture, 1972
These trials indicate that several experimental materials would be very effective on peach twig borers. It is also apparent that dormant sprays provide an excellent means for reducing peach twig borer populations, and at a time of year when spraying ...
R Rice, R Jones, J Black
doaj  

As the Twig is Bent.

Journal of Educational Sociology, 1944
"Pamphlets and articles by the same author": p. ii. ; Autobiography.
openaire   +1 more source