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Insects, 2023 The division of labor among workers is a defining characteristic of social insects and plays a pivotal role in enhancing the competitive advantage of their colony.
Qilin Ren +7 more
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Urban Entomology Highlights From 2020—Monitoring and Control of Urban Pests [PDF]
Journal of Medical Entomology, 2021 Abstract Pest management professionals aim to answer two primary questions for their customers: 1) ‘Where/What is the pest?’ and 2) ‘How do I kill it?’. These two questions drive at the core of any pest management program. 2020 was an exciting year for entomology research, with much work being done on novel technologies and methods for ...
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Impervious Surface Thresholds and the Pace to Plant Technique for Planting Urban Red Maple Trees
EDIS, 2017 A foundation of integrated pest management (IPM) in urban landscapes is to put the right plant in the right place. This preventive tactic can reduce plant stress, pest infestations, and subsequent pesticide applications.
Adam G. Dale +5 more
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Transcriptome Analysis of the Oriental Fruit Fly Bactrocera dorsalis Early Embryos
Insects, 2020 The oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), is one of the most devastating and highly invasive agricultural pests world-wide, resulting in severe economic loss.
Wei Peng +3 more
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RNAi-Mediated Knockdown of Tssk1 and Tektin1 Genes Impair Male Fertility in Bactrocera dorsalis
Insects, 2019 The genetic-based sterile insect technique (SIT) is an effective and environmentally safe strategy to diminish populations of agricultural and horticultural insect pests.
Summar Sohail +6 more
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Management of ant pests in urban environments
Research, Society and Development, 2023 Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are social insects and important pests in the urban environment. The main groups of pest ants in the urban environment are leafcutter and house ants. Leaf-cutter ants cause crescent-shaped defoliation of plants, where in the urban environment it causes problems in gardens and ornamental plants.
Marcelo Coutinho Picanço +7 more
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Evolving Urban Wildlife Health Surveillance to Intelligence for Pest Mitigation and Monitoring
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 This paper introduces the concept of harm reduction-based health intelligence as the next step in the evolution of urban wildlife surveillance.
Craig Stephen
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Development of an efficient in vitro plant regeneration system using true leaf explants of processing tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) ‘Ligeer 87-5’ [PDF]
PeerJTomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is one of the most economically important horticultural crops in China, and Xinjiang is the main region in China for processing tomato production.
JiangYuan Zhang +5 more
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Insects, 2022 Eupeodes corollae Fabricius, as one of the most common beneficial predatory insects in agricultural ecosystems, provides pollination and biological control services that help improve crop yield and maintain biodiversity.
Shanshan Jiang +3 more
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Plants, 2021 In urban and peri-urban areas in West Africa, the cabbage Brassica oleracea L. (Brassicaceae) is protected using repeated high doses of synthetic insecticides. After a brief description of available IPM components, this paper presents a literature review
Abla Déla Mondédji +7 more
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