Dental caries is a biofilm-mediated, sugar-driven, multifactorial, dynamic disease that results in the phasic demineralization and remineralization of dental hard tissues.
Khushbu Farva +8 more
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Quantifying uncertainty in pest risk maps and assessments : adopting a risk-averse decision maker’s perspective [PDF]
Pest risk maps are important decision support tools when devising strategies to minimize introductions of invasive organisms and mitigate their impacts.
Ducey, Mark J. +5 more
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Dispersal in Host–Parasitoid Interactions: Crop Colonization by Pests and Specialist Enemies
Interactions of insect pests and their natural enemies increasingly are being considered from a metapopulation perspective, with focus on movements of individuals among habitat patches (e.g., individual crop fields). Biological control may be undercut in
Edward W. Evans
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The Anthonomus juniperinus group, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) [PDF]
The Anthonomus juniperinus (Sanborn) species group is defined and two new species, Anthonomus sanborni, new species, and A. rileyi new species, from the United States are described, keyed and illustrated.
Burke, Horace R., Clark, Wayne E.
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Lizards: Poisonous animals or biological pest control agents? [PDF]
The lack of accurate understanding of the environment and its surrounding fauna has led to the spread of misconceptions about the behaviors of certain animals, such as lizards. This is evident even in articles that lack scientific rigor.
Rouhullah Dehghani +2 more
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Notes on the Life Histories of \u3ci\u3eAcrosternum Hilare\u3c/i\u3e and \u3ci\u3eCosmopepla Bimaculata\u3c/i\u3e (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in Southern Illinois [PDF]
The life histories of Acrosternum hilare and Cosmopepla bimaculata were studied in southern Illinois from May 1972 to September 1974 and from September 1992 to June 1995.
McPherson, J. E, Tecic, D. L
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A Key and Annotated List of the Scutelleroidea of Michigan (Hemiptera) [PDF]
Excerpt: Although Hussey (1922) compiled a list of the Hemiptera of Berrien County, and Stoner (1922) contributed a list of the Scutelleroidea of the Douglas Lake region, no publications have dealt with Michigan Scutelleroidea on a state-wide basis ...
McPherson, J.E.
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Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) of Minnesota: An Annotated Checklist and New State Records [PDF]
Pentatomidae have been relatively poorly documented in Minnesota. Based on literature and museum records, an annotated checklist of the Pentatomidae of Minnesota was created. State-level and county-level records for Minnesota and the distribution of each
Koch, Robert L +3 more
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Invasive Pests of Landscape Trees in Utah [PDF]
This guide provides an overview of the Utah First Detector Program and how to submit samples. The guide reviews the diseases and insects that affect landscape trees in Utah.
Spears, Lori R. +6 more
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Isolation and identification of a male-produced aggregation-sex pheromone for the velvet longhorned beetle, Trichoferus campestris. [PDF]
The velvet longhorned beetle, Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann) ("VLB"; Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), is native to eastern Asia where it infests and damages a wide range of deciduous and coniferous tree species, including orchard and timber species ...
Crook, Damon J +5 more
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