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An Apple a Day Does Not Keep the Weevils Away: Enhancing Vine Weevil Monitoring With Fruit‐Based Volatiles

open access: yesJournal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus Fabricius; Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is an economically important pest of soft fruit and ornamental crops worldwide. Despite extensive research over three decades, the development of an effective semiochemical lure to improve monitoring for this pest remains a challenge.
Eugenia Fezza   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

SYNCAS-mediated CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in the Jewel wasp, Nasonia vitripennis. [PDF]

open access: yesInsect Mol Biol
Maternal injection of Cas9 RNP together with BAPC and saponins (SYNCAS) results in efficient gene editing of Nasonia vitripennis offspring. The timing of injection and egg collection is important for maximising efficiency and reducing screening effort.
Guerra F, De Rouck S, Verhulst EC.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Determining Terminal Velocities of Selected Insects and Substitute Materials to Develop Future Test Procedures for Insect‐Friendly Mowing Technology

open access: yesJournal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural grasslands are vital habitats for insects that provide key ecosystem services. However, conventional rotary mowers are proposed to cause significant insect mortality due to the high rotational speed of their blades and the resulting airflow.
Jonas Frank   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flies use acetic acid to protect their offspring from parasitoids. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Pathog
Reddy KF   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Religion and Black/White Residential Segregation: The Influence of Religious and Regional Context

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on religious tradition and residential segregation focuses on “open” versus “closed” civic orientations, but ignores the structural effects of religious fields as well as other relevant differences, such as Catholic immigrant parishes and the communal role of Black Protestantism in response to racial hostility in large northern cities
David Sikkink, Michael Emerson
wiley   +1 more source

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