HortTechnology, 2022 The yield and insect resistance of 12 sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) clones grown in two different production systems (organic black plastic mulch and conventional bare ground) were evaluated in 2016 and 2017 in coastal South Carolina.
Phillip A. Wadl +3 more
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The effect of seed treatments on wireworm (Elateridae) performance, damages and yield traits of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) [PDF]
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2019 Sunflower seed treatments are inevitable measure that ensures protection from soildwelling insects and pathogens at the first stages of plant development.
Sonja Gvozdenac +6 more
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A faunistic study of the family Elateridae in Bačka, Serbia [PDF]
Pesticidi i Fitomedicina, 2017 A faunistic study of the family Elateridae was carried out in Bačka, the north-western district of Vojvodina Province in Serbia, focusing on their preferred habitats and soil types.
Toscano Bruno +6 more
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Sequential Sampling for Wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) at Sugarcane Planting
EDIS, 2016 In the Everglades Agricultural Area of Florida, where sugarcane is planted on around 410,000 acres annually, wireworms are the most economically important insect pests of newly planted sugarcane.
Matthew T. VanWeelden, Ron Cherry
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Abundance of non-target pests in transgenic Bt-maize: A farm scale study
European Journal of Entomology, 2005 The impact of transgenic Bt-maize, expressing the Cry1Ab protein, on aphids, leafhoppers, cutworms and wireworms was evaluated at the farm scale by comparing their abundance on Bt-plots and those sown with the isogenic variety over three consecutive ...
Xavier PONS +3 more
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Impact of predicted precipitation scenarios on multitrophic interactions [PDF]
, 2017 1. Predicted changes in the frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall events in the UK have the potential to disrupt terrestrial ecosystem function.
Barnabás B. +14 more
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Virulence of in vivo and in vitro produced conidia of Metarhizium brunneum strains for control of wireworms [PDF]
, 2014 Wireworms are the soil inhabiting larvae of click beetles and can cause severe damage to arable crops such as potatoes (Solanum tuberosum, L.). Several strains of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium brunneum (Petch) are pathogenic to wireworms.
Ansari, Minshad A. +5 more
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Valorization of agricultural byproducts – The use of mustard seed meal for pest control
Sustainable Chemistry for the EnvironmentMustard seed (Brassica juncea) meals from biodiesel production can be utilized as a feedstock for sourcing pesticidal compounds that can control ubiquitous soil pests such as wireworms.
John Randall +3 more
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DRENCH OF SEEDLINGS AS ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC FEASIBLE METHOD OF TOBACCO PROTECTION AGAINST WIREWORMS [PDF]
Poljoprivreda, 2012 The cultivation of seedlings in hydroponics, the ban of methyl bromide and the discovery of highly systemic insecticides from the neonicotinoid group have opened up new possibilities in tobacco protection against pests.
Renata Bažok +2 more
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Entwicklung von Strategien zur Regulierung des Drahtwurmbefalls (Agriotes spp. L.) im Ökologischen Kartoffelanbau [PDF]
, 2003 Problemstellung/Ziele: Die Kartoffel ist die wichtigste Hackfrucht im Ökologischen Landbau. Sie eignet sich hervorragend für die Direktvermarktung und erbringt hohe Erlöse, allerdings nur dann, wenn das Erntegut keine Mängel aufweist. Drahtwürmer können
Paffrath, Andreas, Schepl, Ute
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