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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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Management of Wireworms in Sweet Potatoes with Persistent NY Entomopathogenic Nematodes

Great Lakes Entomologist, 2022
Wireworms are the larval stages of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and common polyphagous soil dwelling pests feeding on different plant parts including seeds, roots, stems, and tubers inhibiting plant growth eventually leading to plant death ...
Elson J. Shields, A. Testa, T. Rusinek, Charles Bornt   +3 more
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Comparison of traditional and modern methods for identification of economically important wireworm species (Coleoptera: Elateridae)

Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2021
Wireworms are larvae of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and are well known pests of economic importance. Knowing the species diversity in a particular area is important, as the ecological requirements and consequent management strategies of ...
Eva PRAPROTNIK, Jaka RAZINGER, Stanislav TRDAN   +2 more
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Early Detection of Wireworm (Coleoptera: Elateridae) Infestation and Drought Stress in Maize Using Hyperspectral Imaging

Agronomy, 2023
The objective of our research was to test hyperspectral imaging as a method for early detection and discrimination of biotic and abiotic stress in maize.
Eva Praprotnik, Andrej Vončina, Primož Žigon, Matej Knapič, Nik Susič, Saša Širca, Dominik Vodnik, David Lenarčič, Janez Lapajne, Uroš Žibrat, Jaka Razinger   +10 more
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Evaluation of 12 Sweetpotato Clones in Coastal South Carolina for Yield and Insect Resistance Using Organic and Conventional Cultural Practices

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, Livy H. Williams III, Matthew I. Horry, Brian K. Ward   +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., Bates D., Fox J., Hentley W., Hothorn T., Kovats R.S., Lees A., Lees A., Murphy J., Parker W.E., Pinheiro J., Rao S.R., Roy H., Wade R.N., White T.   +14 more
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Mortality and infection of wireworm, Agriotes obscurus [Coleoptera: Elateridae], with inundative field applications of Metarhizium anisopliae [PDF]

, 2007
In an attempt to cause fatal infection of wireworm Agriotes obscurus [Coleoptera: Elateridae], Metarhizium anisopliae was applied in the field as factorial combinations of conidia formulated as granules at 3.68 g granules or 1.25 x 1010 cfu per 196 cm2 ...
Goettel, Mark S., Kabaluk, J. Todd, Vernon, Robert S.   +2 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, Jelena Ovuka, Vladimir Miklič, Sandra Cvejić, Snežana Tanasković, Vojislava Bursić, Aleksandar Sedlar   +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, Štrbac Pero, Popović Zorica, Kostić Miroslav, Kostić Igor, Konjević Aleksandra, Krnjajić Slobodan   +6 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., Bacher, Sven, Butt, Tariq M., Eckard, Sonja, Enkerli, Jürg, Grabenweger, Giselher   +5 more
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