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Indirect effects of plasma-activated water irrigation on Tetranychus urticae populations J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-12 Patrice Jacob Savi, Anil Mantri, Haleh Khodaverdi, Yugeng Zou, Gilberto José de Moraes, Christian Nansen
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Effects of imidacloprid on Orius similis: assessing growth, development, and reproduction through age-stage two-sex life table analysis under contact and stomach toxicity treatments J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Bo Zhang, Yi-Ru Li, Jin-Long Zhang, Guo-Hua Chen, Nian Yang, Ji-Huan Liu, Guo-Ting Yuan, Xiao-Ming Zhang
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Plant-level establishment can result from a single female Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae propagule J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Erika R. Wright, Kevin D. Chase, Samuel F. Ward
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Mechanistic microclimate models and plant pest risk modelling J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Jonathan R. Mosedale, Dominic Eyre, Anastasia Korycinska, Matthew Everatt, Sam Grant, Brittany Trew, Neil Kaye, Deborah Hemming, Ilya M. D. Maclean
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Better alone than in bad company? Modeling the intra-guild predation and release timing in the biological control of Pseudococcus viburni J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Margarita C. G. Correa, Juan Pablo Gutiérrez-Jara, Katia Vogt-Geisse, Hugo Benitez, Laura M. Pérez, Alexandre Fleisch, Thibaut Malausa, Loïc Queguiner, Sharon Rodríguez, Nicolas Ris, Philippe Kreiter
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Comparing the effectiveness of adulticide application interventions on mitigating local transmission of dengue virus J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Allisandra G. Kummer, André B. B. Wilke, Paulo C. Ventura, Chalmers Vasquez, Johana Medina, Isik Unlu, Yaziri Gonzalez, Adquate Mhlanga, Giovanni Benelli, Keisuke Ejima, John-Paul Mutebi, Marco Ajelli
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Improving wasp control by identifying likely causes of eradication failure J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 M. W. F. Howse, A. Reason, J. Haywood, P. J. Lester
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Deleterious effects of the endosymbiont Rickettsiella viridis in Myzus persicae are environmentally dependent J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Perran A. Ross, Michail C. Tyrilos, Neha Durugkar, Alex Gill, Nadieh de Jonge, Qiong Yang, Xinyue Gu, Ary A. Hoffmann, Torsten N. Kristensen
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A novel oviposition trap for studying the egg-laying behavior of emerald ash borer J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Jian J. Duan
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Evaluation of non-invasive dsRNA delivery methods for the development of RNA interference in the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Maxime Girard, Vincent Berthaud, Edwige Martin, Laurent Vallon, Rita Rebollo, Agnès Vallier, Aurélien Vigneron, Anne-Emmanuelle Hay, Claire Valiente Moro, Guillaume Minard
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Evaluation of methyl eugenol-supplemented diet as pre-release treatment for simultaneous application of male annihilation and sterile insect techniques against Bactrocera dorsalis J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Suk-Ling Wee, Nurul Qurratu Aini Rosli
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Increased outlet design of flat-fan nozzle improves octocopter unmanned aerial vehicle sprayer's efficiency Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Akbar Aliverdi, Abolfazl Aliverdi
Increased interest in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sprayers leads to identifying the factors affecting their efficiency. This study aimed to check and introduce a factor that has not been considered so far – the outlet design of a flat-fan nozzle. In a field experiment, spray drift potential and chemical weed control efficacy (sulfosulfuron against spontaneous barley) from an octocopter UAV sprayer
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Wheat companion plants reduced aphid and flea beetle infestations in Brassica vegetable crops in a multiple-year field study in central Germany Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 A. Köneke, E. Böckmann
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Metaflumizone susceptibility baseline, reproduction, locomotion, and respiration responses on the Hypothenemus hampei Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Caio S. Soares, Antônio G. de O. Nascimento, Natan S. Rocha, Ryan F.S. Silva, Daniel C. Nogueira, Jairo Tronto, Maria E.de S. Fernandes, Flávio L. Fernandes
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Multi-species weed detection and variable spraying system for farmland based on W-YOLOv5 Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Yanlei Xu, Yukun Bai, Daping Fu, Xue Cong, Haiyang Jing, Zehao Liu, Yang Zhou
Weed infestations have the potential to cause significant economic losses for farmers as a result of diminished crop yields and escalated labor and input costs linked with weed management. Traditional weed control methods often entail indiscriminate application of herbicides across entire fields, irrespective of weed density or species composition. In this investigation, we propose a hierarchical detection
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miRNAs and their regulation in pyrethroid resistance at whole-genome level in the malaria vector Anopheles sinensis J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Xia Xu, Sana Asghar, Changjiang Hu, Feng-Ling Si, Fei Tao, Bin Chen
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Factors affecting catches of bark beetles and woodboring beetles in traps J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Kevin J. Dodds, Jon Sweeney, Joseph A. Francese, Laura Besana, Davide Rassati
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The cryptic microbiota of plant parasitic and entomopathogenic nematodes: diversity, effects on host biology and potential in plant protection J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Laura Cristina Rosso, Paola Lax, Aurelio Ciancio, Mariantonietta Colagiero, Isabella Pentimone
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First report of leaf spot caused by Pseudopithomyces chartarum on Chinese prickly ash in China Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Yan Zeng, Maofa Yang, Junjie Xu, Mingyan Luo, Qing Guo, Yulan Jiang
Chinese prickly ash ( Maxim.) is a deciduous shrub with high edible, medicinal and ecological values, which is native to the southwestern China provinces of Gansu, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan. On July 16, 2023, leaves of Chinese prickly ash plants with necrotic lesions were commonly noticed in Zhenfeng county, Guizhou province, China, with a rate of stricken leaves of 50%. Disease symptoms displayed as
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Long-term monitoring of Bactrocera and Zeugodacus spp. (Diptera: Tephritidae) in China and evaluation of different control methods for Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 X.Z. Li, G.L. Wang, C.L. Wang, W.J. Li, T. Lu, Y.G. Ge, C.K. Xu, X. Zhong, J.G. Wang, H.Y. Yang
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Neofusicoccum mangiferae causing leaf spot disease of Eucalyptus: First report from India Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Nitika Negi, Ramkrishna, Ratnaboli Bose, Rajendra K. Meena, Maneesh S. Bhandari, Shailesh Pandey
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Deep neural network-based plant protection strategy in rural garden landscape construction Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Jun Cao, Pengjie Han, Wei Zhang, Guangshe Zhao, Kuifu Chen
Rural landscaping enhances the quality of the environment in rural areas by planting trees and flowers and plants and at the same time can contribute to the protection of plants in rural areas. The occurrence and development of landscape plant diseases are very insidious, which may lead to poor tree growth and affect the annual growth of timber, or even lead to the death of the whole forest and the
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Influence of strip-tillage and winter cover crops on weeds and yield in organic pepper Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 A.W. Leslie, D. Joseph, C.R.R. Hooks
Increasing vegetation diversity within crop fields through cover cropping has been advocated as an additional tool for managing weeds. As such, field experiments were conducted over two field seasons to compare the influence of four cover cropping/tillage tactics on weeds, time spent manually removing weeds and marketable yields in organic bell peppers (). The four treatments included: (1) conventional
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LSGNet: A lightweight convolutional neural network model for tomato disease identification Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Shengxian Yang, Licai Zhang, Jianwu Lin, Tomislav Cernava, Jitong Cai, Renyong Pan, Jiaming Liu, Xingtian Wen, Xiaoyulong Chen, Xin Zhang
Tomatoes are among the most extensively grown and consumed crops worldwide, but tomato production can be greatly reduced due to various diseases. Plant diseases show different symptoms at different stages. In addition, there are similarities in the symptoms of different types of plant diseases, which hinder the recognition of diseases by existing deep learning models. Traditional convolutional neural
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Characterization and potential mechanism of resistance to double-stranded RNA in willow leaf beetle, Plagiodera versicolora J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Chongyu Liao, Miao Zhang, Jiang Zhang
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Effects of pyraclostrobin rotations and tank-mixtures on Cercospora beticola sensitivity and Cercospora leaf spot control in sugarbeet Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Alexandra P. Hernandez, Sarah Ruth, Christopher Bloomingdale, Linda E. Hanson, Jaime F. Willbur
Sugarbeet production supplies approximately 50–60% of domestic sugar in the United States. One of the most economically important foliar diseases of sugarbeet is Cercospora leaf spot (CLS), caused by . Fungicide resistance is a major concern due to the frequent applications needed to control multiple infection cycles each season and the reliance on single-site fungicides. Reduced sensitivity to multiple
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Shoot blight of Pinus bungeana caused by Diplodia sapinea newly reported in China Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Jun-Ya Xie, Hui Li, Yu Wan, De-Wei Li, Li-Hua Zhu
is a rare and endangered plant in China with high ornamental value. In September 2022, shoot blight was discovered in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. This disease led to the chlorosis, withering and death of the stems and needles of shoot tips of the host. It seriously affected the growth of plants. The fungus was identified to be , based on morphological characteristics and multilocus phylogenetic analyses
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May biocontrol agents artificially selected for their aggressiveness improve crop protection? J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Pierre Royer, François Dumont, Caroline Provost, Eric Lucas
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Viral diversity in the European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus as revealed through high-throughput sequencing Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Suvi Sutela, Juha Siitonen, Tiina Ylioja, Eeva J. Vainio
The European spruce bark beetle, is the economically most important biotic damaging agent of Norway spruce. Efforts to delimit beetle populations by trapping, application of chemical insecticides, or mechanically excluding the beetles from their breeding substrates are often expensive and mostly inadequate. The use of natural enemies and viruses is receiving increased research interest as a potential
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Rising temperatures favour defence-suppressing herbivores J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Jéssica Teodoro-Paulo, Jacques A. Deere, João Valeriano-Santos, Steven Charlesworth, Alison B. Duncan, Merijn R. Kant, Juan M. Alba
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Molecular delineation and genetic diversity of Fusarium species complex causing tea dieback in India and their sensitivity to fungicides Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Abhay K. Pandey, Manjunath Hubballi, Harshit K. Sharma, R. Ramesh, Somnath Roy, K. Dinesh, Azariah Babu
Fusarium dieback is a prevalent disease of tea ( (L.) Kuntze) in India and China. The pathogen affects plucking shoots and causes complete crop loss under favourable conditions. Although, other fungal diseases that infect tea were widely explored for pathogen identification and characterization, little is known about Fusarium dieback in major tea growing regions of India. Therefore, in this study 24
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Developing and implementing an integrated pest/disease management in apple for smallholder farms in Yantai, China Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Bao-Hua Li, Zhen-Fang Zhang, Xiang-Ming Xu
Yantai is one of the main apple production areas in China; however, apple production in Yantai is severely hampered by many pests and diseases. In this region, most apple are grown by smallholder farmers. To improve pest and disease management with minimal pesticide use, we developed an integrated pest/disease management specifically designed for apple production where fruit bagging practice is adopted
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Identification of new lines resistance to blackleg in an Argentinian rapeseed-breeding program Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Victoria Bessone, María G. Acosta, Lorena Shutt, Maricel A. Gallardo, Héctor Milisich, Lucrecia C. Gieco, Eugenia A. Martin
Rapeseed ( L.) is the third most important oil crop worldwide and it has a high demand for its industrial characteristics that make it suitable for human consumption and production of biofuels. The main yield losses of the crop are produce by blackleg, caused by (Desmaz.) Ces. and of Not. [Anamorph (Tode ex Fr.) Desmaz]. In this context, 469 inbred lines (ILs) of the INTA-EEA Paraná breeding program
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Droplet deposition behavior on the surface of wheat leaves with wind-induced vibration Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Yubin Cao, Chaoxi Wang, Yongze An, Yunfu Chen, Wei Qiu
Droplet impingement on leaf surfaces is a common phenomenon in the spray application process. Most impingements have focused on droplet deposition behavior on stationary leaf surfaces. However, airflow movement and auxiliary airflow during the spray application process create disturbances and generate vibrations on the leaves, which would inevitably affect the deposition conditions of droplets on leaf
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Transmission of Xylella fastidiosa subspecies multiplex from naturally infected to healthy Rhamnus alaternus by Philaenus spumarius and Neophilaenus campestris J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Anita Nencioni, Elisabetta Gargani, Agostino Strangi, Domenico Rizzo, Immacolata Iovinella, Patrizia Sacchetti, Pio Federico Roversi, Ilaria Cutino
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An effective object detector via diffused graphic large selective kernel with one-to-few labelling strategy for small-scaled crop diseases detection Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Jianlei Kong, Chenghao Hua, Xuebo Jin, Nan Guo, Li Peng
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Resistance response of yellow maize inbreds and F1 crosses against Philippine downy mildew [Peronosclerospora philippinensis (Weston) C.G. Shaw] Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Eliza Vie M. Simon-Ada, Jay-Vee S. Mendoza, Edward Cedrick J. Fernandez, John Paolo P. Nuñez, Fe M. Dela Cueva, Anand Noel C. Manohar, Roanne R. Gardoce, Tonette P. Laude, Darlon V. Lantican
Maize is one of the world's most important staple crops, yet various pests and diseases impede its optimal production. Philippine maize downy mildew disease (PDM) caused by (Weston) Shaw is one of the most devastating diseases in corn-growing areas in Asia. Breeding for resistant varieties is the most cost-effective and environmentally safe alternative for controlling the disease. In this study, we
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Innovating an electrostatic charging unit with an insulated induction electrode for air-assisted orchard sprayers Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Kemal Amaya, Ali Bayat
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Spatially explicit models reveal rodents rapidly colonize soybean fields regardless of pre-planting chemical treatment timing for cover crop removal Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Jena L. Nierman, Sean M. Murphy, Wendy Leuenberger, Allison G. Davis, John J. Cox, Matthew T. Springer
Soybean () is among the most important field crops in the world, and the USA is a top global producer, but USA soybean losses have increased because of multitude of factors, including wildlife damage. Although small, terrestrial rodents (Order: Rodentia) are capable of causing substantial damage to soybean and other field crops. Consequently, methods need to be developed that can provide agricultural
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First report of Pythium aphanidermatum and Pythium myriotylum causing root rot on chili pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in Guizhou, China Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Ningjing Ao, Huayan Zou, Jingwei Li, Huijuan Shao, Koji Kageyama, Wenzhuo Feng
Chili peppers ( L.) are popular globally as a vegetable and condiment and are particularly popular in Guizhou, China. Root rot, the most prevalent soil-borne disease affecting chili peppers, is widespread in Guizhou. In 2023, it was observed in 10–20% of six fields, leading to significant economic losses. Eight strains were isolated from rotten roots of ‘Huaxi’ chili samples to support the need for
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Spatial distribution of Vespa velutina-mediated beekeeping risk in France and Germany J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Fabrice Requier, Fabian Nürnberger, Sandra V. Rojas-Nossa, Quentin Rome
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Long-term expansion of cereal crops promotes regional population increase of polyphagous Helicoverpa armigera J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Long Yang, Minlong Li, Jie Liu, Juan Zeng, Yanhui Lu
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Biology, impact, management and potential distribution of Aromia bungii, a major threat to fruit crops around the world J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Kiran Jonathan Horrocks, Jinping Zhang, Tim Haye, M. Lukas Seehausen, Ramona Maggini, Xiaoqing Xian, Juhong Chen, Francesco Nugnes, Jana Collatz, Angela Gruber, Tara D. Gariepy
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Occurrence of leaf spot disease caused by Fusarium graminearum on white clover(Trifolium repens) in China Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Jianqiang Zhang, Xin Lai, Wenchao Liu, Tao Wei, Jian Liang, Lihua Wang, Gong Tang, Lie Yu
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Cross-dataset discriminant subspace learning algorithm for apple leaf diseases identification Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Huiqin Yan, Xiangshi Wang
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Pyroxasulfone based tank-mix herbicide combinations for diverse weed flora control in wheat Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Shiv Ram Samota, Rajender Singh Chhokar, Dharam Bir Yadav, Nitesh Kumar, Subhash Chander Gill, Harohalli Masthigowda Mamrutha
Field studies were conducted to assess the efficacy of pyroxasulfone alone and its combinations with other herbicides at different time of application against a diverse weed flora in wheat ( L). Applications of pyroxasulfone at 125 g/ha as pre-emergence (PE) or early post-emergence (EPO) at 20 days after sowing effectively controlled the grass weeds ( Retz. and Durieu). However, pyroxasulfone alone
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Variation of glyphosate spray volume in the drying of ground cover plants with an unmanned aerial vehicle Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Rodrigo Pereira Carneiro, Luiz Cláudio Garcia, Giliardi Dalazen, Jaime Alberti Gomes, Carlos Gilberto Raetano, Walter Boller
The presence of straw on the soil is crucial for enhancing its physical, chemical, and biological conditions in no-tillage cropping systems, while contributing to weed control. This study aimed to determine the optimal spray volume for desiccating ground cover plants using glyphosate applied by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Treatments included an untreated control and glyphosate spraying at 5,
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Fruit rot on tomatoes caused by Talaromyces stipitatus newly reported in China Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Lan Wang, Xiaoyan Yu, Bowen Guo, Qing Li, Kangdi Lai, Xiangjing Wang, Wensheng Xiang, Junwei Zhao
Tomato ( L.) is an important horticultural crop across the world, but its growth process is susceptible to various phytopathogenic fungi. In February 2022, naturally rotten tomato fruit were observed in greenhouses in Panjin City, Liaoning province, China. Thirty-two morphologically similar fungal strains were isolated from symptomatic tomato fruit. One representative isolate, Guo 1-4, was selected
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Theoretical analysis and design of inter cum intra-row wetland paddy field weeder Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Sapunii Sebastian, Karuna Kalita
Most of the paddy field weeders developed belongs to inter-row types and the use of inter cum intra-row weeding in wetland paddy fields is obscure. This study aims to design and develop inter cum intra-row weeders so that weeds in both inter and intra-row zone can be eradicated in one go. From the design point of view, the power source (engine), cutting blades, rotor shaft, inter and intra-row weeding
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Herbicides use in crop production: An analysis of cost-benefit, non-target toxicities and environmental risks Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Tapas Kumar Das, Biswaranjan Behera, Chaitanya Prasad Nath, Sourav Ghosh, Suman Sen, Rishi Raj, Sonaka Ghosh, Ajit Ram Sharma, Nanjapur Thimmappagowda Yaduraju, Arpita Nalia, Asik Dutta, Narendra Kumar, Raghavendra Singh, Himanshu Pathak, Ravi Gopal Singh, Kali Krishna Hazra, Probir Kumar Ghosh, Jayanta Layek, Abhik Patra, Bappa Paramanik
Under intensive agriculture, weeds cause heavy losses in crop yield and quality. The existing manual method of weed control is no longer sustainable because of paucity of labours, higher wage, and huge drudgery. Herbicide is an easier, more efficacious, and economical tool for weed control in crops and un-cropped situations. However, the consequences of herbicide use, concerning non-target toxicities
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Rapid detection of multiple phytoplasmas with an All-In-One Dual (AIOD) CRISPR assay Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Qicheng Li, Sicheng Guo, Jidong Li, Jian Jiao, Qiqi Yang, Jia Yao, Yun Chen, Xia Ye, Jun Cheng, Bin Tan, Xianbo Zheng, Yingxia Wu, Hong Cai, Huiyu Wang, Peng Chen, Jiancan Feng
Phytoplasma can infect thousands of plants and caused huge economic losses around the world. The large-scale spread and serious lethality of phytoplasma prompt the urgent need for sensitive, accurate, visual and rapid detection of these pathogens. Current molecular assays used for detecting phytoplasma are expensive and time consuming. Here, we established a novel All-In-One Dual (AIOD) CRISPR detection
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Anti-drift performance of a hoods spray system for soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.)-maize (Zea mays L.) strip intercropping Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Guanqun Wang, Mengmi Liu, Mingxiong Ou, Weidong Jia, Li Jiang, Ziyu Li, Xiang Dong, Yourui Huang, Tie Zhang
Soybean ()-maize ( L.) strip intercropping is a way to enhance land utilization efficiency, water conservation, and nutrient optimization, but there are few dedicated high-efficiency sprayers. Consequently, the objective of this research was to design a spray system tailored for the strip intercropping of maize and soybean and test its performance. The system consisted of 5 soybean units and 4 maize
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New lethal liquid bait for control of pest ants J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Asim Renyard, Kennedy Hoven, Charlotte Pinard, Gerhard Gries
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Atmospheric cold plasma-induced mortality in Sitophilus oryzae (L.) Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-07 Nahndi Kirk-Bradley, Suzania Hujon, Aditi Rohilla, Megan Burciaga, Keyan Zhu-Salzman, Janie McClurkin Moore
The rice weevil, , is a common pest in grain storage and agriculture, causing considerable damage to stored grains. Increasing resistance of rice weevils to current fumigation methods continues to occur, necessitating the development of alternative control strategies. In this study, we investigated the impact of atmospheric cold plasma (ACP) on the mortality of rice weevils. ACP generates non-thermal
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Host interactions, pathology, economic impacts and management of the facultative parasitic weed Rhamphicarpa fistulosa Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-07 Jonne Rodenburg, Lammert Bastiaans
(Hochst.) Benth., is a facultative parasitic plant causing persistent weed problems in smallholder rice crops across Africa. It was first identified as a rice weed in the 1990's in West Africa. The objective of this review was to comprehensively inform the crop protection research community and extension services on the newly gained insights on since the last review in 2014. Following a systematic
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Development of PCR-based assays for the detection of the evident and latent infection with Stilbocrea banihashemiana, the causal agent of fruit tree cankers Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Hamed Negahban, Zeinab Bolboli, Reza Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa
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Identification of Epicoccum latusicollum causing leaf spot disease on Bletilla striata in China Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Jingyi Guo, Xueming Huang, Siyu Lin, Ze Liu, Hanyi Wang, Qi Gao, Hao Zhou
, a perennial herbaceous orchid, has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. Recently, a leaf spot disease on , resulting in plant mortality, was observed in Guangxi Province, China. In order to determine the pathogen causing the disease, we employed a conventional pathogen isolation method and conducted pathogenicity test. Based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses
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Toxicity of botanical insecticides at different developmental stages of the coffee leaf miner, Leucoptera coffeella (Lepidoptera: Lynetiidae), and their side effects on predator Chrysoperla externa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) Crop Prot. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Vinícius de Oliveira Lima, Agda Braghini, Fabrícia Cristina de Paula, Jonas Mendes Rodrigues Souza, Gustavo Pincerato Figueiredo, Alessandra Marieli Vacari
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A whole ecosystem approach to pear psyllid (Cacopsylla pyri) management in a changing climate J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Laura A. Reeves, Michael P. D. Garratt, Michelle T. Fountain, Deepa Senapathi
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Substrate-borne vibrations produced during the interaction with natural enemies alter aphids probing behavior J. Pest Sci. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Caterina Zippari, Rachele Nieri, Zeinab Hamouche, Abderrahmane Boucherf, Giovanni Tamburini, Gianfranco Anfora, Vincenzo Verrastro, Valerio Mazzoni, Daniele Cornara