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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Exclusion Cage"”.
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Establishment of Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae) in Virginia and assessment of its impact on hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), throughout the eastern U.S.
… treatments were set up at each of the sites: no cage, closed exclusion cage, and open cage. Three assessments were taken during key points throughout the season in order to monitor both HWA and L. nigrinus populations. Larval predator were recovered from most of the sites in year one and in …
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Bean Leaf Beetle: Impact of Leaf Feeding Injury on Snap Beans, Host Plant Choice and Role as a Vector of Bean Pod Mottle Virus in Virginia
… produced legumes in eastern Virginia. Field cage and manual-defoliation studies were conducted in Virginia to determine an economic impact of BLB. In the manual-defoliation study, snap bean plants had significant yield loss when > 25% of leaf area was removed. In the field cage experiments, I …
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Impact of Spatial Distance and Pollinators on Floral and Fruit Bacterial Communities of Solanum carolinense
… these communities was tested using pollinator exclusion cages. Here we found that generalist pollinators do not play a large role in shaping floral bacterial communities in Solanum carolinense. Comparing bacterial community diversity between caged and uncaged flowers, via PCoA we found no …