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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"beneficial arthropods"”.
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Birds, pests, and beneficial arthropods in soybean following a fall-planted cereal rye cover crop
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-11 without embargo terms
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Assessing adaptive winter behaviors of beneficial arthropods, with a focus on the long-distance migratory ecology of Nearctic hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae)
… examine several aspects of winter survival among beneficial predacious, parasitic, and pollinating arthropods. Chapters 1 and 2 are focused on the long-distance migratory ecology of Nearctic hover flies (Diptera: Syrphinae), while Chapter 3 examines the effects of field borders on arthropod …
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The use of cover crops to increase yield and reduce pest pressure in a commercial avocado orchard at Levubu, Limpopo Province
… bare soil and natural ground cover on pest and beneficial arthropods, soil health, crop yield, pest damage and weed suppression in avocado orchards. The trial plots were sited within established commercial avocado orchards with trees of similar cultivar (‘Hass’), soil-type and age, located in …
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Improving Integrated Pest Management in Sweet Corn System
… and chlorantraniliprole to repel bees and other beneficial arthropods after application in sweet corn; repellency could impact their risk of nontarget effects by reducing exposure. I found that there was no significant effect on the number of times honey bees visited the corn tassels or the …
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Combining natural enemies and selective pesticides in IPM programmes of exotic pests: the Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) case
… articles assessing side effects of spinosyns on beneficial arthropods further hinted the potential multiple negative sublethal effects of this type of products in IPM packages. Taken as a whole, my research showed that indigenous biocontrol agents could play a key role in the control of T. …
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Impacts of organic and conventional neurotoxic pesticides on a pest and a pollinator in almond agroecosystems (Prunus dulcis)
… and thus can have non-target effects on beneficial arthropods in agroecosystems, including pollinators. In this study, focused on the almond production system in California's Central Valley, I examined impacts of the synthetic neonicotinoids and the organic spinosyns on the pest navel …