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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"host range testing"”.
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Biology and Host-Range Testing of <i>Laricobius kangdingensis</i> sp. n. (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), a Newly Discovered Predator of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, <i>Adelges tsugae</i> Annand (Homoptera: Adelgidae)
The biology and host-specificity of <i>Laricobius kangdingensis</i> sp. n. (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), a new predator of hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), <i>Adelges tsugae</i> Annand (Homoptera: Adelgidae) were investigated and compared with that of a related predator of HWA, <i>L. nigrinus</i> …
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Parasitism of Scarabaeidae by Parasitoid Flies in British Columbia and Western USA: Informing Biological Control Programs Against Popillia japonica with Crowd-sourced Records of Non-target Scarab Beetles
… risk. This work will help prioritize further host range testing and guide decisions about whether to introduce I. aldrichi to other regions.
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Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriophages Targeting Uropathogenic E. coli
… phages against E. coli MG1655 were purified and host-range testing was conducted against a panel of 11 UPEC strains form the E. coli reference collection (ECOR). These lytic phages were characterized phenotypically using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) using negative staining and …
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Quarantine evaluation of Eucryptorrhynchus brandti (Harold) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a potential biological control agent of tree-of-heaven, Ailanthus altissima in Virginia, USA
… biology of E. brandti, rearing efficacy, and host specificity. Eucryptorrhynchus brandti is univoltine, has a life cycle similar to the closely related species Cryptorhynchus lapathi (L.), with 6 instars, and completes development in 126 ± 6.5 d at 25°C. Efficient egg to adult rearing was …