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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"pest insects"”.
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The impact of Tomicobia tibialis (Hymenoptera : pteromalidae) on the pine engraver, Ips pini (Coleoptera : scolytidae)
… release of biological control agents against pest insects is a management tool that has been largely ignored in forestry due to a lack of understanding and means of producing potential agents. I investigated the effects of Tomicobia tibialis Ashmead on the reproductive potential of adult Ips …
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Behavioural and physiological responses of myzus persicae to ultraviolet light for the development of new pest control technologies
… to deliver new understanding of the responses of pest insects to light for the purpose of improved agricultural pest control. Through access to experimental polyethylene horticultural films with novel transmission properties, I exploited new opportunities for exploring separate short- and …
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Conservation biological control in a multi-strata agroforestry system
… ecosystem services that benefit farmers. Pest control by wild predators and parasitoids could be an especially valuable service in fruits and nuts, the main cash crops in polyculture agroforestry systems. To understand how diverse agroforestry’s unique traits would affect pest control, I …
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Bat Habitat Ecology Using Remote Acoustical Detectors at the Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center - Fort Pickett, Blackstone, Virginia
… health. They are major consumers of nocturnal insects, serve as pollinators, seed disperser, and provide important economic benefits as consumers of agricultural and forest pest insects. Bats have been proposed as good indicators of the integrity of natural communities because they integrate a …
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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