Baculovirus-based biocontrol agents were originally produced using dead larvae collected from fields. Later, industrial production was implemented, requiring standardisation. The paradigm, transposed from the chemical industry was a product as homogeneous as possible, that is, a single virus genotype as active component. Virus genetic diversity was...
Published in Annual Review of Economics
With average temperature ranging from −20°C at the North Pole to 30°C at the Equator and with global warming expected to reach 1.4°C to 4.5°C by the year 2100, it is clear that climate change will have vastly different effects across the globe. Given the abundance of land in northern latitudes, if population and economic activity could freely move ...
Published in Frontiers in Environmental Science
In the face of environmental deterioration and to improve human welfare, China’s Shaanxi provincial government has launched one of the largest disaster shelter and resettlement projects in history. In assessing the likely success of this project, it is important to measure the vulnerability and adaptation of rural households in areas where the popu...
Published in Environmental Research Letters
Published in Frontiers in Education
Despite the rapid growth of social and emotional learning (SEL) programs, research on program implementation has lagged behind. In the landscape of implementation science for SEL programs, fidelity and dosage are often emphasized, but important aspects like adaptation have largely been neglected. This qualitative study addresses three research ques...
Published in Frontiers in Nutrition
Published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
The honey bee (Apis mellifera) parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, is considered one of the main causes of colony losses in European honey bee (EHB) populations around the world. However, some EHB and Africanized honey bee (AHB) populations (derived from the African subspecies A. m. scutellata) that inhabit tropical and subtropical regions of the Am...
Published in Frontiers in Physiology
Published in Environmental Research: Health
In Malaysia, climate change typically manifests as frequent and extreme weather events. The effects on human health of such meteorological and ecological imbalances are multiple and diverse. Urgent attention is needed to address the health-related threats facing Malaysia as a result of climate change. This systematic review (SR) of available eviden...
