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We developed a framework to evaluate the profitability of management scenarios across varying probabilities of a pest outbreak occurring and probabilities that the pest is resistant to the management tactic.
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When spraying simple liquids through a hydraulic nozzle, the mechanisms that affect breakup into droplets have recently been described. However, it is unknown how the droplet size distribution changes when surfactant-based adjuvants are added to the spray. When spraying different surfactant-based solutions containing commercial adjuvants, the break...
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An IAA16 mutation ( G73N ) confers robust resistance to dicamba but moderate to low resistance to 2,4‐ d and fluroxypyr in key weed species kochia. The mutation also leads to significant leaf and stem morphological changes and diminished plant size, resulting in plants that are highly vulnerable to competition. Vegetative growth defects of G73N mut...
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We modelled the amount of moose damage with linear mixed effects models by using regional forest structure parameters. The model can be used as a tool in moose management. © 2020 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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Plants have potential to synthesize metabolites for defence against multiple kingdoms; development of other plants, animal pests or microbial pathogens may all be inhibited by a single compound.
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In nontreated ash trees, signs of emerald ash borer infestation decrease when in high proximity, measured by a novel neighboring index, to trees treated with systemic insecticide. © 2020 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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The sex pheromone of Micromelalopha siversi was characterized as (13 Z ,15 E )‐octadecadienal, the pheromone component that has not been identified in Lepidoptera before. The total synthesis of this active component was also reported. © 2020 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Ind...
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The whitefly Bemisia tabaci is an important vector of virus diseases, impacting cassava production in East Africa. To date, breeding efforts in this region have focused on disease resistance. Here we use a spatially-explicit simulation model to explore how breeding strategies for whitefly resistance will influence the population dynamics of whitefl...
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Recent advances in whole‐genome sequencing as well as bioinformatic and statistical tools have made it possible to use population and quantitative genetics methods to expand our understanding of how resistance and fitness changes are genetically controlled and to predictively measure their response to selection pressure.
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Herein we report about the discovery of isoflucypram ( 1 ), the first representative of a newly installed subclass of succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors inside the FRAC family of complex II inhibitors. The unusual substitution of the carboxamide nitrogen with a cyclopropyl group likely conditions a binding mode that is different to that of classica...
