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Since 2014 the agrochemical industry has encountered a period of downturn affected by low crop prices and farm profitability. At the same time increasing regulation has made the introduction of new chemistry increasingly challenging, particularly in the EU where registration is now governed by hazard rather than risk. This has led to companies cont...
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Box‐whisker plot of the EC50 values (mg L‐1) for metyltetraprole and pyraclostrobin expressed in a log10 scale for each of the wild‐type and G143A mutant isolates of Zymoseptoria tritici.
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Post-border detection of a single brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) in New Zealand warranted a biosecurity response, the nature of which would be influenced by its status as part of an established population or as a new arrival. Stable isotope analysis has the potential to determine natal origins, but is difficult to achieve for samples as small as...
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Insect hyperparasitoids can disrupt biological pest control by suppressing the population of their parasitoid hosts. In this review, we propose different infochemical‐based strategies that can be used to manage hyperparasitoids.
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The integration of UAVs for weed and pest detection with currently commercially available UAV sprayers can increase the efficiency of pesticide applications and help manage pesticide resistance.
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Locations of substitutions leading to resistance against pyridachlometyl and carbendazim. The former is near the interface between the two tubulin dimers. The latter is β‐tubulin.
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Garlic is the second largest allium crop after onion and is grown all over the world. The onion maggot (Delia antiqua M.) is a pest that seriously affects the yield and quality of garlic. Cultural controls and insecticides have several potential problems, including pesticide residue and development of resistance. Screening resistant varieties is an...
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This paper documents farmer perceptions and management practices for fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiderda J.E. Smith), providing a baseline for the development of sustainable pest management strategies. 91% of farmers correctly identified fall armyworm, and reported it as the most important maize pest during 2016/2017 cropping season, affecting nea...
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Slugs and snails constitute major crop pests. Withdrawal of metaldehyde has prompted a search for more environmentally friendly yet fast acting molluscicides. This study investigated the response of representative molluscs to conidia and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of the insect pathogenic fungus Metarhizium brunneum Petch. Conidia of M. brun...
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Endophytes are microbes (mostly bacteria and fungi) present asymptomatically in plants. Endophytic microbes are often functional in that they may carry nutrients from the soil into plants, modulate plant development, increase stress tolerance of plants, suppress virulence in pathogens, increase disease resistance in plants, and suppress development...
