نتایج جستجو برای: crop selectivity

تعداد نتایج: 113578  

2017
Gregory A. Jones Kathryn E. Sieving Michael L. Avery Robert L. Meagher

The identification and conservation of naturally occurring enemies of crop pests is an important means of improving biological control in cropping systems. One particularly important potential mechanism whereby birds might stabilize and improve pest control is consumption of individual prey that escape mortality from other agents of biological control. We tested the hypothesis that birds prefer...

2016
Benjamin Musah Abu Haruna Issahaku Paul Kwame Nkegbe

Smallholder farmers have two basic decisions to make regarding selling their surplus produce: selling at farmgate at low prices or travelling to a market centre where higher prices are offered while incurring some transaction costs. Whichever decision is made has implications for poverty alleviation efforts. Previous studies have ignored modelling participation and market choice simultaneously....

2013
Victor Rueda-Ayala Martin Weis Martina Keller Dionisio Andújar Roland Gerhards

Harrowing is often used to reduce weed competition, generally using a constant intensity across a whole field. The efficacy of weed harrowing in wheat and barley can be optimized, if site-specific conditions of soil, weed infestation and crop growth stage are taken into account. This study aimed to develop and test an algorithm to automatically adjust the harrowing intensity by varying the tine...

Journal: :Journal of economic entomology 2012
Jana C Lee Hannah J Burrack Luz D Barrantes Elizabeth H Beers Amy J Dreves Kelly A Hamby David R Haviland Rufus Isaacs Tamara A Richardson Peter W Shearer Cory A Stanley Doug B Walsh Vaughn M Walton Frank G Zalom Denny J Bruck

Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (Diptera: Drosophilidae), a recent invasive pest of small and stone fruits, has been detected in more than half of the U.S. states, and in Canada, Mexico, and Europe. Upon discovery, several different trap designs were recommended for monitoring. This study compared the trap designs across seven states/provinces in North America and nine crop types. Between May and ...

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