1 State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, 2 School of Biology, University of St Andrews, East Sands, St Andrews, United Kingdom, 3 Scientific Observation and Experimental Station of Pests in Xilingol Rangeland, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Acad...

Context Rotations in rainfed farming systems of southwest Australia have shifted towards intensified cropping and it is necessary to reassess soilborne pathogens plant parasitic nematodes within this context. Aims We tested the hypothesis that these recent changes rotations agronomy altered efficacy with which reduce incidence common root nematodes. Methods tracked pathogen DNA soil severity cr...

Intensive agriculture and urbanization are putting pressure on natural capital in Aotearoa–New Zealand (NZ), with native ecosystems water quality suffering degradation. As the population has increased, so development pushed into rural–urban fringe. Over last 30 years, number of lifestyle properties NZ increased dramatically. Many these have been developed some NZ’s most productive soils, meanin...

This chapter discusses whether plant chemical communication is a mechanism by which plant genetic diversity can affect the natural enemies of herbivores. Plant genetic diversity influences natural enemies, and these insects use volatile chemical cues to locate suitable habitats. However, the importance of chemical communication for these interactions has not been considered. In this chapter, th...

Certain plants produce prodigious amounts of pollen. A single plant can produce 1 million to several million pollen grains in a day. In general, brightly colored flowering plants are of little clinical importance in inhalant allergy because their pollen is designed to be carried by insects (entomophilous) rather than by the wind (anemophilous). Many grasses, trees and weeds produce sufficient q...

ethiopia is remarkably rich in its biological, ecological and landscape diversity and is home to outstanding natural bio-resources such as a number of herbs, aromatic and medicinal plants. the present study was carried out to study the composition, distribution and economic importance of insect pests of prioritized aromatic (mentha sp., lemon verbena, fennel, rosemary, rosadamascene, oregano, p...

In spite of the large yield losses that weeds inflict on crops, we know little about the genomics of economically important weed species. Comparative genomics between plant model species and weeds, map-based approaches, genomic sequencing and functional genomics can play vital roles in understanding and dissecting weedy traits of agronomically important weed species that damage crops. Weed geno...

Despite a rapid and continuous expansion in aquaculture industries, Australia has not experienced significant disease emergencies in farmed aquatic animal populations. However, recent events in relation to wild, farmed, native and introduced aquatic animals have provided warning signals. The development of a national response mechanism for fisheries and aquaculture emergencies became a high pri...