Stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) are a group of about 5,000 species distributed worldwide, many them phytophagous with economic implications as crop pests. Rice ( Oryza sativa L.) is one the leading agricultural products for human consumption. In neotropical rice fields, hemipterans primary pests, stink being worst affecting productivity, standing out genus Tibraca Stål in terms damage. add...

With the widespread adoption of high yielding rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties and accompanying changes in cultural practices, leaf folder [Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenee)] yellow stem borer [Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker)] has attained status major pests influence yield if proper timely management practices are not adopted. For effective these pests, identification new molecules with novel ...

We present a pre/post intervention study, where HARVEST, a general-purpose patient record summarization tool, was introduced to ten data abstraction specialists. The specialists are responsible for reviewing hundreds of patient charts each month and reporting disease-specific quality metrics to a variety of online registries and databases. We qualitatively and quantitatively investigated whethe...

List of Tables iv List of Figures v Foreword vi Acknowledgments vii Summary viii 1. Research Questions and Motivation for Policy Analysis 1 2. Contents 3.1 Average total number of person-days worked by household members in the production of the main meher harvest, 1991 15 3.2 Time spent by household members on post-harvest activities, livestock activities, and non-farm activities (average total...

Grapes are one of the important fruit crop in the world, with production rates of approx. 50 million tons per year (Schieber et al., 2001). Grapes can be decay during pre harvest and post harvest and post harvest decay of grapes can be due to physical, physiological, or pathological factors. Rachis dehydration is a main decay factor (physical deterioration) of grapes during the pre or postharve...