Biological Control Agent
The gorse pod moth (Cydia succedana Denis & Schiffermüller); is it a successful gorse (Ulex europaeus L.) biological control agent?
... biocontrol agent has been reported to range from 44% (Cameron et ...biocontrol agent species for weed biocontrol in areas where substantial effort is invested into release, redistribution and ...a ...
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How widespread is Parthenium hysterophorus and its biological control agent Zygogramma bicolorata in South Asia?
... its biological control agent ...its biological control agent on a national ...its biological control agent in South Asia, and to develop spatial and climate ...
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Efficacy of Entomopathogenic Fungi as Biological Control agent against insect pests of Gossypium hirsutum.
... Pathogenicity of isolates entomopathogenic fungi were experienced against different cotton pests. Four strains of B. bassiana, two strains of P. lilicuns and one strain of M. anisoplaie and V. lecanii were used. ...
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Cardiocladius oliffi (Diptera: Chironomidae) as a potential biological control agent against Simulium squamosum (Diptera: Simuliidae)
... molecular biological methods to implicate ...potential biological control agent indicated that, whilst the predation by this species clearly resulted in fewer adult ...effective ...
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Assessing the potential of the rust fungus Puccinia spegazzinii as a classical biological control agent for the invasive weed Mikania micrantha in Papua New Guinea
... classical biological control agent of the invasive weed Mikania micrantha (Asteraceae), following its earlier release in India, mainland China and ...
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Trichoderma as an Efficient Biological Control Agent to Manage Disease in Organic Farms of Nepal
... 2007). Trichoderma spp. alone or in combination with chemical adjuvant has been used in control of several plant diseases. They can be efficiently used as spores (especially conidia) during product formulation and ...
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Investigating the use of wasps Anagyrus lopezi as a biological control agent for cassava mealybugs: modeling and simulation
... In this paper, a cellular automata model is developed in order to investigate the control of cassava mealybugs in a cassava field when the wasp Anagyrus lopezi is used as the biological control ...
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Evaluation of trichoderma isolates as potential biological control agent against soybean charcoal rot disease caused by Macrophomina phaseolina
... disrupts the cell wall of the phytopathogen cells (Figure 2). According to the literature, the antagonistic properties of T. harzianum may be ascribed to the pro- duction of a number of volatile substances, which include ...
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SPREAD OF PARTHENIUM WEED AND ITS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT IN THE PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
... The biological control agent Z. bicolorata is present in northeast and north-west districtsof Punjab, as predicted by CLIMEX model (Dhileepan and Senaratne, 2009). Areas in KPK and some southern ...
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Complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas brassicacearum strain L13-6-12, a biological control agent from the rhizosphere of potato
... effective biological control agent with disease-suppressing effects against Rhizoctonia solani Kühn in treated lettuce and potato plants in green- house and field trials ...for biological ...
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Analysis of a novel phenazine antibiotic gene cluster in Erwinia herbicola Eh1087 : A biological control agent for fireblight
... Abstract ANALYSIS OF A NOVEL PHENAZINE ANTIBIOTIC GENE CLUSTER IN ERWINIA HERBICOLA EHI087: A BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT FOR FIREBLIGHT Stephen Giddens The present study advances genetic, [r] ...
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Potential Use of Entomopathogenic Virus Native to Sumatra Island as Biological Control Agent of Setora nitens L. (Lepidoptera:Limacodidae), the Main Pest of Oilpalm
... to control the caterpillars using insecticides but the insects are still existing and causing significant damages to the ...as biological control agent of slug caterpillar was conducted to ...
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The potential of Cleobora mellyi (southern ladybird) as a biological control agent of the invasive tomato-potato psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli) on potatoes
... Releasing the southern ladybird into a crop is not completely without risk. The southern ladybird could prey on other natural enemies. It is therefore critical to undertake intraguild predation trials. Intraguild ...
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Aureobasidium pullulans as biological control agent: modes of action
... excellent control of blue mould and grey mould of apples as well as brown rot of peaches (Mercier and Jimenez, 2004) and green mould of citrus (Mercier and Smilanick, 2005), showing that VOCs could represent a new ...
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Potential for Management of Sclerotinia Blight of Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) caused by Sclerotinia minor with the Biological Control Agent Coniothyrium minitans
... Control of Sclerotinia Blight. Crop rotation, moderately resistant cultivars, and fungicides are currently used to manage Sclerotinia blight (43). Long-term rotations with non-host crops such as corn (Zea mays L.) ...
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Quantifying the efficiencyof the beetle (Gostrophysavirdula) as biological control agent on weedy plant sorrel dock (Rumex crispus) at different seedling growth stages
... essential resources for plant growth which result in a reduced growth and production. The losses in plant growth and crops yield usually result from weeds competition for water, nutrient uptake, light, space and other ...
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Relative host plant species use by the lantana biological control agent Aconophora compressa (Membracidae) across its native and introduced ranges
... Host specificity testing of candidate biocontrol agents relies mostly on data collected from glasshouse and laboratory studies in which a range of potential hosts are exposed to the herbivore species of interest. Plant ...
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An Attenuated Strain of Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus as a Biological Control Agent against Pathogenic Viral Strains
... common disease agents. Many viruses are able to systemically infect their hosts due to specific interactions be- tween viral genome/proteins and the host proteins [1]. In turn, plants have developed induced mechanisms to ...
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Isolates, Virulence of two Entomopathogenic Fungi as biological control agent on sugar beet fly, Pegomyia mixta in Egypt
... Experiments were carried out to study the Virulence of the tested fungi against the target insect pests, during the two successive seasons 2014&2015 starting from the first of March 2014 to evaluate the virulence of ...
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Aspects of the biology and morphology of Anisoplaca ptyoptera meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), a potential biological control agent of gorse
... the Hawaiian State Department of Agriculture gorse control programme, aspects of the biology of A. ptyoptera and its potential as a biocontrol agent have been investigated in New Zealan[r] ...
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