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Insect pests

Efficient phenotyping of banana (Musa spp.) germplasm for resistance to five biotic constraints using Partially replicated (P-rep) design

Reagan Kanaabi, Gerald Mwanje, Charles Serebe, Happyness Mpanda, Kennedy Jomanga, Brigitte Uwimana, Marnik Vuylsteke, Allan Brown, Rony Swennen, Gloria Valentine Nakato

published 23 Oct 2026

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Influence of weather variables on population dynamics of rice insect pests and their natural enemies: A six year light trap study in Gazipur, Bangladesh

Tapon Kumar Roy, Mir Md Moniruzzaman Kabir, Md Nazmul Bari, Md Mosaddeque Hossain, Anamika Sannal

published 07 Oct 2026

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Synergistic spatial-sequential modeling for enhanced Rosa roxburghii disease detection

Xude Zhang, Houbing Tang, Xiaoping Wu, Jianghai Wang

published 06 Oct 2026

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Developmental biology and substrate preference of the quarantine pest, mango pulp weevil Sternochetus frigidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) under laboratory conditions

Sayesta Mehejaveen Begum, Badal Bhattacharyya, Shimantini Borkataki, Kanchan Saikia, Bikash Hazarika, K. Sindhura Bhairavi, Shareen Tikhak, Ritu Ranjan Taye, Inee Gogoi, Supriya Sharma, Saurabh Sarma

published 05 Oct 2026

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Laboratory evaluation of plant powders against the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in stored sorghum

Adem Nega Yimer, Bewketu Takele

published 11 Sep 2026

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Why we need dedicated insect microphones - A comparison between measurement and MEMS microphone arrays highlights gap in available hardware

Jelto Branding, Dieter von Hörsten, Elias Böckmann, Jens Karl Wegener, Eberhard Hartung

published 08 Jul 2026

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Digital assessment of banana (Musa spp.) genotype resistance to banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus) compared with expert visual assessment

Gerald Mwanje, Jeremy Francis Tusubira, Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende, Reagan Kanaabi, Charles Serebe, Trushar Shah, Rony Swennen, Allan Brown, Gloria Valentine Nakato

published 29 Jun 2026

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Pesticide-induced ecological traps and insect pollinator foraging network disruption in apple orchards compared to adjacent graveyard refugia

Muzafar Riyaz, Arfat Nazir, Sabreena Ashraf, Rakesh Kumar Gupta

published 24 Jun 2026

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Pest consumption by common bats in diverse landscapes

Miren Aldasoro, Oihane Diaz de Cerio, Nerea Vallejo, Lander Olasagasti, Joxerra Aihartza

published 17 Jun 2026

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Towards eco-friendly apple farming: Real-time codling moth monitoring using improved YOLOv10 and IoT integration

Mohamed Zarboubi, Abdelaaziz Bellout, Samira Chabaa, Azzedine Dliou

published 15 Apr 2026

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Food and feed safety of a novel Vip3C insecticidal protein derived from Paenibacillus spp. for protection of crop plants against key Lepidopteran pests

Lucas J. McKinnon, Rong Wang, Cunxi Wang, Scott Saracco, Colton Kessenich, Virginia M. Johnson, Jennifer Calcaterra, Gregory Frierdich, Eric Bretsnyder, Luting Fang, Bingyao Li, Tianbo Xu

published 18 Mar 2026

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Efficient service mesh traffic management for cloud-native applications

Rizwan Ahmed, Shuyang Ren, Eunsam Kim, Choonhwa Lee

published 12 Mar 2026

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Influence of biosilica treatments and storage receptacles on the quality of maize (Zea mays L.) and common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) seeds during long-term storage

Bertrand Zing Zing, Charles Rostand Mvongo Mvodo, Valteri Audrey Voula, Lin Marcellin Messi Ambassa, Eugene Ejolle Ehabe, Placide Desiré Belibi Belibi, Charles Melea Kede

published 11 Mar 2026

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