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Kyeongnam Kim, Dongbin Kim, Chaeeun Kim, Donghyeon Kim, Byeongjun Kim, Byung-Ho Lee and Sung-Eun Lee
Globalization has increased international trade and caused an annual increase in the number of non-native insect pest species found in quarantine sites in Korea. Since over 80% of Korean farms use greenhouses with internal conditions conducive to growing...
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Jolanta Kowalska, Malgorzata Antkowiak and Pawel Sienkiewicz
Flower strips can be an important component of integrated pest management and contribute to reducing pressure on agroecosystems, which is why they are increasingly implemented as part of agri-environmental programs. They can be used as a multifunctional ...
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Bo?e Lucin, Zoran Carija, Marta Alvir and Ivana Lucin
In recent years, microplastic pollution has been given increasing attention in marine environments due to the hazard it poses for aquatic organisms. Plastic pipes are now being widely used in shipbuilding, and due to easy processing, they are often insta...
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Gabriela-Maria Baci, Alexandra-Antonia Cucu, Adela Ramona Moise and Daniel Severus Dezmirean
Since ancient times, honey has been considered one of the most illustrious and esteemed natural products. Honey plays two key roles; specifically, it is an appreciated nutritional product, and also exhibits a wide range of beneficial properties for human...
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Spiridon Mantzoukas and Panagiotis A. Eliopoulos
Among the non-chemical insect control methods, biological control is one of the most effective human and environmentally friendly alternatives. One of the main biological control methods is the application of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF). Today, biologic...
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Norman Uphoff and Frank B. Dazzo
Irrigated rice production is one of the most essential agricultural activities for sustaining our global population, and at the same time, one of the agricultural sectors considered most eco-unfriendly. This is because it consumes a larger share of avail...
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Carmela Conte, Marzia Sichetti and Giovanna Traina
Many studies highlighted that a bidirectional communication between the gut and the central nervous system (CNS) exists. A vigorous immune response to antigens must be avoided, and pathogenic organisms crossing the gut barrier must be detected and killed...
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Lena Wöhl, Thorsten Ruf, Christoph Emmerling, Jan Thiele and Stefan Schrader
Abundant and functionally diverse earthworm communities in perennials deliver ecosystem services like increasing nutrient availability by incorporating organic matter. This study aimed to analyse the decomposition of annual and perennial energy crop resi...
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Mariusz Szmagara, Marek Kopacki, Barbara Skwarylo-Bednarz, Agnieszka Jamiolkowska, Barbara Marcinek, Krystyna Rysiak and Agnieszka Szmagara
Recently, the ecological awareness of society and the need to take care of our surroundings and the natural environment has significantly increased. There is also an urgent problem of searching for new, environmentally friendly techniques for its purific...
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Kaoru Uesugi, Kazuaki Nagayama and Euichi Hirose
While nanoscale nipple arrays are expected to reduce light reflection and/or dust contamination in some insects, similar structures have been reported in various marine invertebrates. To evaluate the anti-contamination property of the structure in aquati...
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Yonghui Cao, Tian Bao, Yingzhuo Cao, Pu Wang, Ou Yang, Yang Lu and Yong Cao
Compared with traditional underwater equipment powered by propeller, the manta-ray-inspired vehicle with MPF mode (Median fin/paired fin) has the advantages of stable swimming attitude, high maneuverability, and low noise, etc. As one of the sources of a...
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Chris Blok, Caroline Van der Salm, Jantineke Hofland-Zijlstra, Marta Streminska, Barbara Eveleens, Inge Regelink, Lydia Fryda and Rianne Visser
Peat is used as rooting medium in greenhouse horticulture. Biochar is a sustainable alternative for the use of peat, which will reduce peat derived carbon dioxide emissions. Biochar in potting soil mixtures allegedly increases water storage, nutrient sup...
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Gudrun Strauß
The potential environmental risks of Neodryinus typhlocybae, a parasitic wasp from North America, were evaluated with regard to its safe use as an exotic biocontrol agent for the planthopper Metcalfa pruinosa in Austria. Following an earlier host range s...
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Helvi Heinonen-Tanski, Surendra K. Pradhan and Päivi Karinen
Human urine and faeces are products formed every day in every human society. The volume and fertilisation value of urine is higher than that of faeces. This paper reviews data that urine has been used successfully as a fertiliser for cereals and some veg...
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