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Weed Control
item Cheatgrass control with herbicides to improve seeding success: the development years (Mar 2024)
item Challenges and emerging opportunities of weed management in organic agriculture (Feb 2024)
item Characterization of emerging Xanthomonas campestris isolates on the widespread, non-native weed Alliaria petiolata (Jan 2024)
item Corynespora cassiicola isolates recovered from Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) are capable of causing target spot on tomato and cotton (Dec 2023)
item Enhancing invasive weed biocontrol research through microbial community and genome sequencing (Dec 2023)
item Changes in plant architecture in Brazilian peppertree damaged by the biological control agent, Pseudophilothrips ichini Hood (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) (Dec 2023)
item Additional host range testing of eucryptorrhynchus brandti (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) for the biological control of tree-of-heaven, ailanthus altissima (Simaroubaceae) in the U.S.A. (Dec 2023)
item Assessing the status of biological control of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in the southeastern USA (Dec 2023)
item Genomic features of the host-specific fungal biocontrol agent Ramularia crupinae approved for the management of the federally noxious weed Crupina vulgaris. (Nov 2023)
item First report of Colletotrichum shisoi causing anthracnose of Perilla frutescens in the United States (Nov 2023)
item Insecticidal and repellent activities of four essential oils against Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (Nov 2023)
item What alligator weed distribution models in its native and invaded ranges tell us about its invasion story and biological control (Nov 2023)
item Multivariate evaluation of cold tolerance in domestic and foreign populations for addressing climate mismatch in biological control of Alternanthera philoxeroides in the USA (Nov 2023)
item Pre-adaptation of cheatgrass for the Great Basin (Nov 2023)
item Weed biocontrol at the USDA-ARS, Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit (Nov 2023)
item Assessing the status of “push-pull” technology in worldwide agriculture and forestry (Nov 2023)
item Effects of invasive plant haplotypes on a biological control agent (Lepidelphax pistiae) fecundity and impact (Oct 2023)
item Benefits and risks of gene drives for invasive plant management - the case for common tansy (Oct 2023)
item Addressing biases in replacement series: The importance of reference density selection for interpretation of competition outcomes (Oct 2023)
item Volunteer rapeseed infestation and management in corn (Sep 2023)
item Does narrow row spacing suppress weeds and increase yields in corn and soybean? A meta-analysis (Sep 2023)
item What is more important to host-seeking entomopathogenic nematodes, innate or learned preference? (Sep 2023)
item How sweet is the extrafloral nectar secreted by the invasive alien Tree of Heaven, Ailanthus altissima Mill.? (Sep 2023)
item Using high tunnels to enhance organic vegetable production in Florida: an overview (Sep 2023)
item Life history of the leaf-feeding beetle Calomela intemerata, a potential biocontrol agent against Acacia auriculiformis (Sep 2023)
item Temporal variability in nutrient use among Streptomyces suggests dynamic niche partitioning (Sep 2023)
item Great Basin Rangelands Research Unit, USDA, Agricultural Research Service: Assessing the efficacy of integrated cheatgrass management tools (Sep 2023)
item Using Structure-from-Motion to estimate cover crop biomass and characterize canopy structure (Sep 2023)
item Parasitism by Gryon aetherium on Bagrada hilaris eggs in northcentral California (Aug 2023)
item Biochemical composition of cover crop residues determines water retention and rewetting characteristics (Aug 2023)
item Galls formed by Aceria genistae (Acari: Eriophyidae) alter resource allocation of the invasive weed Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) (Aug 2023)
item Data from: Interseeded cover crop mixtures influence soil water storage during the corn phase of corn-soybean-wheat no-till cropping systems (Aug 2023)
item Quantifying interseeded cover crops effects on soil water and corn productivity in corn-soybean-wheat no-till cropping systems (Aug 2023)
item Effects of insect herbivory on herbicidal control of Pistia stratiotes haplotypes (Aug 2023)
item Responses of different clonal lines of Imperata cylindrica (cogongrass) to herbivory when grown in different nutrient environments (Jul 2023)
item Flexible feeding by the biological control agent, Pseudophilothrips ichini causes greater damage than expected to the weed Brazilian peppertree (Jul 2023)
item Bioherbicidal Activity of Albifimbria verrucaria (formerly Myrothecium verrucaria) on Glyphosate-Resistant Conyza canadensis (Jul 2023)
item A preliminary assessment of Amblyseius andersoni (Chant) as a potential biocontrol agent against Phytophagous Mites occurring on coniferous plants (Jul 2023)
item Yield performance, mineral profile, and nitrate content in a selection of seventeen microgreens species (Jul 2023)
item Cryptic functional diversity within a grass mycobiome (Jul 2023)
item The Martin Fire: then and now (Jul 2023)
item Using Eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) populations to assess waterhyacinth (Pontederia crassipes) management (Jun 2023)
item Biological control food webs suggest biotic resistance not apparent competition (Jun 2023)
item Attraction of the air potato leaf beetle, Lilioceris Cheni (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) to leaf volatiles of the air potato, Dioscorea bulbifera (Jun 2023)
item Seed-specific mass and root growth relate to perennial bunchgrass seedling survivorship under highly limited nutrient supply (May 2023)
item Population genetic structure of Megamelus scutellaris (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) and its implications for the biological control of water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes) (May 2023)
item Phenotypic trait differences between Iris pseudacorus in native and introduced ranges support greater capacity of invasive populations to withstand sea level rise (May 2023)
item Toxicity of herbicides used for control of waterhyacinth in the California Delta towards the planthopper Megamelus scutellaris released for biological control (May 2023)
item Biocontrol bites biocontrol: potential interference of the Brazilian peppertree biological control thrips Pseudophilothrips ichini (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)by Montandoniola confusa (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) (Apr 2023)
item Dual strategy: “push-pull” technology and companion planting in high tunnels (Apr 2023)
item Cover crop termination options and application of remote sensing for evaluating termination efficiency (Apr 2023)
item The so-called ambrosia of the Arundo leaf miner, Lasioptera donacis, harbors a diverse endophytic fungal assemblage (Apr 2023)
item Submission of barcode sequences of the European moth, Gymnancyla canella Denis and Schiffermüller (Pyralidae), a candidate biocontrol agent of the invasive Russian thistles, Salsola spp. (Chenopodiaceae) in California (Apr 2023)
item Prioritising environmental invasive weeds of European concern for classical biological control: A reanalysis (Apr 2023)
item A comparison of candidate banker plants for management of pests in lettuce (Apr 2023)
item Wrack burial limits germination and establishment of yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus L.) (Mar 2023)
item The Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast envelope protein LCIA transports bicarbonate in planta (Mar 2023)
item Extensive regional variation in the phenology of insects and their response to temperature across North America (Mar 2023)
item Winter cereal species, cultivar, and harvest timing affect trade-offs between forage quality and yield (Mar 2023)
item Reproductive compensatory photosynthesis in a semi-arid rangeland bunchgrass (Mar 2023)
item Do mites eat and run? A systematic review of feeding and dispersal strategies (Feb 2023)
item Screening and assessing biological differences among oomycete-parasitic Trichoderma asperellum isolates for biological control development (Feb 2023)
item Estimating the cost of production of two pentatomids and one braconid for the biocontrol of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in maize fields in Florida (Feb 2023)
item Plant-soil relationships: long-term monitoring of soil nitrogen and moisture after cheatgrass chemical control (Feb 2023)
item Indaziflam and imazapic comparisons for reducing annual grass fuels in forage kochia (bassia prostrata) green strips. (Feb 2023)
item Perennial grass emergence following indaziflam and imazapic applications on great basin rangelands (Feb 2023)
item Cheatgrass, wildfire and stand renewal process (Feb 2023)
item Invasive aquatic vegetation in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh: The history and science of control efforts and recommendations for the path forward (Feb 2023)
item The Brazilian peppertree biological control agent Pseudophilothrips ichini (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) displays a flexible feeding strategy between foliage and reproductive tissues (Jan 2023)
item Molecular targets of insecticides and herbicides – are there useful overlaps (Jan 2023)
item Invasive annual grasses show decrease in seed size but no change in growth or carbon economy following invasion (Jan 2023)
item Spliceostatin C, a component of a microbial bioherbicide, is a potent phytotoxin that inhibits the spliceosome (Jan 2023)
item Cheatgrass management: past and current paradigms (Jan 2023)
item Herbivore suppression of waterlettuce in Florida, USA (Jan 2023)
item Impacts of crop management on nutrient use among soil Streptomyces (Dec 2022)
item Population dynamics and parasitism of the kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria by egg parasitoids, Paratelenomus saccharalis and Ooencyrtus nezarae in southeastern USA (Dec 2022)
item Synthesis and pesticidal activity of new niacinamide derivatives containing a flexible, chiral chain (Dec 2022)
item Draft genome sequences of 14 fungal species from Alternaria section Infectoriae (Dec 2022)
item Life history of Euthyrhynchus floridanus (L.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) (Dec 2022)
item Genomic and ecological evidence shed light on the recent demographic history of two related invasive insects (Nov 2022)
item Use of synthetic images for training a deep learning model for weed detection and biomass estimation in cotton (Nov 2022)
item Performance of the pre-emergent herbicide indaziflam on cheatgrass rangelands (Nov 2022)
item Factors affecting progeny production and sex ratio of Gryon aetherium (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), a candidate biological control agent for Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) (Nov 2022)
item Discrimination abilities and parasitism success of pupal parasitoids towards spotted-wing drosophila pupae previously parasitized by the larval parasitoid Ganaspis brasiliensis (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) (Oct 2022)
item New directions in weed research and management using 3-D imaging (Oct 2022)
item Effect of water stress on weed germination,growth characteristics, and seed production:a global meta-analysis (Oct 2022)
item Biology of immature stages and host range characteristics of Sudauleutes bosqi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a candidate biological control agent of exotic Ludwigia spp. in the USA (Oct 2022)
item Release and persistance of the Brazilian peppertree biological control agent Pseudophilothrips ichini (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) in Florida (Oct 2022)
item Discovery of niphimycin C from Streptomyces yongxingensis sp. nov. as a promising arochemical fungicide for controlling banana fusarium wilt by destroying the mitochondrial structure and function (Sep 2022)
item A new Aculodes species (Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) described from an invasive weed by morphological, morphometric and DNA barcode analyses (Sep 2022)
item Deadly scents: Exposure to plant volatiles increases mortality of entomopathogenic nematodes during infection (Sep 2022)
item Cruciferous weed isolates of Xanthomonas campestris yield insight into pathovar genomic relationships and genetic determinants of host- and tissue-specificity (Sep 2022)
item Intraguild interactions of three biological control agents of the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda in Florida (Sep 2022)
item Population-specific plant-plant signaling in wild lima beans (Sep 2022)
item Benzoxazinoids in wheat allelopathy - from discovery to application for sustainable weed management (Jul 2022)
item Temperature-dependent Development, Survival, and Oviposition of Laricobius osakensis (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), a Specialist Predator of Adelges tsugae (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) (Jul 2022)
item Drought severity gradient affects root exudate composition in blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) (Jul 2022)
item First report on voracity and feeding preference of predatory beetle, Thalassa montezumae (Coleoptera:Coccinellidae)on croton scale, Phalacrococcus howertoni (Hemiptera: Coccidae) (Jul 2022)
item First report on voracity and feeding preference of predatory beetle, Thalassa montezumae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on croton scale, Phalacrococcus howertoni (Hemiptera: Coccidae) (Jul 2022)
item Predicting parasitoid accumulation of potential Brazilian peppertree biological control agents from assessments in the native and invaded ranges (Jul 2022)
item Ecological host range of Pseudophilothrips ichini (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), a biological control agent of Brazilian peppertree (Jun 2022)
item Classical biological control (Jun 2022)
item Biological control of arundo, an invasive grass threatening water resources and national security (Jun 2022)
item Cereal rye mulch biomass and crop density affect weed suppression and community assembly in no-till planted soybean (Jun 2022)
item Germination niche breadth of invasive Iris pseudacorus (L.) suggests continued recruitment from seeds with global warming (Jun 2022)
item Classical Biological Control of Air Potato Vine, Dioscorea bulbifera, Infestations in Florida (Jun 2022)
item Tamarix biocontrol in North America (Jun 2022)
item Biological control of invasive Linaria spp. in the Western United States (Jun 2022)
item Modeling realistic 3D agricultural vegetations using photometric-based approach and its application to weed detection (May 2022)
item The phytogeography and genetic diversity of the weedy hydrophyte, Pistia stratiotes L. (May 2022)
item Transformative learning in graduate global change education drives conceptual shift in invasive species co-management and collaboration (May 2022)
item Benzoxazinoids in roots and shoots of cereal rye (Secale cereale) and their fates in soil after cover crop termination (Apr 2022)
item Contrasted impacts of yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus) on plant diversity in tidal wetlands within its native and invaded distribution ranges (Apr 2022)
item First report of Erysiphe cruciferarum causing powdery mildew of Alliaria petiolata in Maryland (Mar 2022)
item Epibiont community composition of red mangroves Rhizophora mangle are contingent on root characteristics (Mar 2022)
item Understanding paraquat resistance mechanisms in Arabidopsis thaliana to facilitate developing paraquat-resistant crops (Mar 2022)
item Chickensplash! Exploring the health concerns of washing raw chicken (Mar 2022)
item Crown area predicts total biomass for Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, an invasive shrub in Florida (Mar 2022)
item Fungal plant pathogens observed on perennial cereal crops in New York during 2017-2018 (Mar 2022)
item Challenges in rehabilitating extremely arid habitats; a case study: dry lake valley (Mar 2022)
item PIF4/HEMERA-mediated daytime thermosensory growth requires the Mediator subunit MED14 (Mar 2022)
item Indaziflam soil activity after a one and two-year fallow (Feb 2022)
item Establishing perennial grasses reduces cheatgrass and associated fuels (Feb 2022)
item Genome sequence of Xanthomonas campestris strain FDWSRU 18048, an emerging pathogen of non-native, invasive garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) (Feb 2022)
item Releases of the parasitoid Pachycrepoideus vindemiae for augmentative biological control of spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Feb 2022)
item Phylogenetic position of a new Trisetacus mite species (Nalepellidae) destroying seeds of North American junipers and new hypotheses on basal divergence of Eriophyoidea (Feb 2022)
item Rehabilitation of perennial pepperweed infested habitats (Feb 2022)
item The potential future roles of natural compounds and microbial bioherbicides in weed management in crops (Jan 2022)
item Whole genome sequence and draft assembly of the biocontrol fungal pathogen Albifimbria verrucaria CABI-IMI 368023 (Jan 2022)
item Toward understanding the impact of nuisance algae bloom on the reduction of rice seedling emergence and establishment (Jan 2022)
item A maximalist approach to the systematics of a biological control agent: Gryon aetherium Talamas, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae) (Dec 2021)
item Adventive Gryon aetherium Talamas (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae) associated with eggs of Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) in the USA (Dec 2021)
item Photochemical performance of reproductive structures in Great Basin bunchgrasses in response to soil-water availability (Dec 2021)
item Effects of the fungal bioherbicide, Alternaria cassia on peroxidase, pectinolytic and proteolytic activities in sicklepod seedlings (Nov 2021)
item Differential gene expression patterns in Sorghum bicolor genotypes in response to high vapor pressure deficit (Nov 2021)
item Submission of mitochondrial sequences of one prospective biological control agent of french broom, the psyllid Arytinnis hakani (Nov 2021)
item Seed shattering phenology at soybean harvest of economically important weeds in multiple regions of the United States. Part 3: Drivers of seed shatter (Nov 2021)
item Occurrence of Aculus mosoniensis (Ripka, 2014) (Acari; Prostigmata; Eriophyoidea) on tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima Mill.) is expanding across Europe. First record in France confirmed by Barcoding (Nov 2021)
item Gateway-node wireless data collection system for environmental sensing (Oct 2021)
item Submission of DNA sequences of a Coleosporium rust infecting Stinkwort (Dittrichia graveolens L. Greuter) in southern France and northern Greece (Oct 2021)
item Pheromone deployment strategies for mating disruption of a vineyard mealybug (Oct 2021)
item Spatial and host related genomic variation in partially sympatric cactophagous moth species (Oct 2021)
item Conditions to terminate reproductive diapause of a univoltine insect: Ceratapion basicorne (Coleoptera: Apionidae), a biological control agent of yellow starthistle (Oct 2021)
item Transcription factor OsbZIP49 controls tiller angle and plant architecture through the activation of indole-3-acetic acid-amido synthetases in rice (Sep 2021)
item Community of bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) infesting Brazilian peppertree treated with herbicide and the volatile tree response (Sep 2021)
item Breaking the cheatgrass fire cycle (Sep 2021)
item Advances in mass rearing Pseudophilothrips ichini (Hood) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), a biological control agent for Brazilian peppertree in Florida (Sep 2021)
item Taxonomic evaluation of a bioherbicidal isolate albifimbria verrucaria, formerly myrothecium verrucaria (Aug 2021)
item Taxonomic description of Stenodiplosis tectori n. sp. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a seed parasite of cheatgrass (Anisantha tectorum), based on morphological and mitochondrial DNA data (Aug 2021)
item Host specificity and preliminary impact of Lepidapion argentatum (Coleoptera, Brentidae), a biocontrol candidate for French broom (Genisata monspessulana, Fabaceae) (Jul 2021)
item Biological control of water hyacinth, Pontederia crassipes (C. Mart.) Solms (Pontederiaceae), in California: Release and re-distribution of biological control agents 1987–2006 (Jul 2021)
item Field assessment of the host range of Aculus mosoniensis (Acari: Eriophyidae), a biological control agent of the Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) (Jul 2021)
item Strategic considerations for invasive species managers in the utilization of environmental DNA (eDNA): steps for incorporating this powerful surveillance tool (Jul 2021)
item Salinity and inundation effects on Iris pseudacorus: implications for tidal wetland invasion with sea level rise (Jun 2021)
item Influence of competition and intraguild predation between two candidate biocontrol parasitoids on their potential impact against Harrisia cactus mealybug, Hypogeococcus sp. (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) (Jun 2021)
item Accidental introduction of Candidatus Liberibacter europaeus into New Zealand via a weed biocontrol agent from the UK (Jun 2021)
item Climate mismatch between introduced biological control agents and their invasive host plants: improving biological control of tropical weeds in temperate regions (Jun 2021)
item Establishing native perennial grasses in restoration efforts (Jun 2021)
item Synthesis, crystal structure, herbicidal activity, and SAR study of Novel N-(Arylmethoxy)-2-chloronicotinamides derived from nicotinic acid (Jun 2021)
item Localized induced defenses limit gall formation by eriophyid mite against invasive Lygodium microphyllum (Jun 2021)
item Megamelus scutellaris (Berg) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) biology and population dynamics in the highly variable landscape of southern Florida (May 2021)
item Biological and host range characteristics of Lysathia flavipes (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a candidate biological control agent of invasive Ludwigia spp. (Onagraceae) in the USA (May 2021)
item Identification of Watermilfoil, Discovery of Hybrid Watermilfoil, and Their Implications for Aquatic Plant Management in the Clark Fork River, Western MT, USA (May 2021)
item Effectiveness of cheatgrass suppression using perennial grasses as a biological control method (Apr 2021)
item Volatile chemistry, not phylogeny, predicts host range of a biological control agent of Old-World climbing fern (Apr 2021)
item Bottom-up factors determine local, but not regional, distribution of a biological control agent against invasive Lygodium microphyllum (Apr 2021)
item Eriophyid mite Floracarus perrepae readily colonizes recovering invasive vine Lygodium microphyllum following herbicide treatment (Apr 2021)
item The effect of seeding treatments and climate on fire regimes in Wyoming sagebrush steppe (Mar 2021)
item First report of insecticide resistance to organophosphates and pyrethroids in the small hive beetle,(coleoptera: nitidulidae)and development of a resistance monitoring technique (Mar 2021)
item Cheatgrass seed bank densities following imazapic and indaziflam treatments (Mar 2021)
item The influence of two wildfires and biological control agents on the population dynamics of Melaleuca quinquenervia in a seasonally inundated wetland (Feb 2021)
item Proving the mode of action of phytotoxic phytochemicals (Dec 2020)
item Hyperparasitoids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae and Signiphoridae) of Hypogeococcus spp. mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Argentina and Paraguay (Dec 2020)
item Organic agriculture research in protected structures (Nov 2019)
item Cultural and sustainable management of insect pests of vegetables (Oct 2019)
item A simplified laboratory model of a Martian saline seep and its implications for planetary protection (May 2013)
item The citrus leafminer Phyllocnistis citrella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in south Texas: incidence and parasitism (Jun 1999)