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item The promise of low-cost Metal-Oxide semiconductor gas sensors for precision agriculture (Mar 2026)
item Direct and indirect effects of floral defoliation on photochemical and non-photochemical chlorophyll fluorescence dynamics of a semiarid bunchgrass (Feb 2026)
item Semi-natural habitat as a source of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and its parasitoids in California cane berry fields (Oct 2025)
item (SEE COMMENTS) (Sep 2025)
item Soil-microbial communities respond less than plant communities to synthetic- or bio-herbicides applied to address the exotic grass-fire cycle in rangelands (Aug 2025)
item Economic evaluation of anaerobic soil disinfestation with varying carbon and nitrogen application rates in open-field organic strawberry production (Aug 2025)
item The role of black nightshade in population development of tomato russet mite (Aculops lycopersici) (Jul 2025)
item Radish microgreen metabolomic profile in response to zinc biofortification and light intensity (Jun 2025)
item Naturally occurring parasitoids of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and other drosophilids in California (Jun 2025)
item Light intensity and zinc biofortification differentially impact the metabolomic profile of pea microgreens (Jun 2025)
item Potential interactions of larval and pupal drosophila parasitoids and their implications for biological control of Drosophila suzukii (Mar 2025)
item Transcriptome analysis of Colletotrichum nymphaeae-Strawberry interaction reveals in planta expressed genes associated with virulence (Jan 2025)
item Foraging abilities and competitive interactions between two egg parasitoids of bagrada bug in California (Jan 2025)
item Light source and spectra influence the phytochemical profile of amaranth microgreens (Jan 2025)
item Sex-ratio distortion in a weed biological control agent, Ceratapion basicorne (Coleoptera: Brentidae), associated with a species of Rickettsia (Jan 2025)
item Jicama as a low-sugar ingredient for juice production: the impact of soil amendment and harvest maturity on juice quality (Dec 2024)
item Effects of carbon sources on soil bacterial community dynamics during anaerobic soil disinfestation in an organic tomato production system (Dec 2024)
item Cold storage of Ganaspis kimorum (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) immature stages for optimized classical biological control of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) (Dec 2024)
item Variation in reproductive photosynthetic compensation of distinct germplasm varieties of a native rangeland grass, Pseudoroegneria spicata, following floral defoliation (Nov 2024)
item Advancing organic amendment-based soil management approaches: a paradigm shift from soil disinfestation to nourishing soil health (Nov 2024)
item Optimizing anaerobic soil disinfestation for high tunnel specialty crop production systems in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region (Nov 2024)
item Landscape effects on seasonal abundance of Drosophila suzukii and its parasitoids in California cane berry fields (Oct 2024)
item Herbivory can reduce perennial grass seedling survival, but temperature and cumulative precipitation are more important predictors in the first growing season (Oct 2024)
item State of the sagebrush: Implementing the sagebrush conservation design to save a biome (Oct 2024)
item A strategic and science-based framework for management of invasive annual grasses in the sagebrush biome (Oct 2024)
item Climate change amplifies ongoing declines in sagebrush ecological integrity (Oct 2024)
item Assessing conservation readiness: The where, who, and how of strategic conservation in the sagebrush biome (Oct 2024)
item Improving the efficiency and safety of sentinel stink bug eggs using X-rays (Oct 2024)
item Spring precipitation amount and timing predict restoration success in a semi-arid ecosystem (Sep 2024)
item Natural enemies of Lemna minuta in its native range and their potential as biological control agents for Europe (Aug 2024)
item Impact of the ban on the soil-applied fumigant methyl bromide (Jun 2024)
item Biochemical and nanotechnological approaches to combat phytoparasitic nematodes (Jun 2024)
item Effects of anaerobic soil disinfestation for soilborne disease and weed management on baby leaf lettuce performance in a high tunnel organic production system (Apr 2024)
item Prioritizing weeds for biological control development in the western USA: Adaption of the biological control target selection system (Feb 2024)
item Severe and mild drought cause distinct phylogenetically linked shifts in the blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) rhizobiome (Jan 2024)
item LED lights influence the volatile and nutritional quality of microgreens of amaranth (Dec 2023)
item Carabidae and Tenebrionidae diversity in the Great Basin Province of California (Nov 2023)
item Predicting the impact of climate change on the potential distribution of the invasive tomato pinworm Phthorimaea absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) (Sep 2023)
item Treatment performance and microbial community structure in an aerobic granular sludge sequencing reactor amended with diclofenac, erythromycin and gemfibrozil (Sep 2023)
item Parasitism by Gryon aetherium (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) on Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) eggs in northcentral California (Aug 2023)
item Galls formed by Aceria genistae (Acari: Eriophyidae) alter reproduction of the invasive weed Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) in the USA (Aug 2023)
item Yield performance, mineral profile, and nitrate content in a selection of seventeen microgreens species (Jul 2023)
item Seed-specific mass and root growth relate to perennial bunchgrass seedling survivorship under highly limited nutrient supply (May 2023)
item A comparison of candidate banker plants for management of pests in lettuce (Apr 2023)
item Extensive regional variation in the phenology of insects and their response to temperature across North America (Mar 2023)
item Reproductive compensatory photosynthesis in a semi-arid rangeland bunchgrass (Mar 2023)
item Invasive annual grasses show decrease in seed size but no change in growth or carbon economy following invasion (Jan 2023)
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 Drought severity gradient affects root exudate composition in blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) (Jul 2022)
item Biological control of arundo, an invasive grass threatening water resources and national security (Jun 2022)
item Chickensplash! Exploring the health concerns of washing raw chicken (Mar 2022)
item Releases of the parasitoid Pachycrepoideus vindemiae for augmentative biological control of spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Feb 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 Pheromone deployment strategies for mating disruption of a vineyard mealybug (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 Editor's choice: Using locally-adapted seeds to restore native plants and arthropods following plant invasion and drought (Jul 2021)
item Editor’s Choice: Can collaborative adaptive management improve cattle production in multi-paddock grazing systems? (Mar 2021)
item A simplified laboratory model of a Martian saline seep and its implications for planetary protection (May 2013)