Francesca Valenti, Simona Maria Carmela Porto, Nicoletta Tomasello and Claudia Arcidiacono
Heat treatment of the indoor environment of flour mills is an alternative technique to chemical fumigation for controlling insect pests. The aim of this research was to assess temperature distribution inside a flour mill during a heat treatment for insec...
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Francesca Valenti, Nicoletta Tomasello, Paolo Lanteri and Simona M. C. Porto
The development of environmentally-friendly methods as alternatives to chemical fumigation for controlling insect pests has attracted public attention. Among these methods, heat treatment is based on the use of fan heaters that are positioned by operator...
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C.D. Rullan-Silva,A.E. Olthoff,J.A. Delgado de la Mata,J.A. Pajares-Alonso
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Aim of study: This paper reviews the global research during the last 6 years (2007-2012) on the state, trends and potential of remote sensing for detecting, mapping and monitoring forest defoliation caused by insects.Area of study: The review covers rese...
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Yuzhe Du, Shane Scheibener, Justin George, Narayanan Kannan and Maribel Portilla
The tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris, and the red-banded stink bug, Piezodorus guildinii, pose significant economic threats to cotton and soybean crops in the mid-southern USA. However, the efficacy of insecticide spraying is comparatively low, and ...
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Thanh Tien Dao, Thi Kim Loan Au, Soo Hyung Park and Hoon Cheol Park
Many previous studies have shown that wing corrugation of an insect wing is only structurally beneficial in enhancing the wing?s bending stiffness and does not much help to improve the aerodynamic performance of flapping wings. This study uses two-dimens...
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