Lycorma delicatula (White) (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) is an invasive species inflicting damage
to agricultural and forest systems. This species is native to China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. …

Insects are usually unevenly distributed throughout an area in nature. Despite this knowledge,
analytical methods and technology have limited insect pest management to uniform …

Corn rootworm larval feeding on corn roots can significantly reduce grain yield by interfering
with photosynthetic rates, limiting the uptake of water and nutrients, and by increasing the …

To quantify the damage caused by twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, feeding
on cucumber, Cucumis sativus L., leaf-cell and -tissue damage was assessed. On the …

Nutritional and functional properties of protein were determined for cricket, locust, and silk
worm pupae powders, specifically macro-nutrient proximate composition, full amino acid …

BACKGROUND Introduction of Halyomorpha halys (Stål) in the USA has disrupted many
established integrated pest management programs for specialty crops, especially apple. While …

Precision robotic pollination systems can not only fill the gap of declining natural pollinators,
but can also surpass them in efficiency and uniformity, helping to feed the fast-growing …

Experiments were conducted to assess the damage of the glasshouse cucumber by
twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, and to investigate when the economic yield …

Essential oils are volatile compounds extracted from mostly leaves and nonwoody parts of
plants. Extracted essential oils possess scent-producing compounds including monoterpenes, …

Halyomorpha halys, the brown marmorated stink bug, is a pentatomid species native to Asia,
specifically China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Outside North America, it …