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(1981)The gall-midge Asteromyia carbonifera induces blister-like galls on the leaves of Canadian goldenrod, Solidago canadensis (Compositae). Female midges deposit one to five offspring per gall. During their brief adult existence, ...
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Ecological Aspects of Insect Detoxication Enzymes and Their Interaction With Plant Allelochemicals (1987)Inhibition of insect mixed-function oxidases (MFOs) by phytosynergists (plant compounds that synergize cooccurring toxins), differences in MFO activity and sensitivity to phytosynergists among insect species, and metabolic ...
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(1980)The concentration and ecological magnification of selected organochlorine pesticides in aquatic organisms of the Lake Decatur watershed in central Illinois were determined in this study. A review of the use of persistent ...
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(2000)Aedes triseriatus (Say) is the primary vector of LaCrosse virus (LAC virus) that causes encephalitis in humans and especially young children. Aedes hendersoni Cockerell, a sibling species of Ae. triseriatus, is generally ...
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(2007)The diverse mosquito species occurring in African rice agro-ecosystems have been scarcely studied despite the strong link between irrigated rice cultivation and mosquito-borne disease. Studies were conducted to determine ...
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(1998)Laboratory studies on D. insulare revealed that it was better synchronized with its host when it developed in second instars, where survival to cocoon formation and adult emergence was also significantly higher than in ...
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(2015-04-30)Trapping surveys that target wood-boring insects are usually deployed in the forest understory simply for convenience, but the abundance and species diversity of captured insects may be greatly influenced by the height of ...
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(1995)The goal of this study was to understand the influence of varying soybean/cereal mixtures on the incidence and spatial spread patterns of foregut-borne non-persistently transmitted plant viruses such as soybean mosaic virus ...
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(2001)Bees were assayed in the lab for flight and metabolic capacity. The CA- group had significantly fewer flightworthy bees and significantly lower metabolic capacity than control groups. MCA- bees were intermediate and not ...
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(2017-12-08)Prescribed fires (controlled burns) in tallgrass prairie systems are a common land management technique used across the United States to maintain species diversity. Burns are conducted either in the winter or early spring ...
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(2003)I examined lutein sequestration by sixth instars from populations in western North America that experience different UV intensities, as well as host plant furanocoumarins. Total furanocoumarins and total linear furanocoumarins ...
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Effects of furocoumarin and furoquinoline allelochemicals on host plant utilization by Papilionidae (1989)The furocoumarin xanthotoxin and the furoquinoline alkaloid skimmianine, both widespread in rutaceous plants, were fed to butterflies in the family Papilionidae. The representative Papilionini, Papilio polyxenes and Papilio ...
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