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Need a reference for this statement "high concentrations of plant essential oils make insects lose the ability to distinguish this kind of substance"?

I am working on essential oils and their synthetic compounds for pest management. My problem is i have to justify this hypothesis that "high concentrations of plant essential oils make insects...

21 October 2019 5,131 5 View

What kind of bait can you use to trap insects, particularly those that reside in mangrove areas?

We are conducting a study on mangrove insect diversity. We want to know the specific kind of bait depending on the diet of the insect. If they are carnivorous, or if they are attracted to sugar...

10 October 2019 4,934 5 View

Need a reference for this statement "high concentrations of plant essential oils make insects lose the ability to distinguish this kind of substance"?

I am working on essential oils and their synthetic compounds for pest management. My problem is i have to justify this hypothesis that "high concentrations of plant essential oils make insects...

10 October 2019 4,156 5 View

How to clean Bee Pollen infested with insects?

Hi, any body knows How to clean Bee Pollen which is infested with insects? and HOW to prevent the insects from growing again? And How to kill the eggs or remains with out damaging the pollen?

10 October 2019 3,829 2 View

Can there be high expression in RNA seq analysis after RNAi using dsRNA?

We have silenced a gene using dsRNA in insects and did a transcriptome analysis thereafter. We find significant differences in related gene expressions but higher reads for the gene we silenced....

10 October 2019 1,813 2 View

In case of 3phase inverter,islanded mode, 2nd Order SMC need to have voltage reference or we can take a current as a reference e too?

I have seen that mostly in 3 phase inverter islanded mode, the voltage is taken as a reference, is there any possibility of taken a current id* a constant reference , provided to 2nd order SMC to...

10 October 2019 8,719 2 View

Which biomechanical measurements should be taken into considerations while studying the similarities between lumbar 5th and axis vertebrae?

I would like to conduct a study which aims the functional, biomechanical and radiographic measurements to show if there are any similarities between lumbar five and second cervical vertebra (...

06 October 2019 7,620 0 View

Insecticidal activity by Contact?

I need good experimental protocole for testing the insecticidal activity of some essential oils EO by contact; I read some works that used acetone, ethanol or Tween 80 to diluate the EO in water...

17 September 2019 3,291 0 View

Can anyone help me about the effects of luminance on the efficiency of light trapping of nocturnal flying insects?

Luminance is the amount of reflected light on a given environment. Artificial high (or low) luminance (or illumination??) has any effect on the capture of nocturnal flying insects with light...

17 September 2019 9,887 4 View

Mouse spinal cord myelin protein staining?

Hello everyone, I am having trouble in myelin protein staining in mouse spinal cord section. I am following the protocol as following; 1- Anesthetize the mouse using isoflurane 2- Cardiac...

17 September 2019 5,624 3 View

How can the haemocytometer used to determine the conidial concentration of Metarhizium and Beauveria?

The concentration for the two Entomopathogenic fungi are required to be 1.0 x 10^5 and 1.0 x 10^6 in order to test it's efficacy on Cylas formicarius (sweetpotato weevil).

12 September 2019 4,356 4 View

Did you have any experiences on effect of leaf anatomy/ structure on feeding of the phloem feeding leaf hoppers/insects?

At the moment I am working on relationship between leaf anatomy/ phloem structure ( distance to phloem, thickness of phloem fiber layer and etc) on feeding of the leaf hoppers. If you have any...

09 September 2019 1,923 3 View

Insecticidal activity by Contact?

I need good experimental protocole for testing the insecticidal activity of some essential oils EO by contact; I read some works that used acetone, ethanol or Tween 80 to diluate the EO in water...

09 September 2019 10,160 2 View

Can anyone help me about the effects of luminance on the efficiency of light trapping of nocturnal flying insects?

Luminance is the amount of reflected light on a given environment. Artificial high (or low) luminance (or illumination??) has any effect on the capture of nocturnal flying insects with light...

09 September 2019 4,976 3 View

Need suggestions on evaluation of different types of chromosomal aberrations induced mitosis root tips due to genotoxicity article or references ?

root tips are used to evaluate genotoxicity caused due to different agents like silver nano and industrial effluents.

23 August 2019 9,144 0 View

Can Ochrobactrum spp. cause root rot disease of sugar beet?

Genus Ochrobactrum include versatile alphaproteobacteria with ability to colonize wide variety of habitats, such as soil, to water, plants, nematodes, insects, animals, and humans . Some species...

08 August 2019 3,232 3 View

Is there any report of insect resistance against Isoclast in insects?

Resistance in sap feeding insects in field conditions.

08 August 2019 5,271 3 View

What do you think about zero-waste lifestyle and a stable development of urban ecosystems? How this can influence on biota of natural habitats?

I'm interested in some thoughts on the questions. Especially on the impact of this lifestyle and reduce of emissions of plastic waste on insect communities. Because now we are using long-term...

08 August 2019 4,191 7 View

Role of endophytes in insect pest management; Is any work on borers ?

I am working on management of tree borers and bark feeding insects and I wish to know that is there any work on use of endophytes on insect borer of tree species control. r�m

08 August 2019 2,960 7 View

Currently I am working on agro-morphological characterization of rice varieties in Bhutan. Please do share me copy if you have research on same topic?

My research main focus is to characterize popular local varieties and best performing improved rice varieties for morphology, yield, grain quality and mineral content. Therefore, for my reference...

06 August 2019 5,575 4 View

What do you think about zero-waste lifestyle and a stable development of urban ecosystems? How this can influence on biota of natural habitats?

I'm interested in some thoughts on the questions. Especially on the impact of this lifestyle and reduce of emissions of plastic waste on insect communities. Because now we are using long-term...

01 August 2019 3,989 8 View

Has anyone used fogging to sample insects from individual tree branches?

Can the effects of the insecticide be contained to one branch?

07 July 2019 6,753 4 View

I need sources for how to breed Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758; for use as pest predators. Is there anyone who works in this field?

Coccinella septempunctata is a useful predator. It can be used in plastic houses to control soft insects such as Aphis. Therefore I am now very interested in studying and developing them to...

07 July 2019 4,798 6 View

I need sources for how to breed Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758; for use as pest predators. Is there anyone who works in this field?

Coccinella septempunctata is a useful predator. It can be used in plastic houses to control soft insects such as Aphis. Therefore I am now very interested in studying and developing them to...

02 July 2019 6,524 5 View

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