Water availability drives urban tree growth responses to herbivory and warming

EK Meineke, SD Frank - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Urban forests provide important ecosystem services to city residents, including pollution
removal and carbon storage. Climate change and urbanization pose multiple threats to …

Impact of Adult Weight, Density, and Age on Reproduction of Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

JA Morales-Ramos, MG Rojas, S Kay… - Journal of …, 2012 - meridian.allenpress.com
The impact of adult weight, age, and density on reproduction of Tenebrio molitor
L.(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) was studied. The impact of adult weight on reproduction was …

A sublethal dose of thiamethoxam causes a reduction in xylem feeding by the bird cherry-oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi), which is associated with dehydration and …

M Daniels, JS Bale, HJ Newbury, RJ Lind… - Journal of Insect …, 2009 - Elsevier
The active ingestion of xylem sap by aphids is hypothesised to be an important mechanism
for rehydration. When starved bird cherry-oat aphids (Rhopalosiphum padi) were allowed to …

Host plant interactions of the corn planthopper, Peregrinus maidis Ashm. (Homoptera: Delphacidae) in maize and sorghum agroecosystems

BU Singh, N Seetharama - Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2008 - Springer
The corn planthopper, Peregrinus maidis (Ashmead)(Homoptera: Delphacidae) causes
serious economic losses in corn and sorghum. The insect occurs mostly at humid low …

Effects of excessive nitrogen on nitrogen uptake and transformation in the wetland soils of Liaohe estuary, northeast China

S Wang, Y Liu, L Chen, H Yang, G Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
It remains unclear whether excessive nitrogen additions lead to the degradation of Suaeda
salsa (S. salsa) by affecting the nitrogen pool, enzyme activities, and bacterial community …

Impact of nitrogen and potassium fertilization regimes on the biology of the tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta.

S Blazhevski, AP Kalaitzaki… - Entomologia …, 2018 - search.ebscohost.com
The tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick)(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), one of the most
important lepidopteran pests of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), was first introduced from …

Nitrogen fertilization enhances growth and development of Cacopsylla chinensis by modifying production of ferulic acid and amino acids in pears

Z Qin, Y Ge, W Jia, L Zhang, M Feng, X Huang… - Journal of Pest …, 2024 - Springer
Psyllids feed exclusively on plant sap, which is an unbalanced diet for herbivores due to its
low nitrogen content. Therefore, the plant-psyllid-natural enemy interactions can be strongly …

Changes in plant architecture in Brazilian peppertree damaged by the biological control agent, Pseudophilothrips ichini (Hood)(Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)

DA Halbritter, E Kariuki, GS Wheeler, MB Rayamajhi… - Biological Control, 2024 - Elsevier
Plants may compensate for herbivory damage by reallocating resources and altering growth
patterns, which may be further influenced by environmental variables like nutrient …

Nitrogen Fertilization Increases the Nutritional Quality of Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphididae) as Prey for Hippodamia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and …

A Hosseini, M Hosseini, JP Michaud… - Journal of economic …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Nitrogen (N) fertilization is a common agricultural practice, which, by increasing the quality of
plants, also enhances their nutritional suitability for insect herbivores, creating the possibility …

Endophytic fungus Phomopsis liquidambari and different doses of N-fertilizer alter microbial community structure and function in rhizosphere of rice

MA Siddikee, MI Zereen, CF Li, CC Dai - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Microbial community structure and functions of rhizosphere soil of rice were investigated
after applying low and high doses of nitrogenous fertilizer and Phomopsis liquidambari …