For over a century, chemical control of pests is a common practice in agriculture. The
average reduction in global crop loss due to use of pesticides is around∼ 39%. The …

Despite the visual importance of hair and the attention paid to hair modeling in the graphics
research, modeling realistic hair still remains a very challenging task that can be performed …

Abstract Background Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs)(Steinernematidae and
Heterorhabditidae) and their symbiotic bacteria are pathogenic for a wide range of insect …

Pesticides have health consequences for humans, living organisms, and ecosystems.
Research on biological management, with a primary focus on entomopathogens, has been …

Abstract Background Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are one of the widely studied
biological control agents. The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of two …

Tomato (Solanum esculentum) is one of the vegetable crops grown by both smallholder and
commercial farmers in the Kingdom of Eswatini. Tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta M. is a …

Cotton is an industrial plant with a high commercial value. It is used in various fields such as
textile, food (cotton oil), gunpowder industry, paper, and furniture production. One of the …

The sterile insect technique (SIT) is widely used to control Lepidopteran pests by inducing
inherited sterility. The noctuid moth Xestia c-nigrum is a polyphagous pest whose …

A considerable part of agricultural products are destroyed in Iran by various pests such as
insects, weeds, fungi, nematodes, viruses, and bacteria. Application of chemical pesticides …

Haplaxius crudus transmits the pathogen that causes Lethal wilt (ML for its name in
Spanish), one of the main diseases that affects oil palms in Colombia. In its nymphal stage it …