[HTML][HTML] Waste management through composting: Challenges and potentials

MS Ayilara, OS Olanrewaju, OO Babalola, O Odeyemi - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Composting is the controlled conversion of degradable organic products and wastes into
stable products with the aid of microorganisms. Composting is a long-used technology …

Pollination by hoverflies in the Anthropocene

T Doyle, WLS Hawkes, R Massy… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Pollinator declines, changes in land use and climate-induced shifts in phenology have the
potential to seriously affect ecosystem function and food security by disrupting pollination …

Conversion of organic wastes into fly larval biomass: bottlenecks and challenges

B Pastor, Y Velasquez, P Gobbi… - Journal of Insects as …, 2015 - wageningenacademic.com
The large volume of organic wastes and by-products produced every year usually generates
environmental problems, such as water, air and soil contamination and it can be also a focus …

[HTML][HTML] Anchored enrichment dataset for true flies (order Diptera) reveals insights into the phylogeny of flower flies (family Syrphidae)

AD Young, AR Lemmon, JH Skevington… - BMC evolutionary …, 2016 - Springer
Background Anchored hybrid enrichment is a form of next-generation sequencing that uses
oligonucleotide probes to target conserved regions of the genome flanked by less …

Rapid composting techniques in Indian context and utilization of black soldier fly for enhanced decomposition of biodegradable wastes-A comprehensive review

S Kumar, S Negi, A Mandpe, RV Singh… - Journal of Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present scenario, solid waste management (SWM) has become one of the main
concerns for urban waste managers in the developing world. This article reviews the recent …

Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic ranking of pipizine flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with implications for the evolution of aphidophagy

X Mengual, G Ståhls, S Rojo - Cladistics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The taxonomic rank and phylogenetic relationships of the pipizine flower flies (Diptera:
Syrphidae: Pipizini) were estimated based on DNA sequence data from three gene regions …

Impact of landfill garbage on insect ecology and human health

M Qasim, H Xiao, K He, A Noman, F Liu, MY Chen… - Acta tropica, 2020 - Elsevier
The landfill garbage includes organic and inorganic matter. The organic matter covers more
than 50% of the total waste material. Due to improper management of landfill garbage, it …

Hermetia illucens as a new and promising species for use in entomoremediation

P Bulak, C Polakowski, K Nowak, A Waśko… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study investigated the use of Hermetia illucens (black soldier fly-BSF) larvae as a new
species for use in entomoremediation. The H. illucens larvae effectively reduced the dry …

Nutritional composition, quality, and shelf stability of processed Ruspolia nitidula (edible grasshoppers)

G Ssepuuya, IM Mukisa… - Food science & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The nutritional and commercial potential of the edible grasshopper (Ruspolia nitidula,
nsenene in Luganda), a delicacy in Uganda and many East African tribes, is limited by a …

Systematics and evolution of predatory flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on exon‐capture sequencing

X Mengual, C Mayer, TO Burt, KM Moran… - Systematic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) are one of the most species‐rich dipteran families
and provide important ecosystem services such as pollination, biological control of pests …