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Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2024 5:4
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Evaluation of selected agricultural by-products as potential feeds for rearing edible grasshopper, Ruspolia differens (Serville) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)
Crop residues and agro-industrial by-products constitute an enormous pool of unused and often neglected resources that could be productively utilized for rearing edible insects to meet the global demand for an...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2024 5:3 -
Infestation patterns of a major wood boring pest, Psiloptera fastuosa (Buprestidae: Coleoptera) in Tasar, Terminalia arjuna (Myrtales: Combretaceae) plantation
Tasar silk is a significant cash crop in the tropics. In Tasar culture, arjuna (Terminalia arjuna) (Combretaceae) are often planted on farms because the Tasar worm largely consumes their leaves, Antheraea paphia ...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2024 5:2 -
Ecdysone receptor strongly influences larval–pupal–adult transition and melanization in Tuta absoluta
Tomato leaf miner (Tuta absoluta) is a quarantined pest that damages Solanaceae crops worldwide. The overuse of traditional pesticides negatively affects both human health and the environment. RNA interference (R...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2024 5:1 -
Indirect and direct interactions between grain aphid and parasitoid in the presence of symbiont Regiella insecticola
Aphids often harbor bacterial symbionts that confer resistance to biotic and abiotic stress. Previous studies have primarily examined the direct effects of symbiont infection on parasitoid success but less on ...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:59 -
Phenotypic plasticity plays an essential role in the confrontation between plants and herbivorous insects
The interaction between insects and plants is a classic case of coevolution. During the arms race that has continued for 400 million years, the mutualistic (such as pollination and defense assistance) and anta...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:58 -
Evaluation of smallholder farmers’ use of indigenous knowledge in Ethiopian avocado (Persea americana Mill.) production and fruit preference criteria
Avocado is a versatile fruit that has been farmed for its flavor, nutritional worth, and socioeconomic benefit in Ethiopia and other parts of the world. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate smallho...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:57 -
Women’s visibility and bargaining power in the common bean value chain in Mozambique
Women are involved in bean production and marketing, but their contribution is often invisible. This study is interested in understanding gender gaps in bean production, marketing, and decision-making powers o...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:56 -
Evidence of development of underutilised crops and their ecosystem services in Europe: a systematic mapping approach
Growing interest in agrobiodiversity and sustainable agricultural practices has stimulated debates on diversifying cropping systems, furthering the potential for the reintroduction of underutilised crops. Thes...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:55 -
Control of two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, on strawberry by integrating with cyetpyrafen and Phytoseiulus persimilis
The two-spotted spider mite (TSSM, Tetranychus urticae Koch) is a significant agricultural pest, particularly in strawberries. Management of TSSM has traditionally relied on synthetic acaricides, but to mitigate ...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:54 -
The UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank: a utility and model for supporting Phytobiomes research
Plant microbiomes are the microbial communities essential to the functioning of the phytobiome—the system that consist of plants, their environment, and their associated communities of organisms. A healthy, fu...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:53 -
A common mechanism of detoxification for lambda-cyhalothrin and abamectin in Cydia pomonella
The primary method utilized by orchard owners to combat Cydia pomonella is the application of various chemical insecticides. However, this has resulted in the development of resistance. The resistance mechanisms ...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:52 -
Mapping fruit tree dynamics using phenological metrics from optimal Sentinel-2 data and Deep Neural Network
Accurate and up-to-date crop-type maps are essential for efficient management and well-informed decision-making, allowing accurate planning and execution of agricultural operations in the horticultural sector....
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:51 -
Sublethal concentrations of thiamethoxam induce transgenerational hormesis in cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover
In agroecosystems, insects have to compete with chemical insecticides, which are frequently present at sublethal concentrations. The exposure of insects to these modest stresses is now well-established to gene...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:50 -
Demography and fitness of Sesamia inferens Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on three important gramineous crops
Pink stem borer, Sesamia inferens (Walker), a major rice pest, has rarely been reported to cause serious damage to sorghum in China. During a survey of insect pests in glutinous sorghum for Chinese liquor product...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:49 -
Evaluation of Telenomus remus (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) as a biocontrol agent of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) based on two-sex life table and functional response analyses
Telenomus remus Nixon is an important egg parasitoid of Spodoptera spp. pests and, as such, has potential as a biological control agent. Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) is a significant pest of many economically im...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:48 -
An overview of the status, productivity and determinants of improved forage technology adoption in Ethiopia: a review
In Ethiopia, the adoption of improved forage technology is low despite the fact that improved technology adoption can play a pivotal role in boosting livestock production and productivity in general and the da...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:47 -
Estimation of the potential geographical distribution of invasive peach fruit fly under climate change by integrated ecological niche models
Climate change and biological invasions of insect pests are interlinked global concerns that drive shifts in the distribution of invasive insects. The peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata Saunders, is one of the mo...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:46 -
Does cadmium cause cascading effects on the development and reproduction of the striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis (Walker)?
The heavy metal, cadmium (Cd), causing growth retardation and yield reduction on rice and impacting the fitness of organisms inhabiting on rice through bottom-up effects, has become a great challenge to rice p...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:45 -
Optimization of African indigenous vegetables production in sub Saharan Africa: a review
The numerous types of African Indigenous Vegetables (AIVs) in sub-Saharan Africa are not extensively cultivated, even after the realization of their superior nutritional, health benefits, and higher resistance...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:44 -
A review of edible saturniidae (Lepidoptera) caterpillars in Africa
Edible saturniids constitute an important component of traditional diets in sub-Saharan Africa. They are also a source of livelihood for many rural communities both as food and as a source of income.
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:43 -
The application of allelopathy in integrated pest management systems to control temperate European crop pests: a systematic map
Pesticides perform vital roles within agriculture but growing concern for their impact on the environment and non-target organisms has created a market for biopesticides with fewer ecological impacts. One sour...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:42 -
Molecular identification of the brown marmorated stink bug’s egg parasitoids by species-specific PCR collected from Beijing, China
Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Penta-tomidae), is a highly polyphagous and invasive insect pest with more than 300 plant species as hosts, including a wide range of econom...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:41 -
Trends and critical points of Aspergillus contamination along Ethiopian chili postharvest value chain
Chili is the most commonly grown spice in Ethiopia and is a high-value crop for household consumption and sale both at domestic and export markets. However, an unsafe level of fungal toxins is becoming a probl...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:40 -
Effects of covid-19 on the livelihoods of rural women in Ethiopia
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on people’s lives and economic activities. Women are expected to bear the impact of the impact because they are over-represented in affected sectors on the front lines o...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:39 -
Economic impacts and management of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in smallholder agriculture: a panel data analysis for Ghana
Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda; FAW), a native pest of the Americas, invaded West Africa about 7 years ago and spread rapidly across the rest of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and several countries in Asia and Oc...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:38 -
A comparison of new and existing rootstocks to reduce canker of apple trees caused by Neonectria ditissima (Nectriaceae, Hypocreales)
The grafting of apple rootstocks on to scions confers benefits including reduced tree size/dwarfing for trellis based growing systems, increased tolerance to physiological stress, and pest and disease manageme...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:37 -
Profiling bacterial communities of irrigation water and leafy green vegetables produced by small-scale farms and sold in informal settlements in South Africa
Morogo is an African indigenous term used for leafy green vegetables harvested in the wild or cultivated in small-scale farms and consumed by the local populations of the region. Small-scale farmers have gaine...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:36 -
Every little helps: exploring meat and animal product consumption in the Tesco 1.0 dataset
The production and consumption of meat and animal products have been associated with an array of ethical, health, and environmental issues. While social scientists have increasingly focused on meat reduction a...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:35 -
Effects of tissue type and season on the detection of regulated sugarcane viruses by high throughput sequencing
High throughput sequencing (HTS) can supplement and may replace diagnostic tests for plant pathogens. However, the methodology and processing of HTS data must first be optimized and standardized to ensure the ...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:34 -
State of climate smart agriculture (CSA) practices in the North Central and Northwest zones Nigeria
Agriculture is exposed to climate change. This is particularly the case for developing countries like Nigeria, which suffer from persistent food insecurity today while also facing substantial population growth...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:33 -
The effect of sulfadiazine in manure on accumulation of sulfonamide resistance genes in freshly consumable plants
Antibiotic resistance genes will spread via soil fertilized with animal manure to food products. Especially plants whose harvested products can be consumed freshly are of concern. The aim of this study was to ...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:32 -
Meta-analysis of microarray and RNAseq data reveal OsbZIP52 to mediate salt stress responses in sensitive, tolerant and halophyte rice varieties
The development of salt-tolerant rice has become urgent due to climate change and rising global rice consumption. A large-scale analysis using different but related platforms has become imperative to filter ou...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:31 -
Transformative adaptation: from climate-smart to climate-resilient agriculture
In response to the climate crisis, there has been much focus on climate-smart agriculture (CSA); namely, technologies and practices that enhance adaptation, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and contribute to f...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:30 -
Development and demographic parameters of Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith) when feeding on rice (Oryza sativa)
Fall Armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), native to the Americas, is a polyphagous insect pest feeding on more than 350 plant species. We studied the developmental and demographic param...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:29 -
Combined use of zoophytophagous mirids for sustainable biological protection of greenhouse tomato crops
Tuta absoluta and Bemisia tabaci are two key worldwide tomato pests. In response to chemical control limits, the use of zoophytophagous mirid predators as biocontrol agents is being increasingly studied and propo...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:28 -
A call for aflatoxin control in Asia
Aflatoxins are secondary metabolites, produced by some fungal species of the genus Aspergillus, posing health and economic implications throughout the world. Developing countries in Asia usually have tropical con...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:27 -
Harnessing of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agroecosystem sustainability
Soil microorganisms including rhizobacteria and fungi play a key role in soil health, biodiversity and productivity of natural and managed ecosystems. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) associated wit...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:26 -
Citizen science to monitor the establishment and spread of a biological control agent: the case of Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) for the control of Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) in South and South-East Asia
Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata Rego Barros (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) has been deliberately released in six countries in South and South-East Asia as a biological control agent for Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King & ...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:25 -
Experimental prosopis management practices and grassland restoration in three Eastern African countries
Woody species have been introduced in many parts of the world to provide economic benefits, but some of those species are now among the worst invaders, causing widespread economic and environmental damage. Man...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:21 -
Balancing co-benefits and trade-offs between climate change mitigation and adaptation innovations under mixed crop-livestock systems in semi-arid Zimbabwe
Achieving Zimbabwe’s national and international commitments to food systems transformation and climate resilience building is of high priority. Integrated simulation-based research approaches developed under t...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:24 -
Shifts in the rhizosphere microbiome and exudation profile of avocado (Persea americana Mill.) during infection by Phytophthora cinnamomi and in presence of a biocontrol bacterial strain
Rhizosphere microbiomes are fundamental for plant health, development, and productivity, but can be altered by the incidence of soil-borne pathogens. The dysbiosis (disturbance of the microbiome structure of h...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:23 -
Sensory quality and nutritional composition of carrot (Daucus carota L.) genotypes as affected by fertilization in production system in Cameroon
Recommendations for fertilizer use in agriculture do not take into account the growing region and the source of the organic matter. In addition, vegetable growers are unaware of the quantities of fertilizer to...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:22 -
Effect of sun dry brewer spent yeast on chemical composition, in vitro digestibility, and ruminal degradation kinetics of wheat straw
Dry brewer spent yeast (DBSY) has high crude protein (CP) (43.2%) and metabolizable energy (14.3 MJ/kg) contents and it is an alternative animal feed for the improvement of the productive and reproductive perf...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:20 -
Pesticide susceptibility monitoring of fall armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)): a simple methodology for information-sharing among Southeast Asian countries
The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a destructive moth pest. It is highly migratory and was first detected in Southeast Asia in 2018, rapidly becoming a major pest of corn production in this region. Moni...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:19 -
Smallholder farmers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards biological control of papaya mealybug in Kenya
Farmer perceptions are highly important in influencing on-farm pest management decision-making. Biological control is extremely sustainable in the smallholder production context, but in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:18 -
Cowpea cropping systems, traits preference and production constraints in the upper west region of Ghana: farmers' consultation and implications for breeding
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) is used primarily as food for humans and feed for animals. It is also used for soil management within a cropping system. However, cowpea production is confronted with numerous...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:17 -
African agri-entrepreneurship in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
The African continent is known for high entrepreneurial activity, especially in the agricultural sector. Despite this, the continent's economic development is below expectations, due to numerous factors constr...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:16 -
Analysis of population structure and genetic diversity in a Southern African soybean collection based on single nucleotide polymorphism markers
Soybean is an emerging strategic crop for nutrition, food security, and livestock feed in Africa, but improvement of its productivity is hampered by low genetic diversity. There is need for broadening the trop...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:15 -
Investigating the feasibility of developing a collective action for biological control of fall armyworm among smallholder farmers in rural communities of Zambia
Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, an alien invasive pest from the Americas, was detected in Zambia late 2016 and since has caused significant losses on maize threatening livelihood and food security. Individu...
Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2023 4:14
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