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Pulse crops for sustainable farms in sub-Saharan Africa.

Published online: 16 Jan 2019

Authors: Snapp, S. & Rahmanian, M. & Batello, C. & Calles, T.

Content type: Miscellaneous

This document reports on a literature review that assessed promising pulse options to safeguard food security, nutrition and environment conservation ...

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A plea for scale, and why it matters for invasive species management, biodiversity and conservation.

Published online: 23 Dec 2023

Authors: McMillan, N. A. & Fuhlendorf, S. D. & Davis, C. A. & Hamilton, R. G. & Neumann, L. K. & Cady, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive species are suspected to be major contributors to biodiversity declines worldwide. Counterintuitively, however, invasive species effects are ...

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Effect of adult Coccinellidae on the spread of a plant virus by an aphid.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Roitberg, B. D. & Myers, J. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The influence of adults of Coccinella californica Mannh. on the spread of a plant virus (bean yellow mosaic virus) transmitted by Acyrthosiphon pisum ...

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Functional groups of wild bees respond differently to faba bean Vicia faba L. cultivation at landscape scale.

Published online: 22 Feb 2021

Authors: Beyer, N. & Gabriel, D. & Kirsch, F. & Schulz-Kesting, K. & Dauber, J. & Westphal, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Concerns about insect declines are growing and the provisioning of ecosystem services like pollination may be threatened. To safeguard biodiversity, g...

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Sustainable agriculture and nutritional security: emerging policy options with production choices.

Published online: 28 Nov 2019

Authors: Anand, P. K. & Krishna Kumar & Shruti Khanna

Content type: Bulletin

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with SDGs at its core, has focus much beyond the current generation and lays the foundation to protect hop...

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Response of soybean to attack by stemfly Melanagromyza sojae in farmers' fields in Indonesia.

Published online: 06 Feb 1999

Authors: Berg, H. van den & Shepard, B. M. & Nasikin

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To determine the effect of M. sojae, a pith-boring agromyzid fly, on soyabean under field conditions in East Java Province, Indonesia, physiologically...

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Genetic control of regenerating success in semi-natural conditions observed among lines derived from a cultivated × wild soybean hybrid.

Published online: 17 Feb 1984

Authors: Oka, H. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Thirty-six lines derived from the F2 of a cross between the Taiwanese soyabean cultivar CH2 (♀) and a wild soyabean strain were investigated at Mishim...

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Varietal resistance and intraspecific competition in the cowpea weevils Callosobruchus maculatus and C. chinensis (Coleoptera: Bruchidae).

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Giga, D. P. & Smith, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

When Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) was provided with the seeds of several varieties of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) in the laboratory in the UK and was ...

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The effects of elevated host-plant cadmium and copper on the performance of the aphid Aphis fabae (Homoptera: Aphididae).

Published online: 05 Oct 1995

Authors: Crawford, L. A. & Hodkinson, I. D. & Lepp, N. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The uptake patterns of cadmium and copper by Aphis fabae from its food plant, Vicia faba, grown under control and elevated metal treatments, were comp...

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Evaluating the role of predation in population fluctuations of the soybean aphid Aphis glycines in farmers' fields in Indonesia.

Published online: 27 Nov 1997

Authors: Berg, H. van den & Ankasah, D. & Muhammad, A. & Rusli, R. & Widayanto, H. A. & Wirasto, H. B. & Yully, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The seasonal phenology of A. glycines was studied in soyabeans at 15 sites on Sumatra. A. glycines densities peaked in the vegetative plant stage and ...

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