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Identifying control strategies for tomato leaf curl virus disease using an epidemiological model.

Published online: 24 Nov 1999

Authors: Holt, J. & Colvin, J. & Muniyappa, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A number of insect vectors of plant-virus diseases make only transitory visits to the crop in which the economic effects of the disease are important....

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Detection and monitoring of pink bollworm moths and invasive insects using pheromone traps and encounter rate models.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Byers, J. A. & Naranjo, S. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The pink bollworm moth Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is one of the most destructive pests in agriculture. An ongoing ...

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Modelling the incidence of virus yellows in sugar beet in the UK in relation to numbers of migrating Myzus persicae.

Published online: 16 Apr 1999

Authors: Werker, A. R. & Dewar, A. M. & Harrington, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The incidence of virus yellows diseases (caused by beet yellowing virus [beet yellows closterovirus] and/or beet mild yellowing luteovirus) in sugar b...

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Spatiotemporal isolation of oilseed rape fields reduces insect pest pressure and crop damage.

Published online: 21 Dec 2023

Authors: Boetzl, F. A. & Bommarco, R. & Aguilera, G. & Lundin, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pest management is essential to maintain agricultural production, but recent shifts in policies and the development of insecticide resistance have res...

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Role of multiple invasion mechanisms and their interaction in regulating the population dynamics of an exotic tree.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Crandall, R. M. & Knight, T. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding the mechanisms that allow exotic species to have rapid population growth is an important step in the process of controlling existing inv...

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The effect of competition on the control of invading plant pathogens.

Published online: 15 Dec 2020

Authors: Sharp, R. T. & Shaw, M. W. & Bosch, F. van den

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

New invading pathogen strains must compete with endemic pathogen strains to emerge and spread. As disease control measures are often non-specific, tha...

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