A Preliminary Study on Identifying the Predator Community of Invasive Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae) and Developing Molecular Identification Tools for Testing Field Predation

The tomato potato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae) is a significant insect pest of Solanaceae.In early 2017, it was first detected in Perth, Western Australia.The objective of this work was to identify predator species of B.cockerelli occurring in fields of Solanaceae in Western Australia.Predatory insects and arachnids were sa

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Future Water Requirements and Crop Productivity at Al-Najaf Governorate Under Different Climate Change Scenarios (2020–2080)

This study aims to predict the effect of climate change on net irrigation water requirements (NIWR) and agricultural productivity from five common crops (wheat, barley, summer maize, and sorghum) in the Al-Najaf Governorate in Iraq.GFDL-ESM2M mode was used to predict the lower and upper temp and precipitation for two time periods (2020-2080) with 3

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