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A novel mutation in SoIAA20 confers cross-resistance to 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and other auxinic herbicides in Sonchus oleraceus Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-13 Mahima Krishnan, Tijana Petrovic, Julian G. Schwerdt, Alicia B. Merriam, James P. Hereward, Christopher Preston
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Intercropping with Robinia pseudoacacia reduces soft rot incidence in konjac by modulating the root bacterial community Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-12 Panpan Meng, Kexu Xin, Zhoumin Lu, Juan Chen, Xiaan Tang, Guihua Meng, Fei He, Lieping Liu, Haihua Wang, Chunyan Wang
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Fipronil‐infused sodium polyacrylate gels provide effective management of Argentine ants in conservation areas Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-12 Grzegorz Buczkowski, Theresa Wossler
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Monitoring the leaf damage by the rice leafroller with deep learning and ultra‐light UAV Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-12 Lang Xia, Ruirui Zhang, Liping Chen, Longlong Li, Tongchuan Yi, Meixiang Chen
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From Industry 5.0 to Forestry 5.0: Bridging the gap with Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Curr. Forestry Rep. (IF 9.0) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Andreas Holzinger, Janine Schweier, Christoph Gollob, Arne Nothdurft, Hubert Hasenauer, Thomas Kirisits, Carola Häggström, Rien Visser, Raffaele Cavalli, Raffaele Spinelli, Karl Stampfer
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Methyl jasmonate induced tolerance effect of Pinus koraiensis to Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Qiaoli Chen, Jiawei Zhang, Lingfang Ye, Nian Liu, Feng Wang
BACKGROUNDMethyl jasmonate (MeJA) can affect the balance of hormones and regulate the disease resistance of plants. Exploring the application and mechanism of MeJA in inducing the tolerance of Pinus koraiensis to pine wood nematode (PWN) infection is of great significance for developing new strategies for pine wilt disease control.RESULTSDifferent concentrations (0.1, 1, 5 and 10 mm) of MeJA treatment
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Attraction of Nicotiana benthamiana to Bemisia tabaci is related to a chemical signal in plant volatile, undecane Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Xin‐Yue Zhang, Wen‐Hao Han, Feng‐Bin Zhang, Jun‐Xia Wang, Shu‐Sheng Liu, Xiao‐Wei Wang
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Front Cover Image Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Grzegorz Buczkowski
Front Cover: The cover image is based on the article Catch and release: controlling eastern yellowjacket Vespula maculifrons colonies using horizontal insecticide transfer by Grzegorz Buczkowski et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8198. image
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Back Cover Image Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Zhicheng Wang, Yanan Deng, Yukun Kang, Yan Wang, Duanhong Bao, Yuchen Tan, Kang An, Junhu Su
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The nuclear pore protein Nup2 is essential for growth and development, stress response, pathogenicity and deoxynivalenol biosynthesis in Fusarium graminearum Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Yaxuan Wang, Chengqi Zhang, Xiaozhen Zhao, Yuxin Qiu, Xiaoyan Wang, Chenzhong Zhao, Yongxia Qi, Qiong Wan, Li Chen
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Three RNA helicase DDX genes are essential for the development and oocyte maturation in Laodelphax striatellus Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-09 Qing‐Lu Ma, Chuan‐Xi Zhang, Jian‐Ping Chen, Jun‐Min Li, Yan Zhang
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An assessment of seasonal bait uptake by individual grey squirrels to develop a delivery system for oral contraceptives Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-09 Sarah E. Beatham, Philip A. Stephens, Dominic Goodwin, Julia Coats, Erin Thomas, Izzy Rochester, Giovanna Massei
Globally, human–wildlife conflicts continue to increase, owing to human population growth and expansion. Many of these conflicts concern the impacts of invasive non‐native species. In the UK, the invasive, non‐native grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis negatively affects tree health and has caused the decline of the native red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris. Oral contraceptives are being developed to manage
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Implications of energy balance non-closure on carbon dioxide flux uncertainties: Insights from large eddy simulations in convective boundary layers Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-07 Yanzhao Zhou, Heping Liu, Matthias Sühring, Xin Li
The non-closure of surface energy balance, often encountered in eddy covariance (EC) measurements, raises a critical query: does this non-closure lead to underestimated scalar fluxes, particularly CO flux (Fc), when using the same theoretical framework in EC? To address this question, we utilize high-resolution large-eddy simulations (LESs) to explore correlations between energy flux imbalances and
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The influence of crop type on pesticide wash‐off parameters for use in environmental fate modelling Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-07 Laurence Hand, David Patterson, Gerald Reinken, Carola Schriever, Petra Volz, Benjamin Rieder, Marius Essing
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Design, synthesis and structure–activity relationship of novel pyrazole‐4‐carboxamide derivatives Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-07 Gang Wang, Shuang Liang, Jie Lang, Junwu Ying, Zhonggang Shan, Liang Lv, Bin Li, Huibin Yang
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FireBox and CharBoss: An alternative to open burning of woody biomass Biomass Bioenergy (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-06 Paul O. Oyier, Han-Sup Han, Dipita Ghosh, Nathaniel Anderson, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Daniel W. McCollum, Joanne M. Tirocke, Derek N. Pierson
Open burning is commonly used to dispose of piles of forest residues generated by forest management activities; however, this method is associated with smoke emissions and damage to forest soil. Air curtain burners (ACB), such as the Firebox (FB) and CharBoss® (CB), offer an alternative to open burning. This study evaluated the performance of FB for biomass disposal and CB for biomass disposal and
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Understanding the structure of public perceptions towards urban green spaces: A mixed-method investigation Urban Forestry Urban Green. (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Kehao Zhou, Ronghui Tan
Public perceptions of urban green space (UGS) qualities affect people’s decisions to go to such spaces. Although the multidimensional characteristics of public perceptions towards UGSs are widely recognised, they are context-dependent, and the internal structure of these attributes remains unclear. This research aims to explore the multidimensional attributes of the perceived qualities of UGSs in the
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Should two-parameter generalized complementary models for evaporation be simplified to single-parameter? A pairwise evaluation over grassland and forest sites Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Songjun Han, Baozhong Zhang, Weijie Wang, Fuqiang Tian, Lei Wang
Models based on the complementary relationship for estimating evaporation typically incorporate two parameters, one for adjusting the relationship's shape and the other for formulating potential evaporation (). In practical applications, single-parameter versions are often derived by fixing one of these parameters. But there is ongoing debate about which parameter to fix and under what conditions.
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Two types of amino acid substitutions in the succinate dehydrogenase complex subunit confer resistance to benzovindiflupyr in Colletotrichum sublineola Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Liyuan Deng, Weijin Sun, Yang Yu, Yuheng Yang, Anfei Fang, Binnian Tian, Jing Wang, Chaowei Bi
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Design and synthesis of some novel structurally diverse thiochroman derivatives as fungicides against phytopathogenic fungi Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Wenjing Liu, Yong Li, Jun Liang, Yi Li, Gaofeng Zhu, Jianta Wang, Wenzhang Chen, Lei Tang, Lingling Fan
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Rising temperatures will make Miami’s street life even more exotic Urban Forestry Urban Green. (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Alyssa T. Kullberg, Lina Aragón, Manuel Bernal-Escobar, Riley Fortier, Laís Lautenschlager, Jacqueline Ballantyne, Kenneth J. Feeley
Species in humid, tropical regions frequently experience dangerously high heat. The danger of high temperatures is especially pronounced in cities due to the urban heat island effect. Trees can greatly reduce surface temperatures and mitigate the urban heat island effect through evapotranspiration and by reflecting solar radiation before it is absorbed by impervious surfaces. However, trees may also
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Modeling weather-driven long-distance dispersal of spruce budworm moths (Choristoneura fumiferana). Part 2: Flight model calibration using radar data Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Matthew Garcia, Brian R. Sturtevant, Yan Boulanger, Jacques Régnière
In Part 1 of this series (Garcia et al., 2022), we introduced a novel individual-based model for the simulation of dispersal flight of adult spruce budworm (SBW: ) and demonstrated the results of that model under real weather conditions for two nights in July 2013 on which SBW mass dispersal events were observed by weather radar in southern Quebec, Canada. Here, following the selection of one uncertain
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Baseline sensitivity and physiological characteristics of natural product hinokitiol against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Mengwei Zhang, Xingyu Ren, Yuying Li, Yaqiang Wang, Yi Li, Zhiqing Ma, Yong Wang, Juntao Feng
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Patterns of herbicide resistance in Raphanus raphanistrum revealed by comprehensive testing and statistical analysis Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Roberto Busi, Ken Flower, Danica Goggin, Andrea Onofri
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Knockdown of Fzr inhibited the growth of Nilaparvata lugens by blocking endocycle Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Haoli Gao, Xiaowei Yuan, Jingting Wang, Yangyang Yan, Xinyu Zhang, Tianshun He, Xumin Lin, Huihui Zhang, Zewen Liu
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Non-governmental organizations, green space equity, and policy change: A national study in the US Urban Forestry Urban Green. (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Alessandro Rigolon, Rexford Osei Owusu, Jennifer Leslie, Sandra Viera, Francisco Romero, Alberto Espiricueta
Worldwide, low-income and racial/ethnic minority communities tend to have a lower provision of green space than less disadvantaged groups. To address these inequities, some non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have worked on projects, such as new parks in underserved communities, and policy change, such as green space funding prioritizing underserved areas. To date, limited research has examined the
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Influence of film color, mulching ratio and soil–mulch contact degree on heat transfer in Northwest China Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-02 Yin Zhao, Zunqiu Xu, Xiaomin Mao, Sien Li, Xingchao Qi, Jiangang Che
The impact of diverse mulching factors on crop growth depends on their influences on heat transfer, while the precise effects of these factors on heat transfer remain unclear. To address this knowledge gap, we employed the CropSMPAC model to simulate energy fluxes and soil temperature under varying mulching conditions. Our study integrated a soil column experiment and a three–year field experiment
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Glycosyltransferase genes are associated with resistance to cyhalofop‐butyl in a Chinese Echinochloa crus‐galli population Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-02 Sisi Zhang, Sifu Li, Yuhang Fang, Min Liu, Lamei Wu, Junzhi Wang, Lang Pan
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Resistance to acetyl‐CoA carboxylase (ACCase)‐inhibiting herbicides in Lolium multiflorumLam. populations of Argentina Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-02 Mara B. Depetris, Esteban Muñiz Padilla, Fabián Ayala, Daniel Tuesca, Gabriela Breccia
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Toward carbon neutral cities: A comparative analysis between Sentinel 2 and WorldView 3 satellite image processing for tree carbon stock mapping in Brussels Urban Forestry Urban Green. (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-31 MD Abdul Mueed Choudhury, Ernesto Marcheggiani, Giuseppe Modica, Salvatore Praticò, Ben Somers
Because of the high costs associated with data sources, urban policymakers struggle to employ cost-effective remote sensing methods for evaluating trees and their potential contributions to atmospheric Carbon Stock (CS). While free data sources like Copernicus Sentinel satellite data could be explored, there are a few studies illustrating its potential for mapping urban tree C. Here, the Sentinel 2
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Investigating school ground vegetation research: A systematic mapping review Urban Forestry Urban Green. (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-31 Sanna Ignell, Björn Wiström, Anna Levinsson, Märit Jansson
Vegetation on school grounds has several values and functions that contribute to aspects as children’s well-being, pedagogy and microclimate among others. Research on school ground vegetation is conducted within many different research fields and deals with a variety of research themes. A systematic review was conducted to explore scientific literature on the topic of school ground vegetation broadly
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Considerable energy crop production potentials in the Russian Far East Biomass Bioenergy (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-31 Zongliang Zhang, Jialu Xu, Shan Jin, Huimin Zhuang, Shaokun Li, Xinyu Wu, Zhao Zhang
High-latitude regions are not traditionally considered for energy crop production due to unfavorable production conditions, e.g., low temperatures and short growing seasons. However, with increasing pressures on land use in warmer regions, rising global food demands, and climate change, shifting energy crop production to cold climate regions has become a desirable alternative. Increasing attempts have
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Green directional conversion of food waste into glycerol in a two-step differentiation enzymolysis and facultative fermentation using Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Performance assessment and mechanism Biomass Bioenergy (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-31 Siyu Zhu, Sinuo Li, Eldon R. Rene, Xinhui Cheng, Weifang Ma
Valorization of food waste into high value-added glycerol was designed and prepared via directional green transformation using multi-enzymolysis saccharification coupled facultative fermentation by . The optimal conditions for the first step of multienzyme hydrolysis and the second step of facultative fermentation were 55 °C and pH 5.0 for 6 h, 30 °C and pH 7.0 for 70 h, respectively. The glycerol
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Effects of methyl jasmonate seed treatments on adult oviposition preference and larval performance of seed corn maggot (Delia platura) in corn (Zea mays) Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-31 Swayamjit Ray, Gen‐Chang Hsu, Noelle T. Pappous, Olivia Rooney, Alan G. Taylor, Jennifer S. Thaler
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The relationships between Urban Tree Canopy Cover and Crime in São Paulo City, Brazil Urban Forestry Urban Green. (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-30 Bruna Lara Arantes, Dexter Henry Locke, Gustavo Carvalho Moreira, J. Morgan Grove
Prior research has indicated lower crime rates in areas with greater tree canopy cover predominantly in the Global North. There are few studies from the Global South, and more specifically in Latin America. Given the high prevalence of crime in Latin American cities, the need to address social and environmental inequalities using nature-based solutions is urgent. This study examines crime and tree
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Unveiling environmental justice in two US cities through greenspace accessibility and visible greenness exposure Urban Forestry Urban Green. (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-30 Md Shahinoor Rahman, Mahbubur Meenar, SM Labib, Ted Howell, Deepti Adlakha, Ben Woodward
Uneven access to greenspaces or visible greenness is an environmental justice (EJ) issue. In this paper, we use a social equity lens to develop geospatial models that measure convenient walking access to urban greenspaces such as parks and street-level green exposure en route to greenspaces. We utilized earth science, geospatial, and demographic datasets to develop two models—Greenspace Accessibility
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Over 100-fold improvement in the accuracy of relaxed eddy accumulation flux estimates through error diffusion Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-30 Anas Emad
Measurements of atmosphere-surface exchange are largely limited by the availability of fast-response gas analyzers; this limitation hampers our understanding of the role of terrestrial ecosystems in atmospheric chemistry and global change. Current micrometeorological methods, compatible with slow-response gas analyzers, are difficult to implement, or rely on empirical parameters that introduce large
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Chlorbenzuron downregulated HcLCP‐17 expression by depressing two 20E‐responsive transcription factors Br‐C and βFTZ‐F1 in Hyphantria cunea (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) larvae Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-30 Yuecheng Zhao, Lu Zhang, Chuanshan Zou, Huilin Han, Chengde Li, Xingpeng Li, Liwen Song
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The rolling-disc milling texture-sorting of raw straw facilitates the reduction of steam explosion intensity Biomass Bioenergy (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Yunfan Zhu, Lan Wang, Hongzhang Chen
Lignocellulosic fermentable sugars have been attracting increasing attention due to the developments of synthetic biology, yet the heterogeneity of the raw material results in high pretreatment intensities and the generation of numerous fermentation inhibitors. In this study, the rolling-disc milling texture-sorting was established for raw material to mitigate inhibitors generation at its source, specifically
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Advancements in electrochemical energy storage: A review of biomass-derived anode and cathode for electric vehicles battery Biomass Bioenergy (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Damilare Samuel Oyebamiji, Davannendran Chandran, Revathi Raviadaran
This paper aims to critically assess the potential of biomass-derived carbon material for battery development, with a particular emphasis towards electric vehicles (EV) application. Existing studies highlighted that pretreatment, carbonization, activation and conductive dopants, influenced pore size, surface area, conductivity and degree of graphitization of carbon material, which subsequently influenced
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Impacts of forest cover change on local temperature in Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta urban agglomerations of China Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Qing Liu, Wenjuan Shen, Tongyu Wang, Jiaying He, Pingting Cao, Tianyi Sun, Ying Zhang, Wenjing Ye, Chengquan Huang
The continuous economic and ecological construction in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) and Pearl River Delta (PRD) has caused frequent temporal and spatial changes in local forests, thus affecting the regional climate. Yet few studies have addressed the temperature feedback through biophysical mechanisms due to forest change in two urban agglomerations of China. We compared MODIS and Landsat-based land
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Surface energy fluxes in a drip-irrigated agroecosystem: Unique advection effect of oasis Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Haichao Yu, Tianyi Yang, Sien Li, Shaozhong Kang, Taisheng Du, Yuexin Wang, Haochong Chen, Hui Guo
Surface energy fluxes, mainly encompassing the net radiation (), latent heat flux (LE), sensible heat flux (), and soil heat flux (), play an important role in the land-atmosphere interactions. However, almost all sites face the problem of energy imbalance, and advection fluxes associated with large inhomogeneous surfaces have been ignored, especially in arid oasis areas. In this study, a three-year
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Consistent generalization of plant-hummingbird networks despite increasing vegetation cover across a tropical urban landscape Urban Forestry Urban Green. (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-28 Camila Bosenbecker, Pedro Amaral Anselmo, Teresa Mol Fonseca, João Carlos Pena, Paulo Eugênio Oliveira, Pietro Kiyoshi Maruyama
Human activities, particularly urbanization, profoundly impact ecosystems often resulting in biotic homogenization. Whether or not urban landscapes can sustain diverse pollinator and plant communities is an important question to be addressed. Here, we investigated the influence of urbanization on plant-hummingbird interaction networks in a large tropical city, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. We recorded 13198
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Forestry- and agriculture-derived materials as potential bacterial supplements in immunomodulatory urban greening Urban Forestry Urban Green. (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-28 L. Soininen, M.I. Roslund, O. Tahvonen, J. Manninen, N. Hui, A. Sinkkonen
Decreased exposure to environmental microbes among urbanites is generally thought to contribute to the high incidence of several immune-mediated diseases. Urban landscaping materials that provide microbiological diversity and contain health-associated microbes, such as proteobacterial and mycobacterial taxa, could modulate the risk of the immune-mediated diseases. The aim of the current study was to
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Canopy temperature dynamics are closely aligned with ecosystem water availability across a water- to energy-limited gradient Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-28 Mostafa Javadian, Russell L. Scott, William Woodgate, Andrew D. Richardson, Matthew P. Dannenberg, William K. Smith
Canopy temperature (T) plays an important role in regulating the rates of mass and energy fluxes at the leaf surface. Better understanding of the relationship between T and water availability may enable more accurate monitoring of ecosystem functioning in a changing climate. Here, we used high spatiotemporal resolution thermal infrared cameras deployed at three eddy covariance flux tower sites along
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Bioactive peptides inhibit feeding activity in the grey garden slug, Deroceras reticulatum Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-28 Man‐yeon Choi, Briana Price, Muhammad Hafeez, Ruth Martin, Casey Richart, Rory Mc Donnell
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The circular bioeconomy of the olive oil industry: Deterministic and probabilistic profitability of olive mill by-product gasification Biomass Bioenergy (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-27 David Polonio, José A. Gómez-Limón, José A. La Cal, Anastasio J. Villanueva
In the novel paradigm of the circular economy the value of products, materials, and resources is retained in the economy for as long as possible, thereby minimizing waste generation. In this context, the olive oil producing countries are presented with a new opportunity that lies in the large amount of by-products generated by the olive oil industry, in particular olive pomace. Among the existing options
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Dipicolinic acid reduces Epicoccum sorghinum symptoms on maize and inhibits tenuazonic acid biosynthesis Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-27 Xin-Yu Ji, Bing-Yi Wang, Yi-Feng Zhang, Yu-Jing Zhang, Ya-Jie Lai, Yang Yang, Xiang-Chen Wang, Su-Yan Wang, Pedro Laborda, Xin-Chi Shi
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Physiological effects of field concentrations and sublethal concentrations of sulfoxaflor on Apis mellifera Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-27 Shuang Wang, Wenyan Fan, Wenna Ji, Kang Wang, Sadia Gull, Jitong Li, Lin Chen, Ting Ji, Jinglan Liu
BACKGROUNDBees (Apis mellifera), as important pollinators of agricultural crops, are at risk when pesticides are used. Sulfoxaflor is a new insecticide which acts on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) in a similar way to neonicotinoids. The goal of this study is to evaluate the toxicity of sulfoxaflor and its effect on the A. mellifera exposure.RESULTSInitially, developmental indicators such
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Differential susceptibility of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to single versus pyramided Bt traits in Brazilian soybean: what doesn't kill you makes you stronger? Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-27 Jéssica Lauanda Stirle, Jordana Emannuelly Ferreira Matias, Gabriel Ribeiro Mendes, Valéria Fonseca Moscardini, Jader Braga Maia, JP Michaud, Pablo Costa Gontijo
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How do species richness and colour diversity of plants affect public perception, preference and sense of restoration in urban green spaces? Urban Forestry Urban Green. (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-26 Jufang Hao, Tian Gao, Ling Qiu
Urban development has led to an overlap between natural and artificial environments, affecting individuals’ experiences with nature. To create high-quality urban natural environments, it is crucial to understand the residents’ perceptions, preferences and psychophysical health benefits concerning biodiversity. This study, employing various experimental designs, investigated the perceptions, preferences
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Lignocellulosic biomass in circular economy: A techno-transition in carbon neutrality towards sustainable energy production Biomass Bioenergy (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-26 Mudasir Ahmad Bhat, Mujtaba Aamir Bhat, Saima Jan, Ali Asghar Shah, Arif Tasleem Jan
The ongoing energy crisis and global warming threat represent major challenges of the century. Our dependence on conventional fuels has reached to a critical level where attempts are made to reduce the greenhouse gases (GHGs) emission and impede its ramifications. Simultaneously, it is projected to have alternative greener energy resources to reduce the deleterious effect of biofuels on humans and
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Ultrasensitive and on‐site diagnosis of rice bakanae disease based on CRISPR‐LbCas12a coupled with LAMP Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-26 Chao Zhang, Tianyue Zhao, Jianhang Li, Xiaoshuang Liu, Wenting Wang, Xuanda Huang, Yu Liu, Yang Sun, Pengcheng Wei
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Exploring the restorative capacity of urban green spaces and their biodiversity through an adapted One Health approach: A scoping review Urban Forestry Urban Green. (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-25 Natalia Rodriguez Castañeda, Melissa Pineda-Pinto, Natalie M. Gulsrud, Clair Cooper, Mairéad O’Donnell, Marcus Collier
The One Health framework was proposed by the World Health Organisation to explore human, animal, and environmental health interfaces using a holistic and interdisciplinary approach. Yet, the application of this framework to study urban green spaces has been poorly explored in the literature. As the amount of evidence on urban green spaces for citizens’ health and well-being is increasing, the use of
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Importance of the properties, collection, and storage of waste cooking oils to produce high-quality biodiesel – An overview Biomass Bioenergy (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-25 Catia Giovanna Lopresto, Maria Gabriela De Paola, Vincenza Calabrò
The collection of Waste Cooking Oils (WCOs) has been growing in recent years due to the increase in society's awareness of environmental aspects since the uncontrolled disposal of WCOs has substantial adverse environmental impacts. WCOs are potential secondary raw materials for producing environmentally friendly biodiesel, which reduces pollution, promotes renewable energy use, and decreases waste
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Mapping canopy cover for municipal forestry monitoring: Using free Landsat imagery and machine learning Urban Forestry Urban Green. (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-08-24 Mitchell T. Bonney, Yuhong He, Jody Vogeler, Tenley Conway, Esther Kaye
Trees across the urban-rural continuum are recognized for their ecological importance and ecosystem services. Municipalities often utilize spatial canopy cover data for monitoring this resource. Monitoring frameworks typically rely on fine-scale maps derived from very high spatial resolution sensors, which are high quality but expensive and unwieldy for consistent wide-area monitoring. In this paper
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Performance evaluation of different nitrogenous biomass pyrolysis chars: Physicochemical properties and ibuprofen adsorption Biomass Bioenergy (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-24 Tiecheng Liu, Chenhao Gao, Pengpeng Luan, Dandan Xu, Jinglan Wang, Zhanjun Cheng, Beibei Yan, Guanyi Chen
The preparation of high-performance porous carbons (HPPCs) using biomass as adsorbent is a viable strategy for the treatment of ibuprofen (IB) in water. In the present study, pyrolyzed carbon was prepared from duckweed (DW) and rice straw (SW) at 400, 500, and 600 °C, and subsequently mixed pyrolysis with KOH to prepare the HPPCs. The HPPCs were used for the treatment of ibuprofen (IB) in water to
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Biological activity and systemic translocation of the new tetrazolyloxime fungicide picarbutrazox against plant‐pathogenic oomycetes Pest Manag. Sci. (IF 3.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-24 Yixin Fu, Xiaoran Du, Xixi Wang, Fei Cheng, Qin Peng, Xili Liu, Jianqiang Miao