In recent years, in Bucharest and in other urban centres in our country began to be placed Platanus spp. trees. In the area of Bucharest, in the year 2014 was an extension of two dangerous Platanus' pests [The sycamore lace bug (Corythucha ciliata Say, 1832 - Hemiptera: Tingidae) and leaf-mining...
Author(s)
Neacsu, I.; Rosca, I.
Publisher
University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Citation
Scientific Papers - Series A, Agronomy, 2015, 58, pp 254-259
Author(s)
Sanjay, M. T.; Dhanapal, G. N.; Shankar, M. A.; Prasad, T. V. R.; Sharma, A. R.; Naveen, B.
Publisher
Indian Society of Weed Science, Jabalpur, India
Citation
25th Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society Conference, Hyderabad, India, 13-16 October 2015. Proceedings, Volume III (poster papers), 2015, pp 596-597
Author(s)
Sathyanarayana, N.; Kulkarni, N. V.; Prasad, T. V. R.; Sanjay, M. T.
Publisher
Indian Society of Weed Science, Jabalpur, India
Citation
25th Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society Conference, Hyderabad, India, 13-16 October 2015. Proceedings, Volume II (oral papers), 2015, pp 137-138
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health was requested by the European Commission to assess the risk to plant health in the European Union if the Australian bud-galling wasp Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae was released for the control of the invasive alien plant Acacia longifolia in Portugal. T....
Author(s)
Authority, E. F. S.
Publisher
European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy
Citation
EFSA Journal, 2015, 13, 4, pp 4079
Weed management goals should be appropriate to the stage of invasion, e.g. eradication is suitable for small incursions and not widespread weeds. Once naturalised, three overarching management strategies exist for wfeeds: eradication; containment; and/or asset protection. These can be used singly...
Author(s)
Hamilton, M. A.; Cherry, H.; Martin, L. J.; Turner, P. J.; Johnson, S. B.
Publisher
Tasmanian Weed Society, Hobart, Australia
Citation
19th Australasian Weeds Conference, "Science, Community and Food Security: the Weed Challenge", Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1-4 September 2014, 2014, pp 269-272
Oriental chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) considered to be one of the most harmful pests of sweet chestnut varieties in the world has been recorded at the end of week of April 2014 for the first time in Turkey. It was observed in a few chestnut groves and ...
Author(s)
Çetgdot over˜n, G.; Orman, E.; Polat, Z.
Publisher
Zirai Mücadele Merkez Araștırma Enstitüsü Müdürlügü, Ankara, Turkey
Citation
Bitki Koruma Bülteni, 2014, 54, 4, pp 303-309
Fruit flies are among the most important pests of fruits and vegetables in the world. The invasive fruit fly Bactrocera invadens (Diptera: Tephritidae) was first detected in Africa in 2003 in Kenya, has spread to at least 27 countries attacking a wide variety of crops. It causes reduction of fruit...
Author(s)
José, L.; Cugala, D.; Santos, L.; Meyer, M. de
Publisher
RUFORUM, Kampala, Uganda
Citation
RUFORUM Fourth Biennial Conference, Maputo, Mozambique, 19-25 July 2014, 2014, pp 497-498
Since its establishment in 1968, the SEAMEO Regional Center for Tropical Biology (BIOTROP) in Bogor, Indonesia has recognized the important role of weed science in the context of agricultural production and the need to build capacities on it in Southeast Asia. Thus, the Centre developed and...
Author(s)
Tjitrosoedirdjo, S. S.; Fernandez, J. C.
Publisher
Weed Science Society of Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
Citation
The role of weed science in supporting food security by 2020. Proceedings of the 24th Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society Conference, Bandung, Indonesia, October 22-25, 2013, 2013, pp 239-245
In recent years, invasive plant species have become a high-profile policy topic for the Indonesian communities at the national levels which have emphasised the need cross-sectoral coordination between competent institutional and stakeholders at all levels. As it has been indicated that a number of...
Author(s)
Tasrif, A.; Alaydrus, R.
Publisher
Weed Science Society of Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
Citation
The role of weed science in supporting food security by 2020. Proceedings of the 24th Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society Conference, Bandung, Indonesia, October 22-25, 2013, 2013, pp 235-238
This proceedings contains papers focusing on the recent changes in weed science research and practice that are targeting improved food quality and production security. Topics covered include: (1) sustainable weed management in, (2) weed solution for, (3) threats and risks within, and (4) economics...
Author(s)
Bakar, B. H.; Kurniadie, D.; Tjitrosoedirdjo, S.
Publisher
Weed Science Society of Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
Citation
The role of weed science in supporting food security by 2020. Proceedings of the 24th Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society Conference, Bandung, Indonesia, October 22-25, 2013, 2013, pp xxi + 662 pp.