Kennedy Santos Gonzaga, Gemerson Machado de Oliveira, Antonio Carlos Leite Alves, Izabela Nunes do Nascimento, Fábio Mielezrski & Jacinto de Luna Batista·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
The maize crop Zea mays L., faces serious limitations in cultivation due to attack by the Spodoptera frugiperda. The objective of this work was to evaluate the resistance induction in maize cultivars with Spodoptera frugiperda caterpillars due to the application of silicon (Si) a...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/43595
Izabela Nunes do Nascimento, Gemerson Machado de Oliveira, Mileny dos Santos de Souza, Gilmar da Silva Nunes, Antonio Carlos Leite Alves, Heloísa Martins de Araújo & Jacinto de Luna Batista·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
The capture of insects through luminous sources can represent another option for integrated pest management (IPM). The purpose of this study was to verify the attractiveness of different-colored Light-Emitting Diodes (LED) on adult Spodoptera frugiperda. The research was conducte...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/43402
Robério de Oliveira, Paulo Roberto Rodrigues Alves, Thaís Aparecida Vitoriano Dantas, Gemerson Machado de Oliveira, Matheus de Andrade Borba, Mileny dos Santos de Souza & Jacinto de Luna Batista·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2019
Fruit flies are pests of great agricultural concern, as they cause serious damage to the global fruit production. However, there are potential entomophagous organisms that can reduce the population of pest species such as Ceratitis capitata. Among the voracious and entomophagous...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2019/46542