Essays about: "non-host plants"

Found 5 essays containing the words non-host plants.

  1. 1. Mellangrödor i motverkande och förebyggande syfte mot klumprotsjuka och nematoder vid odling av olika huvudgrödor inom familjen Brassicaceae

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Izabella Lundborg; [2019]
    Keywords : plasmodiophora brassicae; växtparasitära nematoder; kålgrödor; kontroll; resistens; värdväxter; purrhavre; rajgräs; oljerättika; honungsfacelia;

    Abstract : I denna uppsats beskrivs mellangrödor och deras potentiella användning i syfte för att motverka, förebygga och uppföröka Plasmodiophora brassicae och växtparasitära nematoder vid odling av grödor inom familjen Brassicaceae. Samt utreda interaktioner mellan klumprotsjuka och växtparasitära nematoder vid val av mellangröda. READ MORE

  3. 2. What is the view of the black coffee twig borer (Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff)) among farmers, advisers and experts, and is the infestation on robusta coffee trees (Coffea canephora) higher or lower when grown close to a Ficus natalensis?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Julia Dahlqvist; [2016]
    Keywords : Xylosandrus compactus; black coffee twig borer; robusta coffee; Coffea canephora; Uganda; Ficus natalensis; Natal fig;

    Abstract : The coffee industry in Uganda employs over 3.5 million families, and the exportation of coffee generates about 20 % of the foreign exchange earnings. Over the course of the past two decades a pest called the Black Coffee Twig Borer, Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff), has invaded the coffee plots. READ MORE

  4. 3. Plasmodiophora brassicae – host and environment interactions

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics (until 131231)

    Author : Oskar Björling; [2013]
    Keywords : clubroot; gene expression; klumprotsjuka; Plasmodiophora brassicae; root exudates; resting spores;

    Abstract : In this thesis, three separate experiments have been performed on different aspects of the interaction between the causal agent of clubroot, Plasmodiophora brassicae, and its hosts. In the first experiment the pathotype of the P. READ MORE

  5. 4. The effect of non-host plant volatiles on the reproductive behaviour of the Egyptian cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Altaf Hussain; [2012]
    Keywords : Adhatoda vasica; electrophysiology; Justicia adhatoda; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; non-host plants; reproductive behaviour; semiochemical diversity; socioeconomics; Spodoptera littoralis; spruce;

    Abstract : Spodoptera littoralis is a major pest of cotton in Egypt, causing serious economic losses. Egyptian farmers highly appreciate biological control of the pest as synthetic pesticides are very unsustainable. Phytophagous insects rely on plant volatiles to locate oviposition, feeding and, mating sites. We tested newly emerged S. READ MORE

  6. 5. Effect of patch heterogeneity on oviposition in two lepidopteran Brassica pests

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Tove Maria Nilsson; [2011]
    Keywords : Pieris brassicae; Plutella xylostella; Brassica oleracea; oviposition; host plant; egg distribution; patch heterogeneity;

    Abstract : The plant family of Brassicaceae is widespread around the world and many members of the family are important food and oil-seed crops. There are many insect pests specialized on brassicaceous crops and interactions between crop and pest are well studied. READ MORE