CABI Agriculture and Bioscience (2023) 4:19 Page 2 of 8 Background The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a polypha- gous migratory pest native to the tropical
Approximately one-third (32.1%) of participants were current smokers. The baseline prevalence of regular alcohol use was 7.4%, while the prevalence of irregular alcohol intake was 63.3%. Regular exercise at baseline was reported by 63.3% of study participants. Table 1 Baseline characteristics of ...
White grubs in the genus Phyllophaga are also known as "perennial" white grubs or "true" white grubs including larvae of the Japanese beetle (P. japonica), annual white grubs (Cyclocephala spp.) and the greenune beetle (Cotinis nitida) (Wirz, 2006, Teshita and Gashaw, 2014). The ...
Who reminds them that in 1970, Jordan killed tens of thousands as it tried to control Palestinian groups based there,A forcing the Palestine Liberation Army into Lebanon where in 1982, the Phalangists, Christian Lebanese militiamen, slaughtered 3,000 Palestinian refugees in the Sabra and Shatila...
One to two days before emergence the host drills into the soil or any other substrate and goes into a prepupal stage, in which it also prepares its pupal cell. Before emerging, the larva is in reverse position in the host, with its head capsule point- ing towards the posterior end of ...
Several unique features, including high mobility, polypha- gous feeding habits, a highly effective detoxification system enabling the development of resistance to insecticides and plant toxins, and behavioral and physiological plasticity, make this pest difficult to manage. Therefore, the current ...
Immunomodulation activity was measured using a mixed lymphocyte reaction assay by addition of PBMCs to pre-conditioned MSCs and incubation with or without PHA stimulation for 72 h. Relative PBMC and MSC numbers were determined using a luminescent ATP assay. IDO enzyme activity in response to ...
Homologues and oligomers of 1-isocyanato-3,3,5-trimethyl-5-isocyanatomethylcyclohexane (isophorone-diisocyanate or IPDI) and 4,4′-diisocyanato-dicyclohexylmethane with biuret, carbodiimide, isocyanurate, allophanate, iminooxadiazinedione and/or uretdione groups, mixtures thereof with one another and ...
A method is presented for producing an intensity image of the component of the spatial derivative of optical phase retardation in a particular direction from a transparent phase object. In this method a beam of collimate coherent light is produced and directed through the transparent phahse object....
Monoclonal antibodies (Mab) OKM8 and OKM5 were obtained from Dr. P. Rao (Ortho Pharamceutical Corp, Raritan, N.J.). Rabbit OKM8 anti-idiotype antibodies were prepared as described (Ockenhouse et al., 1991, supra). IgG fractions from the pre-immune sera was prepared by affinity chroma...