Search National Agricultural Library Digital Collections

You searched for:

Subjects mortality Remove constraint mortality: mortality Year 2005 Remove constraint 2005: 2005
Displaying items 1 - 10 of 94 start over

1. A new method to evaluate the biocontrol potential of single spore isolates of fungal entomopathogens

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Posada, F.J. , Vega, F.E.
Subject:
life cycle (organisms) , Beauveria bassiana , entomopathogenic fungi , biological control agents , strains , screening , bioassays , Hypothenemus hampei , mortality , fungal spores , spore germination , sporulation
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2005

2. A strain of the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae for controlling subterranean termites

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Wright, M.S. , Raina, A.K. , Lax, A.R.
Subject:
Coptotermes formosanus , subterranean termites , termite control , entomopathogenic fungi , Metarhizium anisopliae , biological control agents , pathogenicity , fungal spores , dose response , mortality , worker insects , disease transmission , infection , Louisiana
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2005

3. Action of particle films on the biology and behavior of pear psylla (Homoptera: Psyllidae)

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Puterka, G.J. , Glenn, D.M. , Pluta, R.C.
Subject:
Cacopsylla pyricola , kaolin , particle films , pesticide formulations , insect biology , feeding behavior , oviposition , mortality , host plants , Pyrus communis , pears , oviposition deterrents , insect control
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2005

4. Agricultural fitness of smooth bromegrass populations selected for divergent fiber concentration

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Casler, M.D.
Subject:
Bromus inermis , forage grasses , plant breeding , fiber content , neutral detergent fiber , agronomic traits , crop yield , seed productivity , pleiotropy , linkage (genetics) , genetic drift , lodging , mortality , genetic correlation , artificial selection
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2005

5. Alfalfa leafcutting bee population dynamics, flower availability, and pollination rates in two Oregon alfalfa fields

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Bosch, J. , Kemp, W.P.
Subject:
Megachile rotundata , solitary bees , pollinating insects , population dynamics , population size , foraging , mortality , Medicago sativa , alfalfa , flowering , insect pollination , seed productivity , seed crop production , Oregon
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2005

6. Alternate host phenology affects survivorship, growth, and development of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larvae

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Chege, P.G. , Clark, T.L. , Hibbard, B.E.
Subject:
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera , rootworms , host plants , alternative hosts , weed hosts , grass weeds , phenology , larvae , mortality , insect growth , larval development
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2005

7. Alternatives to antibiotics: Utilization of bacteriophage to treat colibacillosis and prevent foodborne pathogens

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Huff, W.E. , Huff, G.R. , Rath, N.C. , Balog, J.M. , Donoghue, A.M.
Subject:
poultry production , meat processing , food processing wastes , wastewater treatment , wastewater , isolation , bacteriophages , Escherichia coli , animal pathogenic bacteria , bacterial infections , food pathogens , bacterial contamination , poultry , disease prevention , mortality , aerosols , intramuscular injection , USDA
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2005

8. Antibiosis and antixenosis to Aphis gossypii (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Colocasia esculenta

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Coleson, J.L. , Miller, R.H.
Subject:
Aphis gossypii , Colocasia esculenta , taro , Xanthosoma sagittifolium , pest resistance , antibiosis , antixenosis , cultivars , varietal resistance , germplasm screening , population density , mortality , fecundity , longevity , Guam
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2005

9. Association of the kdr and superkdr sodium channel mutations with resistance to pyrethroids in Louisiana populations of the horn fly, Haematobia irritans irritans (L.)

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Foil, L.D. , Guerrero, F. , Alison, M.W. , Kimball, M.D.
Subject:
Haematobia irritans , pyrethroid insecticides , insecticide resistance , genetic resistance , resistance mechanisms , mutation , sodium channels , genotype , polymerase chain reaction , population genetics , mortality , lethal dose 50 , insect control , Louisiana
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2005

10. Avidin, a potential biopesticide and synergist to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins against field crop insects

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Zhu, Y.C. , Adamczyk, J.J. Jr. , West, S.
Subject:
Helicoverpa zea , Spodoptera exigua , Anticarsia gemmatalis , avidin , insecticidal proteins , dose response , insect growth , mortality , pesticide synergists , Bacillus thuringiensis , crystal proteins , meridic diets , insect control
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2005