The health of vineyard soils: Towards a sustainable viticulture

F Visconti, R López, MÁ Olego - Horticulturae, 2024 - mdpi.com
Soil health encompasses the effects the uppermost part of the land have on human
wellbeing in a broad sense, because soil is where most food ultimately comes from, and …

Exploring molecular complexity by N‐heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis: new activation and reaction diversity

Y Liu, Y Wang, X Wu, YR Chi - The Chemical Record, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of catalytic synthetic approaches towards molecular complexity from
simple materials continues to be an ultimate goal in synthetic chemistry. Over the past …

N‐heterocyclic carbene‐catalyzed atroposelective annulation for access to thiazine derivatives with C− N axial chirality

T Li, C Mou, P Qi, X Peng, S Jiang, G Hao… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A catalytic atroposelective cycloaddition reaction between thioureas and ynals is developed.
This reaction features the first NHC‐catalyzed addition of thioureas to acetylenic acylazolium …

Genomic designing for biotic stress resistant grapevine

S Vezzulli, D Gramaje, J Tello, G Gambino… - Genomic designing for …, 2022 - Springer
Grapevines are challenged by a range of diseases and pests, causing economic losses and
requiring often costly approaches to mitigate damage. Public interest in reducing the use of …

Does the dose make the poison? Neurotoxic insecticides impair predator orientation and reproduction even at low concentrations

LC Passos, M Ricupero, A Gugliuzzo… - Pest Management …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Pesticides can be noxious to non‐target beneficial arthropods and their
negative effects have been recently recognized even at low doses. The predator …

[HTML][HTML] Bioactivity of Allium sativum essential oil-based nano-emulsion against Planococcus citri and its predator Cryptolaemus montrouzieri

A Modafferi, M Ricupero, G Mostacchio, I Latella… - Industrial Crops and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Botanical extracts, in particular essential oils (EOs), could be the ideal candidates for the
development of biopesticides as an alternative to synthetic pesticides. However, some …

Application of deep learning in image recognition of citrus pests

X Jia, X Jiang, Z Li, J Mu, Y Wang, Y Niu - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
The occurrence of pests at high frequencies has been identified as a major cause of
reduced citrus yields, and early detection and prevention are of great significance to pest …

High-energy emulsification of Allium sativum essential oil boosts insecticidal activity against Planococcus citri with no risk to honeybees

A Modafferi, G Giunti, A Urbaneja, F Laudani… - Journal of Pest …, 2024 - Springer
The ecotoxicological consequences of synthetic pesticides have encouraged stakeholders
to search for eco-friendly pest control tools, like essential oils (EOs). Nano-delivery systems …

The Synergistic Effect of Lemongrass Essential Oil and Flometoquin, Flonicamid, and Sulfoxaflor on Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae): Insights into …

MAM Moustafa, FS Ahmed, NA Alfuhaid, NA El-Said… - Insects, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary As whiteflies, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.), are continually develo**
resistance to conventional insecticides, it is crucial and pressing to seek new approaches to …

Scientific and technological developments in mating disruption of scale insects

FJ Carlos, A Cocco, A Lucchi, Z Mendel… - Entomologia …, 2022 - riunet.upv.es
[EN] Mating disruption (MD) is a species-specific and environmentally friendly pest
management tactic based on the release of synthetic sex pheromones aiming to interrupt the …