Olfactory responses of Trissolcus mitsukurii to plants attacked by target and non-target stink bugs suggest low risk for biological control

Abstract In crop systems, successful management of invasive insect herbivores can be achieved through the introduction of exotic biocontrol agents, parasitoids or predators, having a coevolutionary history with the pest.To avert threats to local biodiversity, recent legislations require a risk assessment for the organism to be released.Evaluation o

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Flow-induced orientational change of aqueous solution of polymer after an abrupt expansion in planar channel flows

Flow-induced orientational changes of an aqueous polymer solution in planer channels have been studied utilizing optical rheometric technics.Two kinds of 1:4 abrupt expansion channels with the same width Li-ion / Li-Po Chargers and different heights of 1 mm and 0.2 mm were tested in the experiments.0.5 wt% xanthan gum solution was examined as the t

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