Following the loss of two key pesticides, dimethoate and fenthion, producers and regulators
need to develop new fruit fly management options. A systems approach is a likely measure …

Highlights•The inverse size-productivity relationship arises at the plot, not farm, level in rural
Uganda.•The relationship is not explained by measurement error in land size nor oft-omitted …

BACKGROUND Nanoencapsulation has opened promising fields of innovation for
pesticides. Conventional pesticides can cause side effects on plant metabolism. To date, the …

Since the 1990's, international trade has relied on pest free areas or endemic categories as
the basis for market access conditions. In pest free areas, pesticides or other control …

Simple Summary African animal trypanosomosis, also known as nagana, is a neglected
disease in South Africa, transmitted by tsetse flies. It has been proposed to manage this …

Smaller farms and plots are more productive per hectare than larger ones. Some
researchers hypothesize that it reflects household-specific shadow prices; others writers …

Habitat selection by fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) along disturbance gradients of tropical
agroecosystems has ecological significance. There have been extensive studies of fruit flies …

Control of mobile pests frequently requires area‐wide management (AWM) that spans
commercial and non‐commercial habitats. Spatial modelling of habitat suitability can guide …

Banana fruit fly, Bactrocera musae Tryon is endemic to Australia and mainland Papua New
Guinea (PNG) and remains an important pest in tropical orchards. B. musae is classified as …

Understanding the movement dynamics of fruit flies is critical to both surveillance and control
strategies with much of what is known coming from mark–release–recapture or flight mill …