Review ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsUse of Entomopathogenic Fungi as Biopesticides to Manage Insect Pest: A ReviewAnthony Emaru, Jane Gesimba Nyaanga, Saidi MwanarusiEntomopathogenic Fungi (EPF) biopesticides are more environmentally friendly and are an alternative to toxic synthetic chemicals. Due to EPF's pathogenic nature to various arthropod pests, it is thus considered a primary candidate for an integrated biological approach due to its numerous invaluable effects. However, an urgent need is to develop an environmentally safer, more sustainable, and practical approach to managing … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 21, Issue 1 · 12 Jul 2024 · 8,015 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsWheat Resistance to the Adult Insect of Sunn Pest, Eurigaster Integriceps PutNima Sanaey, Tohid Najafi MirakSunn pest is one of the most serious pests of wheat and barley in Asia, North Africa and Eastern Europe. Using of resistant cultivars is an effective strategy for Integrated Pest Management (IPM). In order to identify the resistant wheat to sunn pest, 79 Iranian bread and durum wheat cultivarslines were evaluated for resistance to natural infestations of sunn pest … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 15 Feb 2012 · 8,654 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsThermodynamic Inference of the Antioxidant Process of Malic Acid and Its Structural AnalogsHan Wu, Wenhao Dong et al.Two structural analogs of Malic Acid (MA), 2-isopropylmalic Acid (2-IPMA), and 3-isopropylmalic Acid (3-IPMA) were recently identified and separated from wine. Although they have been shown to have antioxidant activity, the mechanism of their actions is still unclear. Antioxidant activities of 2-IPMA and MA were tested through DPPH, ABTS, and PTIO methods and the antioxidant-related thermodynamic properties were evaluated using … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 20, Issue 4 · 30 Oct 2024 · 4,824 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsA Reliable Identification System for Red Palm WeevilSaleh Mufleh Al-SaqerProblem statement: Red Palm Weevil (RPW) is a widely found pest among palm trees and is known to cause significant losses every year to palm growers. Existing identification techniques for RPW comprise of using traps with pheromones to detect these pests. However, these traditional methods are labor-intensive, expensive to implement and unreliable for early detection of RPW infestation. Early detection … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 8 · 18 Jun 2012 · 7,018 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsA Bayesian Method for Disentangling Dependent Structure of Epistatic InteractionJing Zhang, Qu Zhang, Darrin Lewis, Michael Q. ZhangProblem statement: We propose a Bayesian method (RBP) to recursively infer the independence structure of epistatic interactions in case-control study. Approach: Based on the results of BEAM2, RBP can powerfully detect the marginal and conditional independence within interacting SNPs even in the complicated interaction cases. Results: We did extensive simulations to test RBP and compare it with stepwise logistic regression. … …Current Research in Biostatistics, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 13 Jan 2012 · 7,476 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsRed Palm Weevil (Rynchophorus Ferrugineous, Olivier) Recognition by Image Processing TechniquesSaleh Mufleh Al-Saqer, Ghulam Mubashar HassanProblem statement: Red palm weevil is the most destructive insect for palm trees all over the world. This research is part of developing an automated wireless red palm weevil detection and control system. The focus for this study was to develop red palm Weevil recognition system which can detect RPW in an image and can be used in wireless image … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 4 Aug 2011 · 9,099 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSemSimp: A Parametric Method for Evaluating the Semantic Similarity of Digital ResourcesAntonio De Nicola, Anna Formica, Ida Mele, Francesco TaglinoAbioui, H., Idarrou, A., Bouzit, A., & Mammass, D. (2018). Towards a Novel and Generic Approach for OWL Ontology Weighting. Procedia Computer Science, 127, 426–435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2018.01.140 Adhikari, A., Dutta, B., Dutta, A., Mondal, D., & Singh, S. (2018). An intrinsic information content-based semantic similarity measure considering the disjoint common subsumers of concepts of an ontology. Journal of the Association for … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 20, Issue 8 · 27 May 2024 · 5,773 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Exposure of Pesticides to Honeybees: A Global Threat to Food SecurityHalima Sadia, Pratik Raj Karki, Mansura Afroz et al.The pivotal role of honeybees as global pollinators underscores their significance in ecological and agricultural systems. However, the beekeeping industry faces a significant challenge due to the improper utilization of pesticides, resulting in adverse effects on honeybee populations. This comprehensive review endeavors to investigate the toxicity of pesticides to honeybees, examining the various routes of exposure. Furthermore, it aims to … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 24, Issue 2 · 20 Jan 2024 · 6,058 accessesView PDFCite