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Data from: Using zoos as sentinels for re-emerging arboviruses: Vector surveillance during an outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease at the Minnesota Zoo
Department of Agriculture —
Vector-borne disease prevalence is increasing at a time when surveillance capacity in the United States is decreasing. One way to address this surveillance deficiency... -
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Data from: Elucidating the behavioral ecology to conspecific emissions by the native red sunflower seed weevil, <i>Smicronyx fulvus</i>, a resurging pest of sunflower
Department of Agriculture —
InsectsThe S. fulvus used in this experiment were progeny of field-collected weevils. As described by Prasifka et al. (2015), adult weevils were collected from wild... -
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Data from: Subsequent chemical and foraging ecology preferences of <i>Theocolax elegans</i> (Westwood) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) reared on two alternate stored product host insects
Department of Agriculture —
2.1 Source Host and Parasitoid InsectsFor all assays, 4–8-week-old R. dominica were reared on wheat, while S. oryzae were reared on wheat tempered to 13% grain... -
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Data from: Effects of short-term heat stress on the thermal tolerance of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Department of Agriculture —
Data files for manuscript under review titled "Effects of short-term heat stress on the thermal tolerance of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)".Two... -
Federal
Data from: Non-consumptive effects of parasitoids and predators in stored products: The case of <i>Theocolax elegans </i>and other field-collected predators on the foraging of lesser grain borer and rice weevil
Department of Agriculture —
InsectsBeetles used in this study were obtained from stock colonies maintained at the USDA Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) Center for Grain and Animal Health... -
Federal
Data from: Host plant water deficit stress impairs reproduction and development of the galling fly (Parafreutreta regalis), a biological control agent of Cape-ivy (Delairea odorata)
Department of Agriculture —
Data from choice and no-choice tests associated with the paper cited below. Drought leading to water deficit stress is known to reduce performance of galling insects....