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Data from: Emerald ash borer biocontrol in ash saplings: the potential for early stage recovery of North American Ash trees
Department of Agriculture —
Our study on saplings was conducted in six forested sites in three southern Michigan counties: Ingham Co. (three sites), Gratiot Co. (two sites), and Shiawassee Co.... -
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Data and code from: Pyrrocidines A and B demonstrate synergistic inhibition of <i>Fusarium verticillioides</i> growth
Department of Agriculture —
This dataset contains all raw data and R statistical code needed to reproduce the model fitting, model predictions, and data/model visualizations from the... -
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Data from: Improving mass rearing techniques for <i>Floracarus perrepae</i>, a biological control agent for Old World Climbing Fern (<i>Lygodium microphyllum</i>), for releases
Department of Agriculture —
In late 2021, relatively simple adjustments made to plant and agent mass rearing protocols produced exponential increases in F. perrepae colony productivity. This... -
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Data from: High genetic diversity in the landscape suggests frequent seedling recruitment by Euphorbia virgata Waldst. & Kit. (leafy spurge) in the northern U.S.A.
Department of Agriculture —
Site information and field-collected data from a 1-year 100-site survey of leafy spurge (Euphorbia virgata/esula) populations in the northern U.S. Data include: 1)... -
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Data from: Bacteria in the genus Streptomyces are effective biological control agents for management of fungal plant pathogens - a meta-analysis
Department of Agriculture —
These data represent a meta-analysis testing if Streptomyces biological control agents reduce disease caused by fungal plant pathogens and identify factors that alter... -
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Data from: Genome divergence and reproductive incompatibility among populations of Ganaspis near brasiliensis
Department of Agriculture —
A colony of Ganaspis near brasiliensis from Yunnan was started from field collections in Kunming, Yunnan, China in 2016. Wild berries of Rubus foliosus Weihe, Rubus... -
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Data from: Population dynamics of an invasive forest insect and associated natural enemies in the aftermath of invasion
Department of Agriculture —
Datasets archived here consist of all data analyzed in Duan et al. 2015 from Journal of Applied Ecology. Specifically, these data were collected from annual sampling... -
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Data from: Defensive aphid symbiont Hamiltonella defensa effects on Aphelinus glycinis and Aphelinus atriplicis
Department of Agriculture —
Endosymbiont interactions with hosts have important effects on fitness, including the fitness of many pest and beneficial species. Among these interactions,... -
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Data from: Characterization of Adult Transcriptomes from the Omnivorous Lady Beetle Coleomegilla maculata Fed Pollen or Insect Egg Diet
Department of Agriculture —
Expressed genes from two individual sibling specimens of Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). One individual was fed only insect eggs as an adult, and... -
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Tracking fluctuations of <i>Neomusotima conspurcatalis</i> populations
Department of Agriculture —
Lygodium microphyllum (Lygodiaceae) is an invasive vine that has invaded natural areas in Florida. The USDA-ARS Invasive Plant Research Laboratory mass rears and... -
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Population dynamics of<i> Floracarus perrepae </i>and a predatory mite in a screenhouse environment
Department of Agriculture —
This research investigated observations of an increase in a predatory mite within galls for a screenhouse mass rearing colony. The survey consisted of counted the... -
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Evaluate means of integrating biological control into overall management strategies for <i>Lygodium microphyllum</i>
Department of Agriculture —
In 2020, a field experiment was started to look at the combined impacts of biological control and herbicide on Lygodium microphyllum. At two heavily L. microphyllum... -
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Data from: Host specificity of Aphelinus species collected from soybean aphid in Asia
Department of Agriculture —
The soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is native to Asia where it is an occasional pest of soybean, Glycine max (L.). Aphis glycines was... -
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Characterization of a protease produced by a
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Several Trichoderma strains have been reported to be effective in controlling plant diseases, and the action of fungal hydrolytic enzymes has been... -
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Data from: Importance of color for artificial clay caterpillars as sentinel prey in maize, soybean, and prairie
Department of Agriculture —
Data files for manuscript titled "Importance of color for artificial clay caterpillars as sentinel prey in maize, soybean, and prairie". Metadata is contained within... -
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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.... -
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Data from: Classical biological control and apparent competition: evaluating a waterhyacinth invaded community module
Department of Agriculture —
The scope and complexity of interactions within community food webs necessitates their simplification to a community module scale for conducting empirical studies. An... -
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Data from: Release and establishment of the weevil Mecinus janthiniformis for biological control of Dalmatian toadflax in southern California
Department of Agriculture —
We monitored populations of the stem weevil, Mecinus janthiniformis, the invasive alien weed Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria dalmatica) and other vegetation to document... -
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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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Precipitation, soil moisture, and vegetation data from 36 experimental plots in southeastern Utah, near Canyonlands National Park (2015 - 2018)
Department of the Interior —
These data were compiled for a study that investigated the effects of drought seasonality and plant community composition on two dominant perennial grasses,...