THE PEST CONTROL AND POLLINATOR PROTECTION DILEMMA: THE CASE OF THIAMETHOXAM PROPHYLACTIC APPLICATIONS IN SQUASH CROPS.

The pest control and pollinator protection dilemma: The case of thiamethoxam prophylactic applications in squash crops.

A major challenge in sustainable agriculture is finding solutions to manage crop-damaging pests such as herbivores while protecting beneficial organisms such as pollinators.Squash is a highly pollinator-dependent crop that is also attractive to herbivores like the striped cucumber beetle.While synthetic insecticides can provide control of insect pe

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Core-shell NaGdF4@CaCO3 nanoparticles for enhanced magnetic resonance/ultrasonic dual-modal imaging via tumor acidic micro-enviroment triggering

Abstract For T-Shirt cancer diagnosis, a paramount challenge still exists in the exploring of methods that can precisely discriminate tumor tissues from their surrounding healthy tissues with a high target-to-background signal ratio.Here, we report a NaGdF4@CaCO3-PEG core-shell nanoparticle which has the tumor acidic microenvironment enhanced imagi

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