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Ana Cláudia Teixeira, José Ribeiro, Raul Morais, Joaquim J. Sousa and António Cunha
Globally, insect pests are the primary reason for reduced crop yield and quality. Although pesticides are commonly used to control and eliminate these pests, they can have adverse effects on the environment, human health, and natural resources. As an alt...
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Ioannis Saradopoulos, Ilyas Potamitis, Antonios I. Konstantaras, Panagiotis Eliopoulos, Stavros Ntalampiras and Iraklis Rigakis
This study describes the development of an image-based insect trap diverging from the plug-in camera insect trap paradigm in that (a) it does not require manual annotation of images to learn how to count targeted pests, and (b) it self-disposes the captu...
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Katell Crépon, Marine Cabacos, Félix Bonduelle, Faten Ammari, Marlène Faure and Séverine Maudemain
To reduce the use of insecticides, silo operators are reconsidering their practices and implementing integrated pest management (IPM) to manage insect infestations. IPM requires the early detection of insects to react before infestation spread or to isol...
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Querriel Arvy Mendoza, Lester Pordesimo, Mitchell Neilsen, Paul Armstrong, James Campbell and Princess Tiffany Mendoza
In this study, a basic insect detection system consisting of a manual-focus camera, a Jetson Nano?a low-cost, low-power single-board computer, and a trained deep learning model was developed. The model was validated through a live visual feed. Detecting,...
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Eirini Anastasaki, Aikaterini Psoma, Savvina Toufexi, Georgios Partsinevelos, Dimitrios Papachristos, Dimitrios Avtzis and Panagiotis Milonas
Curculio elephas is an oligophagous insect, attacking fruits of chestnut (Castanea spp.) and oak (Quercus spp.). It is considered one of the most important pests of European chestnut (Castanea sativa) in Europe and it occurs in a continuous range through...
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Henning Teickner, Jan R. K. Lehmann, Patrick Guth, Florian Meinking and David Ott
In ecological research, a key interest is to explore movement patterns of individual organisms across different spatial scales as one driver of biotic interactions. While various methods exist to detect and record the presence and movements of individual...
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Lewis H. Ziska, Bethany A. Bradley, Rebekah D. Wallace, Charles T. Bargeron, Joseph H. LaForest, Robin A. Choudhury, Karen A. Garrett and Fernando E. Vega
The challenge of maintaining sufficient food, feed, fiber, and forests, for a projected end of century population of between 9–10 billion in the context of a climate averaging 2–4 °C warmer, is a global imperative. However, climate change...
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Jennifer Cartwright
Droughts and insect outbreaks are primary disturbance processes linking climate change to tree mortality in western North America. Refugia from these disturbances—locations where impacts are less severe relative to the surrounding landscape—m...
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Valerie J. Pasquarella, Bethany A. Bradley and Curtis E. Woodcock
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Adrián Cardil, Udayalakshmi Vepakomma and Lluis Brotons
Pine processionary moth (PPM) is one of the most destructive insect defoliators in the Mediterranean for many conifers, causing losses of growth, vitality and eventually the death of trees during outbreaks. There is a growing need for cost-effective moni...
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