A key pest of brassicas worldwide is the leaf-mining fly, Scaptomyza flava, the larvae of which can cause cosmetic damage leading to crop rejection by supermarkets/consumers. In climates where leafy salad brassicas are ...
The knowledge of the sprays emitted from orchard air-blast sprayers has historically been assessed using an array of samplers to capture airborne particles such as various strings/ribbons, paper material, and/or patternation ...
Psyllids, also known as jumping plant lice, belong to the superfamily Psylloidea (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) and globally are divided into almost 4000 described species. Psyllids are phloem-feeders, with a number of species ...
The general aim of this study is to provide decision makers and planners with a spatial decision support system (SDSS), for quantifying flood hazards in order to cope with deluge situations within the Quang Nam basin of ...
The main objective of this thesis was to evaluate perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) cultivars for dairy production under different pasture management. Five experiments were conducted in Canterbury, New Zealand to ...