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Ecological illiteracy can deepen farmers' pesticide dependency by Wyckhuys, K A G, Heong, K L, Sanchez-Bayo, F, Bianchi, F J J A, Lundgren, J G, Bentley, J W

“…Nearly 2.5 billion smallholders cultivate the world's arable land, strategically positioned to tackle multiple Anthropocene challenges. When consciously…”
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Ethnopathology: local knowledge of plant health problems in Bangladesh, Uganda and Bolivia by Bentley, J.W, Boa, E.R, Kelly, P, Harun-Ar-Rashid, M, Rahman, A.K.M, Kabeere, F, Herbas, J

“…All peoples have names for and knowledge of plants, animals and other things in the real world. An ethnopathology (or, more strictly, 'ethnophytopathology') -…”
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Recession Effects on the Forests and Forest Products Industries of the South by Hodges, D.G, Hartsell, A.J, Brandeis, C, Brandeis, T.J, Bentley, J.W

“…The economic recession affected southern forests and related industries substantially, particularly those sectors most closely related to home construction…”
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Are San Jose scale (Hom., Diaspididae) pheromone trap captures predictive of crawler densities? by Badenes-Perez, F. R., Zalom, F. G., Bentley, W. J.

“…:  Abundance of San Jose scale (SJS), Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (Comstock), adult males and crawlers were monitored with pheromone traps checked weekly and…”
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Economic and Ecological Approaches to Land Fragmentation: In Defense of a Much-Maligned Phenomenon by Bentley, J W

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Effects of dormant insecticide treatments on the San Jose scale (Homoptera: Diaspididae) and its parasitoids Encarsia perniciosi and Aphytis spp . ( Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae ) by Badenes-Perez, F. R., Zalom, F. G., Bentley, W. J.

“…Populations of the San Jose scale (SJS), Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (Comstock), and its parasitoids, Encarsia perniciosi (Tower) and Aphytis spp. were…”
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Neighbor Trees: Shade, Intercropping, and Cacao in Ecuador by Bentley, Jeffery W., Eric Boa, Stonehouse, John

“…Previous studies have shown that shade trees in cacao and coffee are important habitats for inter-American migratory birds. A survey of 21 cacao farmers along…”
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Changes in Entrance Resistance of Subsurface Drains by Bentley, Walter J, Skaggs, R. W

“…This study was conducted to examine the entrance resistance and head losses in the immediate vicinity of subsurface drains and to measure the change with time…”
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Hot-Water Treatments for Control of Planococcus Ficus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Dormant Grape Cuttings by Haviland, DR, Bentley, W J, Daane, K M

“…Hot-water immersions were tested for control of mealybug Planococcus ficus (Signoret), on dormant grape cuttings used for nursery stock. A range of hot-water…”
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Wouldn't you like to have all of your land in one place? Land fragmentation in Northwest Portugal by Bentley, J.W. (Escuela Agricola Panamericana, Tegucigalpa, Honduras)

“…This article addresses the land fragmentation debate, centering on the question of whether it is an ecological adaptation or an example of anachronistic, if…”
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Pests, Peasants, and Publications: Anthropological and Entomological Views of an Integrated Pest Management Program for Small-scale Honduran Farmers by BENTLEY, JEFFERY W., BENTLEY, JEFFREY W., ANDREWS, KEITH L.

“…This debate between an anthropologist and an entomologist is a frank, detailed account of an integrated pest management (IPM) research and extension project…”
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Enhancing biological control's contributions to integrated pest management through appropriate levels of farmer participation by Andrews, K.L. (Escuela Agricola Panamericana, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, C.A.), Bentley, J.W, Cave, R.D

“…Most recent development literature calls for greater farmer participation in agricultural research and technology transfer. Interestingly, biological control…”
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Pheromone-Based Mating Disruption of Planococcus ficus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in California Vineyards by Walton, V M, Daane, K M, Bentley, W J, Millar, J G, Larsen, TE, Malakar-Kuenen, R

“…Experiments were conducted to test a mating disruption program for the mealybug Planococcus ficus (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in California…”
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Integrated management of mealybugs in California vineyards by Daane, K.M, Bentley, W.J, Millar, J.G, Walton, V.M, Cooper, M.L, Biscay, P, Yokota, G.Y

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Water Harvesting on the Papago Reservation: Experimental Agricultural Technology in the Guise of Development by Bentley, Jeffery W.

“…A case study is presented of a small-scale water delivery project on the Papago Indian reservation in Ariz. Of six experimental water harvesters built in the…”
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Improved now egg traps by R Van Steenwyk, W Barnett, W Bentley, J Connell, D Rough

“…Spraying traps black increases egg laying by navel orangeworm moths…”
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Experimental study of tissue response to ruptured gel-filled mammary prostheses by Vistnes, L M, Bentley, J W, Fogarty, D C

“…Miniature "soft gel" filled breast prostheses were implanted into rats, and half of these were purposefully ruptured upon insertion. At sacrifice of the…”
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Development and Optimization of Methods for Using Sex Pheromone for Monitoring the Mealybug Planococcus Ficus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) in California Vineyards by Millar, J G, Daane, K M, Mcelfresh, J S, Moreira, JA, Malakar-Kuenen, R, Guillen, M, Bentley, W J

“…The sex pheromone of the vine mealybug Planococcus ficus Signoret has been identified as a single component, lavandulyl senecioate. Racemic lavandulyl…”
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Development and Optimization of Methods for Using Sex Pheromone for Monitoring the Mealybug Planococcus ficus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) in California Vineyards by Millar, Jocelyn G, Daane, Kent M, Mcelfresh, J. Steven, Moreira, Jardel A, Malakar-Kuenen, Raksha, Guillén, Marta, Bentley, Walt J

“…The sex pheromone of the vine mealybug Planococcus ficus Signoret has been identified as a single component, lavandulyl senecioate. Racemic lavandulyl…”
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Special report: Standing on all three legs: The técnico as a cross-cultural occupational group by Boa, Eric, Bentley, Jeffery W., Stonehouse, John

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