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Effects of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) Treatment of Cotton on the Oviposition Behavior of Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) 

Nangle, Kate (2012-03-29)
Treating crops with a group of naturally-occurring root bacteria, termed plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), has been shown to increase plant growth and enhance plant health in different ways. Although much is ...

Nutritional Ecology of Pseudacteon species (Diptera: Phoridae) and Its Impact on Their Fitness 

Ajayi, Olufemi (2015-07-24)
Natural enemies, such as Pseudacteon parasitic flies, have the potential to provide sustainable suppression of imported fire ants, Solenopsis species. Multiple releases of various species of these flies have been made ...

Phenology of Pseudacteon spp. (Diptera: Phoridae) flies in Alabama 

Palmer, Kelly (2014-12-10)
Phorid flies, Pseudacteon spp. (Diptera: Phoridae), are one of many biological control agents of Solenopsis spp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fire ants in their native South America. More than twenty species of phorid flies ...