Cereals

Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus BV?0003

- AbstractThe conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State...

Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance Trichoderma afroharzianum (formerly harzianum) T?22

The impact of agricultural socialized services on grain farmers’ agricultural eco?economic efficiency

- Developing agricultural socialized services (ASS) while promoting green and low-carbon grain production is an important component of agricultural modernization in China. Although previous studies...

Crop protection network and a decade of building infrastructure for collaborative extension

10/10/2026 - The Crop Protection Network (CPN) was established in 2015 to address emerging challenges in field crop Extension, including reduced staffing, increasing faculty responsibilities, expanding digital...

Grape berry moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): biology, ecology, and management in vineyards

18/09/2026 - The grape berry moth, Paralobesia viteana (Clemens), is native to eastern North America and is one of the major insect pests of grapes in this region. Larvae feed on grape flowers and berries,...

Spatial Risk Assessment of Xylella fastidiosa and Its Potential Vectors in South Korea Using Multiple Ecological Niche Models

- Integrated risk assessment of Xylella fastidiosa and its vectors via multi?ensemble modelling.ABSTRACTXylella fastidiosa is a high?priority quarantine pathogen that poses a significant threat to a...

Interdependence of adoption decisions of agroecological vegetable cropping systems among smallholder farmers in eastern Africa

- Vegetable production plays a vital role in enhancing nutrition and generating income in Kenya, where it is an important component of the agricultural sector. Among the most widely grown vegetables...

Agricultural machinery capacity and input intensities in China: evidence across fertilizer categories, diesel, pesticide, and plastic film

- Total agricultural machinery power records installed capacity rather than utilization or engineering efficiency. We examine its association with eight input intensities across 31 provincial-level...

Thank you to Reviewers

- Living biostimulant products, or biologicals, are marketed to growers for crop enhancement. The handling of these products during preparation likely introduces microbial contamination prior to...

Review of the existing maximum residue levels for clopyralid according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005

- AbstractAccording to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, EFSA has reviewed the maximum residue levels (MRLs) currently established at European level for the pesticide active substance...

Novel Barley Bacterial Endophytes as Potential Antagonists for Managing Fusarium Head Blight and Other Fusarium?Induced Diseases

- This study identified 12 antagonistic bacterial endophytes from barley including potentially three novel species and the highly effective Bacillus mycoides that offers a promising, eco?friendly...

Development and evaluation of a synthetic seed system for cassava propagation

14/08/2026 - Cassava is a crop of major global importance for food security;...

Guidelines for handling living biostimulant products for seed treatment

- Living biostimulant products, or biologicals, are marketed to growers for crop enhancement. The handling of these products during preparation likely introduces microbial contamination prior to...

Grain Expansion in China's Drylands Secures Food but Intensifies Environmental Trade?Offs

05/08/2026 - AbstractDrylands are increasingly crucial for global food supply, and grain cultivation there continues to expand. Newly cultivated croplands in these regions are often assumed to be biophysically...

Two-spot cotton leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): biology, rapid invasion, potential seconomic impact, and integrated control measures

07/08/2026 - The polyphagous, invasive, 2-spot cotton leafhopper, Amrasca biguttula (Ishida) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) is a new threat to US agriculture. Preliminary projections based on reported losses from...

Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance 8?methyldecan?2?yl propanoate

- AbstractThe conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State...

Fire Blight: Scientific Progress and Control Strategies

- Erwinia amylovora causes the most devastating bacterial disease in pome fruits worldwide. Despite the absence of curative treatments, advancing research on pathogenicity mechanisms is essential....

Profile of the Dectes stem borer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in sunflower and soybean

24/07/2026 - Dectes stem borer, Dectes texanus LeConte, is native to North America and is an economically important pest of sunflower and soybean across the US Dectes stem borer reached the status of an...

Addressing the knowledge gaps and management challenges of Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) in the southeastern United States

30/06/2026 - This review of the spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (White), presents its biology and life cycle, distribution, pest status, injury, host range, and ecology. The authors (associated with the...

Olive Anthracnose: Current State of the Art, Global Distribution and Associated Colletotrichum Species

- We review the distribution and diversity of Colletotrichum species, recent advances in the biology, epidemiology and host–pathogen interactions, emerging management strategies including early...

Spotted-wing Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae): the southernmost records affecting wild and cultivated fruits and vegetables in the Chilean Patagonia

18/06/2026 - The spotted wing Drosophila (SWD), Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura 1931), is an invasive species of ripening soft fruit, first reported in Japan in 1916 and widely distributed worldwide in the past 20...

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