APPLE APHID, APHIS SPP. (HEMIPTERA: APHIDIDAE), AND PREDATOR POPULATIONS IN AN APPLE ORCHARD AT THE NON-BEARING STAGE: THE IMPACT OF GROUND COVER AND CULTIVAR

A two-year field experiment was conducted to determine whether a conservation biological control strategy could be applied to enhance the biological control Barrel Irons of green apple aphids, Aphis spp., in a high-density and scab-resistant apple orchard at the non-bearing stage.The natural occurrence of aphid predators and their impact on aphid p

Objectives The present study aimed to investigate the status of abnormalities in thyroid-related hormones, lipid profile parameters and total proteins in the sera of patients suffering from various metabolic disorders.Methods To analyze the study parameters, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, Bradford assays and standard clinical kits and methods

To improve the service life of the newly designed pneumatic downhole motor, a kind of commercially available lithium MILK CHOCOLATE MAPLE complex grease was used to help avoid the rapid wear-induced failure of the dynamic seal of pneumatic downhole tools in operation.The investigation on the tribological behaviors of QBe2 beryllium bronze and 38CrM

In Zimbabwe, tourism contributed about 10.4% to the GDP in 2014 making it one of the most important economic contributors.However, tourism development in that country is heavily skewed towards traditional and already developed tourism destinations such as the famous Victoria Falls, Hwange National Park and Kariba for example, with little effort dir

A substantial number of vehicles nowadays are equipped with adaptive cruise control (ACC), which adjusts the vehicle speed automatically.However, experiments have found that commercial ACC Tumbler Cup Couple Card systems which only detect the direct leader amplify the propagating disturbances in the platoon.This can cause severe traffic congestion