Foods derived from plants are important sources of food for natural enemies and influence several functions their existence, including reproduction. The objective the current study was to assess effect different host densities on oviposition efficiency key parasitoids Spodoptera frugiperda. experiment set up under laboratory conditions in a completely randomized block design with three factors ...

Abstract Out of 277 varieties, according to the complex economically valuable characteristics, 72 were distinguished in 2017-2020, 2022, which 20 varieties intensive. Their average yield dry years 2017 and 2020 is 305-354 g/m 2 (st. 260-283 ), while best collection were: Grenada, AC Pollet, Jin Mai 71, Greina, Toronit (380-442-502 ). High potential yields are characterized by: Alabuga, Kommissa...

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) need positioning systems besides the Global Positioning System (GPS), since GPS does not work in underwater scenarios. Possible solutions are the Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms. SLAM algorithms aim to build a map while simultaneously localizing the vehicle within this map. However, they offer limited performance when faced with larg...

Priming is an induced defence mechanism in which plants that have been exposed to elicitors, such as herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs), go into alert state with faster and stronger responses against a future biotic challenge. This study evaluated whether HIPVs emitted by maize genotypes after herbivory fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) larvae could prime neighbouring for enhanced in...

How do selective and constructive visual mechanisms interact to determine the outcome of conscious perception? Binocular rivalry involves selective perception of one of two competing monocular images, whereas visual phantoms involve perceptual filling-in between two low-contrast collinear gratings. Recently, we showed that visual phantoms lead to neural filling-in of activity in V1 and V2, whic...