TWO BETTER THAN ONE? POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF INTRAGUILD PREDATION ON THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CERATITIS CAPITATA (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE) BY THE PARASITOID AGANASPIS DACI (HYMENOPTERA: FIGITIDAE) AND THE PREDATOR PSEUDOOPHONUS RUFIPES (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE)

The use of more than one species to manage a single insect pest is a common practice among biological control programs.However, the beneficial effects of natural enemies are not always additive, which in many cases may be attributed to interspecific interactions such as intraguild predation (IGP).Herein, we investigated the potential IGP between tw

The occurrence and genetic relatedness of AmpC beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae isolated from clinical environments, groundwater, beef, human and cattle faeces were investigated.One hundred seventy-seven (177) samples were collected and cultured on MacConkey agar.A total of Insulated Dinnerware 203 non-repetitive isolates were characteri

This research addresses the obstacle avoidance problem in wheeled mobile robots powered by renewable energy by considering all subsystems involved.A three-tier hierarchical controller is developed, integrating the technique of artificial potential fields.The proposed controller incorporates the dynamics of the three key subsystems typically found i

GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) and melatonin are endogenous compounds that enhance plant responses to abiotic stresses.The response of Vicia faba to different stressors (salinity (NaCl), poly ethylene glycol Condom (PEG), and sulfur dioxide (SO2)) was studied after priming with sole application of GABA and melatonin or their co-application (GABA +

Muscle metabolism dominates the energy costs of locomotion.Although in vivo measures of muscle strain, activity and force can indicate mechanical function, similar muscle-level measures of energy use are challenging to obtain.Without this information locomotor systems are Arm Sofa essentially a black box in terms of the distribution of metabolic en