Freshwater ecosystems in oceanic islands of Chile: Conservation of endemic microfauna and the role of exotic species in the biological control of tropical diseases

Guarantee better clinical practices among clinicians who attend NTDs in developing countries as well as provide education in vector control in hotspot vulnerable communities

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Recognition of the role of Natural Products as drugs to treat neglected tropical diseases by the 2015 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine

Natural Product Reports ◽

10.1039/c5np90043c ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 32 (12) ◽

pp. 1610-1611 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

James H. McKerrow

Keyword(s):

Natural Products ◽

Nobel Prize ◽

Neglected Tropical Diseases ◽

Tropical Diseases

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Biological Control and Mitigation of Aflatoxin Contamination in Commodities

Toxins ◽

10.3390/toxins13020104 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 104

Author(s):

Ferenc Peles ◽

Péter Sipos ◽

Szilvia Kovács ◽

Zoltán Győri ◽

István Pócsi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Biological Control ◽

Secondary Metabolites ◽

Competitive Exclusion ◽

Aflatoxin Contamination ◽

Post Harvest ◽

Physical Chemical ◽

Synthetic Chemicals ◽

Ruminal Degradation

Aflatoxins (AFs) are toxic secondary metabolites produced mostly by Aspergillus species. AF contamination entering the feed and food chain has been a crucial long-term issue for veterinarians, medicals, agroindustry experts, and researchers working in this field. Although different (physical, chemical, and biological) technologies have been developed, tested, and employed to mitigate the detrimental effects of mycotoxins, including AFs, universal methods are still not available to reduce AF levels in feed and food in the last decades. Possible biological control by bacteria, yeasts, and fungi, their excretes, the role of the ruminal degradation, pre-harvest biocontrol by competitive exclusion or biofungicides, and post-harvest technologies and practices based on biological agents currently used to alleviate the toxic effects of AFs are collected in this review. Pre-harvest biocontrol technologies can give us the greatest opportunity to reduce AF production on the spot. Together with post-harvest applications of bacteria or fungal cultures, these technologies can help us strictly reduce AF contamination without synthetic chemicals.

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PREY PREFERENCES OF ADULT AND IMMATURE ZETZELLIA MALI EWING (ACARI: STIGMAEIDAE) AND TYPHLODROMUS CAUDIGLANS SCHUSTER (ACARI: PHYTOSEIIDAE)

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/ent125967-5 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 125 (5) ◽

pp. 967-969 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

David R. Clements ◽

Rudolf Harmsen

Keyword(s):

Biological Control ◽

Potential Role ◽

Panonychus Ulmi ◽

Economic Damage ◽

Apple Orchards ◽

Effective Management ◽

Phytoseiid Mites ◽

Prey Preferences ◽

Eriophyid Mites

Effective management of the interactions within the mite community is critical to biological control of economically damaging phytophagous mites such as Panonychus ulmi Koch (Tetranychidae) (Clements and Harmsen 1990). Although much is known about the potential role of phytoseiid mites in controlling P. ulmi (Dover et al. 1979), mites from at least seven other families may be present in apple orchards (Thistlewood 1991). Stigmaeid mites are predators which may play a beneficial role in biological control in conjunction with phytoseiids (Clements and Harmsen 1992). Eriophyid mites are phytophagous but seldom cause economic damage, and may compete with tetranychids and provide alternative food for predators of tetranychids (Croft and Hoying 1977).

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The role of biological control in managing parasitic weeds

Crop Protection ◽

10.1016/j.cropro.2005.12.012 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 246-254 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

J. Sauerborn ◽

D. Müller-Stöver ◽

J. Hershenhorn

Keyword(s):

Biological Control ◽

Parasitic Weeds

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Temporal and Spatial Coexistence of Archaeal and BacterialamoAGenes and Gene Transcripts in Lake Lucerne

Archaea ◽

10.1155/2013/289478 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2013 ◽

pp. 1-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Elisabeth W. Vissers ◽

Flavio S. Anselmetti ◽

Paul L. E. Bodelier ◽

Gerard Muyzer ◽

Christa Schleper ◽

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Keyword(s):

Temporal Distribution ◽

Water Layer ◽

Distribution Patterns ◽

Freshwater Ecosystems ◽

Ammonia Oxidizers ◽

Lake Lucerne ◽

Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea ◽

Gene Transcripts ◽

Temporal And Spatial

Despite their crucial role in the nitrogen cycle, freshwater ecosystems are relatively rarely studied for active ammonia oxidizers (AO). This study of Lake Lucerne determined the abundance of bothamoAgenes and gene transcripts of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB) over a period of 16 months, shedding more light on the role of both AO in a deep, alpine lake environment. At the surface, at 42 m water depth, and in the water layer immediately above the sediment, AOA generally outnumbered AOB. However, in the surface water during summer stratification, when both AO were low in abundance, AOB were more numerous than AOA. Temporal distribution patterns of AOA and AOB were comparable. Higher abundances ofamoAgene transcripts were observed at the onset and end of summer stratification. In summer, archaealamoAgenes and transcripts correlated negatively with temperature and conductivity. Concentrations of ammonium and oxygen did not vary enough to explain theamoAgene and transcript dynamics. The observed herbivorous zooplankton may have caused a hidden flux of mineralized ammonium and a change in abundance of genes and transcripts. At the surface, AO might have been repressed during summer stratification due to nutrient limitation caused by active phytoplankton.

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