Chemical control is the most used and effective method to control Diaphorina citri, the vector of the phloem-limited bacteria associated with citrus huanglongbing (HLB) disease. The objectives of this study were to determine the effectiveness of flupyradifurone applied via dripping irrigation systems on D. citri. Bioassays were conducted using…[Read more]

8% in the high-risk class. On the basis of the SCORE model for low-risk areas, 55.3% of the participants were in the low-risk class, 39.6% in the moderate-risk class, and 5.1% in the high-risk class. The agreement concerning risk estimation between the models was approximately 70%. Conclusion The risk estimated in this study was higher than that…[Read more]

001). EN support was identified as the only independent factor adversely associated with severe SMI reduction (p<0.001). Patients with low SMI after neoadjuvant chemotherapy were more susceptible to postoperative complications than patients with moderate SMI (47.6% vs 16.7%, p=0.007), especially pulmonary complications (31.8% vs 10.8%, p=0.003).…[Read more]