Effects of Habitat Change on the Web Characteristics and Fitness of the Giant Wood Spider (Nephila pilipes) in Sri Lanka by Tharaka Wijerathna, Dilini Tharanga, Inoka C. Perera, Mayuri R. Wijesinghe

“…The nonforest habitats comprised rural home gardens and plantations. We hypothesize that marked differences would be evident between the two habitats in (i) web properties and (ii) fitness of the female spiders. …”
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Laboratory Exploration of Several Potential Biocontrol Methods Against the Ambrosia Beetle, <i>Euwallacea interjectus</i> by Jialin Liu, Nan Jiang, Haiming Gao, Shengchang Lai, Yang Zhou, Dejun Hao, Lulu Dai

“…The ambrosia beetle <i>Euwallacea interjectus</i> Blandford (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) has recently emerged as a pest in Chinese poplar plantations, causing significant economic losses through damage to host trees in association with its mutualistic fungus <i>Fusarium populicola</i>. …”
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The response of the water cycle to landscape configuration and composition in two Chilean basins by Marieta Hernández-Sosa, Mauricio Aguayo, Jorge Hurtado, Ovidio Llompart

“…The PLSR analysis shows that the second component-related landscape metrics of young plantations explain the highest percentage of variation in hydrological components. …”
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Variation in Flavonoid Composition and Radical-Scavenging Activity in Ginkgo biloba L. due to the Growth Location and Time of Harvest by Laura Rimkiene, Asta Kubiliene, Andrejus Zevzikovas, Daiva Kazlauskiene, Valdas Jakstas

“…To ensure the rational collection of G. biloba raw material, the location of plantations is recommended in the western and southwestern phytoregions. …”
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Sedimentary Organic Matter and Phosphate along the Kapuas River (West Kalimantan, Indonesia) by Pei Sun Loh, Chen-Tung Arthur Chen, Gusti Z. Anshari, Jiann-Yuh Lou, Jough-Tai Wang, Shu-Lun Wang, Bing-Jye Wang

“…Sedimentary P levels were the highest along the densely populated areas downstream from the Kapuas River; the second highest along the midstream river, which is surrounded by oil palm plantations; and the lowest along the upper river, which is surrounded by forest. …”
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The Effect of Organomineral Fertilizers on the Yield and Quality of Apples After Long-Term Storage by Zoya E. Ozherelieva, Andrey L. Nikitin, Pavel S. Prudnikov

“…The experiment that was conducted to evaluate the effect of organomineral fertilizers in apple plantations shows that they can potentially be used to supplement traditional apple cultivation technologies.…”
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Volcanic disaster mitigation based on local wisdom: A case study from a local community in the Mount Galunggung, Indonesia by Mutolib Abdul, Rahmat Ali, Harefa Darmawan, Nugraha Satriya, Handoko Lukman, Sululing Siswadi, Laxmi, Nurhayati Siti

“…Currently, the area surrounding Mount Galunggung is a center for coffee and palm plantations with a dense population. This study aims to identify the disaster mitigation implemented by local communities in response volcanic disaster. …”
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New Record of the Egg-larval Parasitoid, Chelonus formosanus Sonan of Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) in the Philippines by Orlando Adona Calcetas, Ravindra Chandra Joshi, Ankita Gupta, Avinjikkattu Parambil Ranjith, Mary Ann Madrid, Joash Fameronag

“…The FAW egg masses and larvae were collected in the corn plantations inside the Lipa Agricultural Research Station, Marawoy, Lipa City, Batangas. …”
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Plant Growth Response of Pinus patula and P. maximinoi Seedlings at Nursery to Three Types of Ectomycorrhizal Inocula by Manuel F. Restrepo-Llano, Nelson W. Osorio-Vega, Juan D. León-Peláez

“…The first inoculum was soil from a Pinus plantations that contained three ectomycorrhizal fungi (Amanita muscaria, Amanita sp., and Suillus luteus); the second was a crude inoculum composed by root fragments of Pinus seedlings colonized by S. luteus suspended in a sterile matrix soil-sand; the third inoculum was a mixture of two ectomycorrhizal fungi A. muscaria and S. luteus produced under in vitro conditions in the potato-dextrose-agar medium. …”
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Distribution and genetic diversity of three apple viruses in Belarus by P. V. Kuzmitskaya, O. Yu. Urbanovich

“…Virus-infected apple trees were identified by RT- PCR in modern horticultural plantations and were not found among old trees aged more than 50 years. …”
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A Review of Bovine Tuberculosis in the Kafue Basin Ecosystem by Musso Munyeme, Hetron Mweemba Munang'andu

“…However, hydroelectricity power production, large-scale sugar plantations, commercial fishing and increasing livestock production are threatening its natural existence and sustainability. …”
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Predatory ability of <i>Sycanus annulicornis</i> Dohrn. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) on nettle caterpillar prey (<i>Setora nitens</i> Walker.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the laboratory by Rusli Rustam, Dwi Yuwanda Nasution, Yunandra Yunandra, Mukhlis Ibrahim

“… The nettle caterpillar (Setora nitens) is a major pest affecting oil palm plants and is predominantly found in oil palm plantations in Riau. The predator Sycanus annulicornis Dohrn is a potential natural enemy for controlling S. nitens. …”
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Influence of Fuel Moisture Content and Reactor Temperature on the Calorific Value of Syngas Resulted from Gasification of Oil Palm Fronds by Samson Mekbib Atnaw, Shaharin Anwar Sulaiman, Suzana Yusup

“…Biomass wastes produced from oil palm mills and plantations include empty fruit bunches (EFBs), shells, fibers, trunks, and oil palm fronds (OPF). …”
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Protected Geographical Indication Identification of a Chinese Green Tea (Anji-White) by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometric Class Modeling Techniques by Lu Xu, Peng-Tao Shi, Xian-Shu Fu, Hai-Feng Cui, Zi-Hong Ye, Chen-Bo Cai, Xiao-Ping Yu

“…This paper reports a rapid identification method for a Chinese green tea with PGI, Anji-white tea, by class modeling techniques and NIR spectroscopy. 167 real and representative Anji-white tea samples were collected from 8 tea plantations in their original producing areas for model training. …”
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Synergy Between Smallholder Palm Oil Replanting Policies and Green Energy Initiatives: A Study of Impacts and Policies in Indonesia by Mayarni Mayarni, Heriyanto Meyzi, Nasution Mimin Sundari, Arumbinang Mohammad Hazyar

“…PSR projects, focused on rejuvenating aging oil palm plantations and adopting environmentally friendly technologies, support more efficient bioenergy production. …”
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Smart Agricultural Pest Detection Using I-YOLOv10-SC: An Improved Object Detection Framework by Wenxia Yuan, Lingfang Lan, Jiayi Xu, Tingting Sun, Xinghua Wang, Qiaomei Wang, Jingnan Hu, Baijuan Wang

“…The enhanced I-YOLOv10-SC network effectively addresses the challenges of detecting small and incomplete insect targets in tea plantations, offering high precision and recall rates, thus providing a solid technical foundation for intelligent pest monitoring and precise prevention in smart tea gardens.…”
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Embodied performances of (post-)indenture: Creolization of Indian dance, music and nadrons in Guadeloupe by Sandrine Soukaï

“…Drawing on still underdeveloped scholarship on Indianité , theories of creolization, studies on embodied memory of past trauma, I analyze how the descendants of Indian indentured labourers reconstruct and transmit the heritage and memory of indenture in Guadeloupe through embodied performances of Indian dance, music and, in particular, the danced and sung theatre known as nadrons (from Tamil nādagam ), formerly staged on plantations. My study interweaves close readings of Indo-Guadeloupean writer, cultural activist and politician Ernest Moutoussamy’s tryptic novel Marianne: fée de notre République du sang-mêlé ( Marianne: The Fairy of our Mixed-Blood Republic , 2018) and his poetry collection A la recherche de l’Inde perdue ( In Remembrance of Lost India , 2004) with interviews conducted with Guadeloupean Indian language and dance cultural associations. …”
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Comparison of the Growth of Six Eucalyptus Species in Angola by Cristobal Delgado-Matas, Timo Pukkala

“…The results suggest that E. saligna is the most recommended Eucalyptus species for new plantations in Angola.…”
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Tea Disease Recognition Based on Image Segmentation and Data Augmentation by Ji Li, Chenyi Liao

“…However, the complex environment of tea plantations&#x2014;affected by weather variations and uneven lighting&#x2014;poses significant challenges for building effective disease recognition models using raw field-captured images. …”
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Effectiveness of Dose and Application Interval of Ocimum sanctum Essential Oil as Bactrocera spp. Attractant on Siamese Orange Plants by Lutfir Rahman Amri, Arneti Arneti, Reflinaldon Reflinaldon, My Syahrawati

“…This research was conducted in citrus plantations of Gunung Omeh District, Lima Puluh Kota Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia, and Insect Bioecology Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Andalas. …”
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