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2021
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Therese With BergeAbstract
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Therese With BergeAbstract
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Ran Nisim Lati Jesper Rasmussen Dionisio Andújar Jose Dorado Therese With Berge Christina Wellhausen Michael Pflanz Henning Nordmeyer Michael Schirrmann Hanan Eizenberg Paul Neve Rasmus Nyholm Jørgensen Svend ChristensenAbstract
The adoption of site-specific weed management (SSWM) technologies by farmers is not aligned with the scientific achievements in this field. While scientists have demonstrated significant success in real-time weed identification, phenotyping and accurate weed mapping by using various sensors and platforms, the integration by farmers of SSWM and weed phenotyping tools into weed management protocols is limited. This gap was therefore a central topic of discussion at the most recent workshop of the SSWM Working Group arranged by the European Weed Research Society (EWRS). This insight paper aims to summarise the presentations and discussions of some of the workshop panels and to highlight different aspects of weed identification and spray application that were thought to hinder SSWM adoption. It also aims to share views and thoughts regarding steps that can be taken to facilitate future implementation of SSWM.
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Therese With BergeAbstract
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Jens H. Kuhn Scott Adkins Bernard R. Agwanda Rim Al Kubrusli Sergey V. Alkhovsky Gaya K. Amarasinghe Tatjana Avšič-Županc María A. Ayllón Justin Bahl Anne Balkema-Buschmann Matthew J. Ballinger Christopher F. Basler Sina Bavari Martin Beer Nicolas Bejerman Andrew J. Bennett Dennis A. Bente Éric Bergeron Brian H. Bird Carol D. Blair Kim R. Blasdell Dag-Ragnar Blystad Jamie Bojko Wayne B. Borth Steven Bradfute Rachel Breyta Thomas Briese Paul A. Brown Judith K. Brown Ursula J. Buchholz Michael J. Buchmeier Alexander Bukreyev Felicity Burt Carmen Büttner Charles H. Calisher Mengji Cao Inmaculada Casas Kartik Chandran Rémi N. Charrel Qi Cheng Yuya Chiaki Marco Chiapello Il-Ryong Choi Marina Ciuffo J. Christopher S. Clegg Ian Crozier Elena Dal Bó Juan Carlos de la Torre Xavier de Lamballerie Rik L. de Swart Humberto Debat Nolwenn M. Dheilly Emiliano Di Cicco Nicholas Di Paola Francesco Di Serio Ralf G. Dietzgen Michele Digiaro Olga Dolnik Michael A. Drebot J. Felix Drexler William G. Dundon W. paul Duprex Ralf Dürrwald John M. Dye Andrew J. Easton Hideki Ebihara Toufic Elbeaino Koray Ergünay Hugh W. Ferguson Anthony R. Fooks Marco Forgia Pierre B.H. Formenty Jana Fránová Juliana Freitas-Astúa Jingjing Fu Stephanie Fürl Selma Gago-Zachert George Fú Gāo María Laura García Adolfo García-Sastre Aura R. Garrison Thomas Gaskin Jean-Paul J. Gonzalez Anthony Griffiths Tony L. Goldberg Martin H. Groschup Stephan Günther Roy A. Hall John Hammond Tong Han Jussi Hepojoki Roger Hewson Jiang Hong Ni Hong Seiji Hongo Masayuki Horie John S. Hu Tao Hu Holly R. Hughes Florian Hüttner Timothy H. Hyndman M. Ilyas Risto Jalkanen Dàohóng Jiāng Gilda B. Jonson Sandra Junglen Fujio Kadono Karia H. Kaukinen Michael Kawate Boris Klempa Jonas Klingström Gary Kobinger Igor Koloniuk Hideki Kondo Eugene V. Koonin Mart Krupovic Kenji Kubota Gael Kurath Lies Laenen Amy J. Lambert Stanley L. Langevin Benhur Lee Elliot J. Lefkowitz Eric M. Leroy Shaorong Li Longhui Li Jianrong Li Huazhen Liu Igor S. Lukashevich Piet Maes William Marciel de Souza Marco Marklewitz Sergio H. Marshall Shin-Yi L. Marzano Sebastien Massart John W. McCauley Michael Melzer Nicole Mielke-Ehret Kristina M. Miller Tobi J. Ming Ali Mirazimi Gideon J. Mordecai Hans-Peter Mühlbach Elke Mühlberger Rayapati Naidu Tomohide Natsuaki José A. Navarro Sergey V. Netesov Gabriele Neumann Norbert Nowotny Márcio R. T. Nunes Alejandro Olmedo-Velarde Gustavo Palacios Vicente Pallás Bernadett Pályi Anna Papa Sofia Paraskevopoulou Adam C. Park Colin R. Parrish David A. Patterson Alex Pauvolid-Corrêa Janusz T. Pawęska Susan Payne Carlotta Peracchio Daniel R. Pérez Thomas S. Postler Liying Qi Sheli R. Radoshitzky Renato O. Resende Carina A. Reyes Bertus K. Rima Gabriel Robles Luna Víctor Romanowski Paul Rota Dennis Rubbenstroth Luisa Rubino Jonathan Runstadler Sead Sabanadzovic Amadou Alpha Sall Maria S. Salvato Rosemary Sang Takahide Sasaya Angela D. Schulze Martin Schwemmle Mang Shi Xiǎohóng Shí Zhènglì Shí Yoshifumi Shimomoto Yukio Shirako Stuart G. Siddell Peter Simmonds Manuela Sironi Guy Smagghe Sophie J. Smither Jin-Won Song Kirsten Spann Jessica R. Spengler Mark D. Stenglein David M. Stone Jari Sugano Curtis A. Suttle Amy Tabata Ayato Takada Shigeharu Takeuchi David P. Tchouassi Amy Teffer Robert B. Tesh Natalie J. Thornburg Yasuhiro Tomitaka Keizō Tomonaga Noël Tordo Baldwyn Torto Jonathan S. Towner Shinya Tsuda Changchun Tu Massimo Turina Ioannis E. Tzanetakis Janice Uchida Tomio Usugi Anna Maria Vaira Marta Vallino Bernadette van den Hoogen Arvind Varsani Nikos Vasilakis Martin Verbeek Susanne von Bargen Jiro Wada Victoria Wahl Peter J. Walker Lin-Fa Wang Guoping Wang Yanxiang Wang Yaqin Wang Muhammad Waqas Tàiyún Wèi Shaohua Wen Anna E. Whitfield John V. Williams Yuri I. Wolf Jiangxiang Wu Lei Xu Hironobu Yanagisawa Caixia Yang Zuokun Yang F. Murilo Zerbini Lifeng Zhai Yong-Zhen Zhang Song Zhang Jinguo Zhang Zhe Zhang Xueping ZhouAbstract
In March 2021, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) ratification vote on newly proposed taxa, the phylum Negarnaviricota was amended and emended. The phylum was expanded by four families (Aliusviridae, Crepuscuviridae, Myriaviridae, and Natareviridae), three subfamilies (Alpharhabdovirinae, Betarhabdovirinae, and Gammarhabdovirinae), 42 genera, and 200 species. Thirty-nine species were renamed and/or moved and seven species were abolished. This article presents the updated taxonomy of Negarnaviricota as now accepted by the ICTV.
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Jens H. Kuhn Scott Adkins Bernard R. Agwanda Rim Al Kubrusli Sergey V. Alkhovsky Gaya K. Amarasinghe Tatjana Avšič-Županc María A. Ayllón Justin Bahl Anne Balkema-Buschmann Matthew J. Ballinger Christopher F. Basler Sina Bavari Martin Beer Nicolas Bejerman Andrew J. Bennett Dennis A. Bente Éric Bergeron Brian H. Bird Carol D. Blair Kim R. Blasdell Dag-Ragnar Blystad Jamie Bojko Wayne B. Borth Steven Bradfute Rachel Breyta Thomas Briese Paul A. Brown Judith K. Brown Ursula J. Buchholz Michael J. Buchmeier Alexander Bukreyev Felicity Burt Carmen Büttner Charles H. Calisher Mengji Cao Inmaculada Casas Kartik Chandran Rémi N. Charrel Qi Cheng Yuya Chiaki Marco Chiapello Il-Ryong Choi Marina Ciuffo J. Christopher S. Clegg Ian Crozier Elena Dal Bó Juan Carlos de la Torre Xavier de Lamballerie Rik L. de Swart Humberto Debat Nolwenn M. Dheilly Emiliano Di Cicco Nicholas Di Paola Francesco Di Serio Ralf G. Dietzgen Michele Digiaro Olga Dolnik Michael A. Drebot J. Felix Drexler William G. Dundon W. Paul Duprex Ralf Dürrwald John M. Dye Andrew J. Easton Hideki Ebihara Toufic Elbeaino Koray Ergünay Hugh W. Ferguson Anthony R. Fooks Marco Forgia Pierre B. H. Formenty Jana Fránová Juliana Freitas-Astúa Jingjing Fu Stephanie Fürl Selma Gago-Zachert George Fú Gāo María Laura García Adolfo García-Sastre Aura R. Garrison Thomas Gaskin Jean-Paul J. Gonzalez Anthony Griffiths Tony L. Goldberg Martin H. Groschup Stephan Günther Roy A. Hall John Hammond Tong Han Jussi Hepojoki Roger Hewson Jiang Hong Ni Hong Seiji Hongo Masayuki Horie John S. Hu Tao Hu Holly R. Hughes Florian Hüttner Timothy H. Hyndman M. Ilyas Risto Jalkanen Dàohóng Jiāng Gilda B. Jonson Sandra Junglen Fujio Kadono Karia H. Kaukinen Michael Kawate Boris Klempa Jonas Klingström Gary Kobinger Igor Koloniuk Hideki Kondō Eugene V. Koonin Mart Krupovic Kenji Kubota Gael Kurath Lies Laenen Amy J. Lambert Stanley L. Langevin Benhur Lee Elliot J. Lefkowitz Eric M. Leroy Shaorong Li Longhui Li Jiànróng Lǐ Huazhen Liu Igor S. Lukashevich Piet Maes William Marciel de Souza Marco Marklewitz Sergio H. Marshall Shin-Yi L. Marzano Sebastien Massart John W. McCauley Michael Melzer Nicole Mielke-Ehret Kristina M. Miller Tobi J. Ming Ali Mirazimi Gideon J. Mordecai Hans-Peter Mühlbach Elke Mühlberger Rayapati Naidu Tomohide Natsuaki José A. Navarro Sergey V. Netesov Gabriele Neumann Norbert Nowotny Márcio R. T. Nunes Alejandro Olmedo-Velarde Gustavo Palacios Vicente Pallás Bernadett Pályi Anna Papa Sofia Paraskevopoulou Adam C. Park Colin R. Parrish David A. Patterson Alex Pauvolid-Corrêa Janusz T. Pawęska Susan Payne Carlotta Peracchio Daniel R. Pérez Thomas S. Postler Liying Qi Sheli R. Radoshitzky Renato O. Resende Carina A. Reyes Bertus K. Rima Gabriel Robles Luna Víctor Romanowski Paul Rota Dennis Rubbenstroth Luisa Rubino Jonathan A. Runstadler Sead Sabanadzovic Amadou Alpha Sall Maria S. Salvato Rosemary Sang Takahide Sasaya Angela D. Schulze Martin Schwemmle Mang Shi Xiǎohóng Shí Zhènglì Shí Yoshifumi Shimomoto Yukio Shirako Stuart G. Siddell Peter Simmonds Manuela Sironi Guy Smagghe Sophie Smither Jin-Won Song Kirsten Spann Jessica R. Spengler Mark D. Stenglein David M. Stone Jari Sugano Curtis A. Suttle Amy Tabata Ayato Takada Shigeharu Takeuchi David P. Tchouassi Amy Teffer Robert B. Tesh Natalie J. Thornburg Yasuhiro Tomitaka Keizō Tomonaga Noël Tordo Baldwyn Torto Jonathan S. Towner Shinya Tsuda Changchun Tu Massimo Turina Ioannis E. Tzanetakis Janice Uchida Tomio Usugi Anna Maria Vaira Marta Vallino Bernadette van den Hoogen Arvind Varsani Nikos Vasilakis Martin Verbeek Susanne von Bargen Jiro Wada Victoria Wahl Peter J. Walker Lin-Fa Wang Guoping Wang Yanxiang Wang Yaqin Wang Muhammad Waqas Tàiyún Wèi Shaohua Wen Anna E. Whitfield John V. Williams Yuri I. Wolf Jiangxiang Wu Lei Xu Hironobu Yanagisawa Caixia Yang Zuokun Yang F. Murilo Zerbini Lifeng Zhai Yong-Zhen Zhang Song Zhang Jinguo Zhang Zhe Zhang Xueping ZhouAbstract
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Sophie Mentzel Merete Grung Knut-Erik Tollefsen Marianne Stenrød Karina Petersen S. Jannicke MoeAbstract
Conventional environmental risk assessment of chemicals is based on a calculated risk quotient, representing the ratio of exposure to effects of the chemical, in combination with assessment factors to account for uncertainty. Probabilistic risk assessment approaches can offer more transparency by using probability distributions for exposure and/or effects to account for variability and uncertainty. In this study, a probabilistic approach using Bayesian network modeling is explored as an alternative to traditional risk calculation. Bayesian networks can serve as meta-models that link information from several sources and offer a transparent way of incorporating the required characterization of uncertainty for environmental risk assessment. To this end, a Bayesian network has been developed and parameterized for the pesticides azoxystrobin, metribuzin, and imidacloprid. We illustrate the development from deterministic (traditional) risk calculation, via intermediate versions, to fully probabilistic risk characterization using azoxystrobin as an example. We also demonstrate the seasonal risk calculation for the three pesticides.
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Sophie Mentzel Merete Grung Knut-Erik Tollefsen Marianne Stenrød Petersen Karina S. Jannicke MoeAbstract
The aquatic environment is constantly exposed to various chemicals caused by anthropogenic activities such as agricultural practices using plant protection products. Traditional Environmental Risk Assessment is based on calculated risk estimations usually representing a ratio of exposure to effects, in combination with assessment factors to account for uncertainty. In this study, we explore a more informative approach through probabilistic risk assessment, where probability distributions for exposure and effects are expressed and enable accounting for variability and uncertainty better. We focus on the risk assessment of various pesticides in a representative study area in the south east of Norway. Exposure data in this research was provided by the Norwegian Agricultural Environmental Monitoring Programme (JOVA)/ or predicted exposure concentration from a pesticide exposure model and effect data was derived from the NIVA Risk Assessment database (RAdb, www.niva.no/radb). A Bayesian network model is used as an alternative probabilistic approach to assess the risks of chemical. Bayesian Networks can serve as meta-models that link selected input and output variables from several separate project outputs and offer a transparent way of evaluating the required characterization of uncertainty for ERA. They can predict the probability of several risk levels, while facilitating the communication of estimates and uncertainties.
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Simple Summary Sugarcane, an important cash crop in Malawi, is susceptible to numerous insect pests, and many farmers rely heavily on chemical insecticides for their control. Biopesticides containing insect pathogens are used in several countries outside Malawi; however, the occurrence and use of insect pathogens is limited in Malawi. In this study, we evaluated the natural occurrence of insect pathogenic fungi in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) and in soil samples from sugarcane fields in Chikwawa District, southern Malawi. Insect pathogenic fungi from soil were isolated by baiting using larvae of the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella). Insect pathogenic fungi were also isolated from surface-sterilized sugarcane leaves, stems, and roots. We found three types of insect pathogenic fungi: Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium spp., and Isaria spp. Beauveria bassiana and Isaria spp. were found mostly from sugarcane leaves and stems, while Metarhizium spp. was mainly found in soils. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of B. bassiana and Isaria spp. occurring naturally as endophytes in sugarcane. Further, it is the first report of B. bassiana, Isaria spp. and Metarhizium spp. in the soil of sugarcane fields in Africa. Abstract The natural occurrence of entomopathogenic fungal endophytes in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) and in soil samples from sugarcane fields was evaluated in Chikwawa District, southern Malawi. Fungi from soil were isolated by baiting using Galleria mellonella larva. Fungal endophytes were isolated from surface-sterilized plant tissue sections. Forty-seven isolates resembled the genus Beauveria, 9 isolates were Metarhizium, and 20 isolates were Isaria. There was no significant difference in the number and type of fungal isolates collected from soil and from plant tissue. There was, however, a significant difference in the part of the plant where fungal species were isolated, which fungal species were isolated, and the number of fungal species isolated at each location. Phylogenetic analysis of 47 Beauveria isolates based on DNA sequencing of the Bloc intergenic region indicated that these isolates all belonged to B. bassiana and aligned with sequences of B. bassiana isolates of African and Neotropical origin. The Malawian B. bassiana isolates formed a distinct clade. No larvae died from infestation by multiple fungi. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of B. bassiana and Isaria spp. occurring naturally as endophytes in sugarcane. Further, it is the first report of B. bassiana, Isaria spp., and Metarhizium spp. in the soil of sugarcane fields in Africa.