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2021
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Natasha Sant'Anna Iwanicki Ana Beatriz Riguetti Zanardo Botelho Ingeborg Klingen Italo Delalibera Júnior Simeon Rossmann Erik LysøeSammendrag
The genus Metarhizium is composed of species used in biological control programs of agricultural pests worldwide. This genus includes common fungal pathogen of many insects and mites and endophytes that can increase plant growth. Metarhizium humberi was recently described as a new species. This species is highly virulent against some insect pests and promotes growth in sugarcane, strawberry, and soybean crops. In this study, we sequenced the genome of M. humberi, isolate ESALQ1638, and performed a functional analysis to determine its genomic signatures and highlight the genes and biological processes associated with its lifestyle. The genome annotation predicted 10633 genes in M. humberi, of which 92.0% are assigned putative functions, and ∼17% of the genome was annotated as repetitive sequences. We found that 18.5% of the M. humberi genome is similar to experimentally validated proteins associated with pathogen–host interaction. Compared to the genomes of eight Metarhizium species, the M. humberi ESALQ1638 genome revealed some unique traits that stood out, e.g., more genes functionally annotated as polyketide synthases (PKSs), overrepresended GO-terms associated to transport of ions, organic and amino acid, a higher percentage of repetitive elements, and higher levels of RIP-induced point mutations. The M. humberi genome will serve as a resource for promoting studies on genome structure and evolution that can contribute to research on biological control and plant biostimulation. Thus, the genomic data supported the broad host range of this species within the generalist PARB clade and suggested that M. humberi ESALQ1638 might be particularly good at producing secondary metabolites and might be more efficient in transporting amino acids and organic compounds.
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Overgang fra en til to generasjoner av stor granbarkbille med varmere klima vil kunne øke mengden av skader i norske skoger på grunn av to angrepsperioder. Sommertemperaturene i Norge har vært økende siden 1970-tallet og en utviklingsmodell for stor granbarkbille basert på temperatursummer viser økt hyppighet av to fullførte generasjoner i de varmeste lokalitetene de siste tiårene. Mens feltstudier og utviklingsmodellen fra Sør-Norge i den varme sommeren 1975 viste at granbarkbillen ikke rakk å fullføre en påbegynt andre generasjon, viste utviklingsmodellen full gjennomføring av to generasjoner for flere barkbilleangrepne lokaliteter i Vestfold i 2020. I disse lokalitetene observerte vi også fullt utviklete granbarkbiller under barken i november...
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Wiktoria Kaczmarek-DerdaSammendrag
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Trygve S. Aamlid Wiktoria Kaczmarek-Derda Trond Gunnarstorp Harald Solberg Trond Olav Pettersen Kristine Sundsdal Kjell Wærnhus Kirsten TørresenSammendrag
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Trygve S. Aamlid Wiktoria Kaczmarek-Derda Erik Aaberg Harald Solberg Trond Olav Pettersen Ove Hetland Kjell Wærnhus Kirsten TørresenSammendrag
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Matprodusenter og myndigheter har ansvaret for å sikre at plantevernmidler ikke skader bier, men også vi som forbrukere kan påvirke bienes skjebne gjennom valg av mat og politikere
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Due to an EU directive making integrated pest management (IPM) mandatory, European farmers are expected to reduce their use of chemical pesticides, which may potentially increase production costs and risk of harvest loss. Less pesticide use is appreciated by many consumers and may generate a higher willingness to pay (WTP). However, IPM is a wide concept and it is difficult for consumers to distinguish between products with high and low risk of pesticide residues. As a result, consumers might use other characteristics, such as country of origin, for the identification of safer products. In this study, we investigate if a higher WTP for Norwegian strawberries is associated with a belief that they contain less pesticide residues than imported berries. We use regression analysis to estimate to what extent the difference in WTP for Norwegian and imported strawberries is correlated with various perceptions about strawberries. The analyses reveal that the stronger the belief that Norwegian strawberries have less pesticide risk than imported ones, the higher the WTP for Norwegian strawberries. This means that if consumers believe domestic farmers use little pesticides, domestic products might be able to sell at considerably higher prices than imports. Hence, it may be economically beneficial for farmers to keep pesticide use at a minimum. Furthermore, we find that consumers have a higher WTP for strawberries produced with less use of pesticides, although not pesticide-free, indicating that IPM is appreciated.
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