Byung-ho Lee

1 week ago | academic.oup.com | Byung-Ho Lee |Byung-ho Lee |Tae Hyung

The increase in nursery plant trade has heightened the risk of invasions of exotic pests, such as mealybugs and nematodes. In this study, we first evaluated the feasibility of using the currently approved methyl bromide (MB) treatment for imported nursery plants (IMP) against the longtailed mealybug, Pseudococcus longispinus. We then assessed ethyl formate (EF) fumigation as a potential MB-alternative treatment and tested 2 nematicides against the root-lesion nematode, Pratylenchus penetrans C.

2 months ago | mdpi.com | Byung-Ho Lee |Byung-ho Lee |Sung-ryul Choi |Ji-Won Kwon |Woo-Seok Jung

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