Publications by authors named "Kwasi Asante"
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- Mango anthracnose disease (MAD) poses a severe threat to mango crops, causing up to 100% yield losses in unmanaged plantations, with no resistant cultivars available for all strains.
- The disease can spread undetected during a long latent period, leading to multiple strains being found in countries like Mexico, Brazil, and China, which has spurred increased research efforts.
- Current management primarily relies on synthetic pesticides, but rising resistance to fungicides emphasizes the need for more sustainable, ecologically sound strategies as discussed in recent research.
Insects are a significant source of food for millions of people worldwide. Since ancient times, insects in medicine have been contributing to the treatment of diseases in humans and animals. Compared to conventional animal farming, the production of insects for food and feed generates significantly less greenhouse gas emissions and uses considerably less land.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The timing of autumn migration in ducks is influenced by a range of environmental conditions that may elicit individual experiences and responses from individual birds, yet most studies have investigated relationships at the population level. We used data from individual satellite-tracked mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) to model the timing and environmental drivers of autumn migration movements at a continental scale.
Methods: We combined two sets of location records (2004-2007 and 2010-2011) from satellite-tracked mallards during autumn migration in the Mississippi Flyway, and identified records that indicated the start of long-range (≥ 30 km) southward movements during the migration period.