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Another tool in the toolbox: Aphid‐specific Wolbachia protect against fungal pathogens

Environmental Microbiology, Volume 26, Issue 11, November 2024.
Wolbachia infected more than 80% of Pentalonia aphids sampled across the Hawaiian Islands and other locations. The aphid‐specific M‐supergroup strains of this symbiont protected against a specialist fungal pathogen, Pandora, but not the generalist pathogen Beauveria or the parasitoid Aphidius colemanii.
Clesson H. V. Higashi, Vilas Patel, Bryan Kamalaker, Rahul Inaganti, Alberto Bressan, Jacob A. Russell, Kerry M. Oliver   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Endophytic Beauveria bassiana in banana (Musa spp.) reduces banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus) fitness and damage

Crop Protection, 2008
Abstract The effect of endophytic Beauveria bassiana in banana ( Musa spp.) plants against the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus was examined in a screenhouse study in Uganda. Tissue-cultured banana plants (cv. Kibuzi, genome group EA-AAA) were inoculated by dipping roots in a B. bassiana suspension of 1.5 × 10 7  conidia/ml for 2 h.
Akello, J., Dubois, T., Coyne, Danny L., Kyamanywa, S.   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

A 10‐year (2014–2023) review of complementary food development in sub‐Saharan Africa and the impact on child health

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Volume 23, Issue 6, November 2024.
Abstract Complementary foods (CFs) commonly consumed by infants and young children (IYC) in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) are processed using either single or multi‐grain ingredients through simple technologies such as fermentation, malting and roasting.
Oluwabunmi P. Ogunniran, Kolawole I. Ayeni, Olutayo S. Shokunbi, Rudolf Krska, Chibundu N. Ezekiel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Susceptibility of Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to Heterorhabditis sp. (Poinar), Steinernema feltiae (Filipjev) and isolates of entomopathogenic fungi

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2023
Background The weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), Metamasius hemipterus (Linnaeus), and M. hebetatus (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) form a complex of important pests of plantain crops, causing crop losses of over 60%.
Lizeth Tabima, Edelberto Silva Gómez, Andreas Gaigl   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Commodity risk assessment of Petunia spp. and Calibrachoa spp. unrooted cuttings from Costa Rica

EFSA Journal, Volume 22, Issue 11, November 2024.
Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to evaluate the probability of entry of pests (likelihood of pest freedom at entry), including both regulated and non‐regulated pests, associated with unrooted cuttings of the genera Petunia and Calibrachoa produced under physical isolation in Costa Rica.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Antonio Vicent Civera, Paula Baptista, Anna Berlin, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Jaime Cubero, Nik Cunniffe, Eduardo de la Peña, Nicolas Desneux, Francesco Di Serio, Anna Filipiak, Paolo Gonthier, Beata Hasiów‐Jaroszewska, Hervé Jactel, Blanca B. Landa, Lara Maistrello, David Makowski, Panagiotis Milonas, Nikos T. Papadopoulos, Hanna Susi, Dirk Jan van der Gaag, Jane Debode, Christophe Lacomme, Charles Manceau, Christer Sven Magnusson, Juan A. Navas‐Cortes, Christos Kritikos, Maria Kormpi, Dimitrios Papachristos, Chrysavgi Reppa, Olaf Mosbach Schulz, Ciro Gardi, Chiara Civitelli, Raghavendra Reddy Manda, Antigoni Akrivou, Spyridon Antonatos, Despoina Beris, Roel Potting   +37 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dataset on the abundance of ants and Cosmopolites sordidus damage in plantain fields with intercropped plants

Data in Brief, 2016
The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled “Ant abundance and Cosmopolites sordidus damage in plantain fields as affected by intercropping” (A.G. Dassou, D. Carval, S. Dépigny, G.H Fansi, P. Tixier, 2015) [1].
Anicet Gbèblonoudo Dassou, Dominique Carval, Sylvain Dépigny, Gabriel Fansi, Philippe Tixier   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chemical constituents of essential oils of Tephrosia purpurea and Ipomoea carnea and their repellent activity against Odoiporus longicollis [PDF]

Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2015
Chemical constituents of essential oils (EOs) obtained from stem and root of Tephrosia purpurea (Linn.) Pers. and Ipomoea carnea Jacq. were investigated by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). Total lipid and oil content was high in the
Sahayaraj Kitherian, Kombiah Poolpandi, Dikshit Anand K., Rathi Martin J.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Challenging short and mid-term strategies to reduce pesticides in bananas [PDF]

, 2010
One of the most traded fruits in Europe and worldwide, dessert bananas have long been produced with a marked recourse to pesticides to control the various pathogens that threaten the crop.
Cabrera Cabrera, Juan, Côte, François-Xavier, Guillon, Michel, Kema, Gert H.J., Lescot, Thierry, Risède, Jean-Michel, Tomekpé, Kodjo   +6 more
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A Functional Analysis of Inflorescence Architecture in Musa L. (Musaceae)

Food and Energy Security, Volume 13, Issue 5, September/October 2024.
ABSTRACT Inflorescence architecture underpins sexual reproduction in wild Musa species and productivity in edible banana cultivars. In a functional analysis, we identified the apical inflorescence and lateral ‘cushion’ meristems and the change in flower type as the three primary components that generate inflorescence architecture. Five genotypes of two
David W. Turner, D. Jane Gibbs, Walter Ocimati, Guy Blomme   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Isolation and characterization of chitosan from Ugandan edible mushrooms, Nile perch scales and banana weevils for biomedical applications

Scientific Reports, 2021
Of recent, immense attention has been given to chitosan in the biomedical field due to its valuable biochemical and physiological properties. Traditionally, the chief source of chitosan is chitin from crab and shrimp shells.
Kenneth Ssekatawa, Denis K. Byarugaba, Eddie M. Wampande, Tlou N. Moja, Edward Nxumalo, Malik Maaza, Juliet Sackey, Francis Ejobi, John Baptist Kirabira   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source