Mechanical damage in cotton buds caused by the boll weevil [PDF]
Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2003 The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis Boheman) causes high levels of bud abscission in cotton plants due to feeding or oviposition punctures. It has been reported that abscission is mainly due to enzymes present in the insect's saliva, but mechanical ...
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Nicotiana benthamiana is a suitable transient system for high-level expression of an active inhibitor of cotton boll weevil α-amylase [PDF]
BMC Biotechnology, 2019 Background Insect resistance in crops represents a main challenge for agriculture. Transgenic approaches based on proteins displaying insect resistance properties are widely used as efficient breeding strategies.
Guilherme Souza Prado +12 more
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Transcriptome analysis in cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) and RNA interference in insect pests. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Cotton plants are subjected to the attack of several insect pests. In Brazil, the cotton boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis, is the most important cotton pest.
Alexandre Augusto Pereira Firmino +10 more
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Effect of Different Lignocellulosic Diets on Bacterial Microbiota and Hydrolytic Enzyme Activities in the Gut of the Cotton Boll Weevil (Anthonomus grandis). [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2016 Ben Guerrero E +6 more
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Boll weevil testis-specific cDNA [PDF]
Nucleic Acids Research, 1990 Trewitt, Patrick M. +2 more
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Transgenic cotton expressing Cry10Aa toxin confers high resistance to the cotton boll weevil [PDF]
Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2017 Fabricio Barbosa Monteiro Arraes
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Mortality of the cotton boll weevil in drip and sprinkler irrigated cotton crops
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2021 The cotton boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is a key cotton crop pest in Brazil. Adverse climatic factors, such as high temperatures and low soil moisture, dehydrate oviposited cotton squares (bud flowers) on ...
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A New qPCR Assay for the Rapid Diagnosis of Anthonomus grandis Subspecies
Insects, 2023 Rapid and accurate identification of Anthonomus grandis subspecies is crucial for effective management and eradication. Current diagnostic methods have limitations in terms of time to diagnosis (up to seven days) and can yield ambiguous results. Here, we
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Journal of Cotton Research, 2023 Background To control the boll weevil Anthonomus grandis grandis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a key pest of cotton in the Americas, insecticides have been intensively used to manage their populations, increasing selection pressure for resistant ...
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