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Phyllotreta striolata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): Arginine kinase cloning and RNAi-based pest control

European Journal of Entomology, 2008
Insect pests cause billions of dollars in crop losses and there is the ever-present threat of insecticide resistance, pesticide pollution of food and environmental damage. New ways of controlling insect pests are urgently needed.
Yiying ZHAO, Guang YANG, Gefu WANG-PRUSKI, Minsheng YOU   +3 more
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Epitrix papa sp. n. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), previously misidentified as Epitrix similaris, is a threat to potato production in Europe

European Journal of Entomology, 2015
A nonnative pest of potato recently established and causing significant economic damage in Portugal and Spain was initially identified as Epitrix similaris Gentner and included on lists of quarantine pests.
Marina J. ORLOVA-BIENKOWSKAJA
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Genome scan of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera for genetic variation associated with crop rotation tolerance [PDF]

, 2007
Crop rotation has been a valuable technique for control of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera for almost a century. However, during the last two decades, crop rotation has ceased to be effective in an expanding area of the US corn belt.
Sappington, Thomas, Ciosi, Marc, Ciosi, M., Guillemaud, T., Sappington, T.W., Spencer, J.L., Miller, N.J., Ratcliffe, Susan T., Guillemaud, Thomas, Miller, Nicholas, Miller, N. J., Sappington, Thomas W., Spencer, J. L., Ratcliffe, S. T., Ratcliffe, Susan, Ratcliffe, S.T.   +15 more
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THE FAUNA OF PEST CHRYSOMELINAE (СOLEOPTERA: СHRYSOMELIDAE) OF NORTH-EASTERN PART OF AZERBAIJAN

Юг России: экология, развитие, 2014
. An annotated list of beetles of the subfamily Chrysomelinae of Kuba-Khachmaz Region of Azerbaijan is providedfor the first time. In total 18 species were found, 5 of which are new records to Azerbaijan and 4 to Kuba-Khachmaz Region.
N. B. Mirzoeva, G. I. Nadirova
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First report of Algarobius prosopis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Prosopis juliflora in Iran [PDF]

نامه انجمن حشره‌شناسی ایران, 2020
Prosopis juliflora is a shrub belonging to the family Fabaceae. It is native to Mexico, South America and the Caribbean. It has become established as an invasive weed in Africa, Asia, Australia and elsewhere. P.
M. Saeidi
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Genetic implications of a biological invasion: Chromosomal and DNA barcode monomorphism in Old World populations of Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2021
Once introduced into new area, invasive species can be expected to have low genetic diversity due to the founder effect. Here we tested this prediction using cytogenetic and molecular analysis of Armenian and Belarusian populations of Colorado potato ...
Gayane KARAGYAN, Vladimir LUKHTANOV, Meri MAZMANYAN, Ilona STEPANYAN, Tigran GHREJYAN, Alena ABAKUMOVA, Oxana NESTEROVA   +6 more
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Contributions to the Knowledge of Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Fauna in Elazığ, Erzincan and Tunceli Provinces, Turkey

Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2020
The study is based on leaf beetle material collected from Elazığ, Erzincan and Tunceli provinces of Turkey during 2018 and 2019. As a result of examined specimens 44 taxa are identified totally.
Ebru Gül ASLAN, Özgür Durmuş KAYA, Ebru ÜNAL   +2 more
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Pollination by flies, bees, and beetles of Nuphar ozarkana and N. advena (Nymphaeaceae) [PDF]

, 2000
Nuphar comprises 13 species of aquatic perennials distributed in the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The European species N. lutea and N. pumila in Norway, the Netherlands, and Germany are pollinated by bees and flies, including apparent Nuphar ...
Lippok, Barbara, Williamson, Paula S., Gardine, Angela A., Renner, Susanne S.   +3 more
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Morphological allometry of three hymenopteran ectoparasitoids of stored-product insect pests

European Journal of Entomology
Allometric analysis provides an insight into the function and diversification mechanisms of body parts in organisms. The allometry and variability in size of various body parts of three hymenopteran species, Anisopteromalus calandrae (Howard ...
Kento HIRATA, Kôji SASAKAWA
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Occurrence, biology and harmfulness of Galerucella lineola (F.) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) - Part 1. Last year's (parent) beetles

Journal of Forest Science, 2007
In Moravia in 1995 to 2006, the abundant occurrence of Galerucella lineola (F.) was used to study its occurrence, biology and harmfulness. An "alder" biological form was studied in Alnus glutinosa and A.
J. Urban
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