Heterologous expression of the hypovirus CHV1-EP713 full-length cDNA in Botrytis cinerea: transformation with Agrobacterium tumefaciens and evaluation of changes in the fungal phenotype [PDF]
Biological ResearchBackground Botrytis cinerea is a phytopathogenic fungus responsible for gray mold disease in a wide range of hosts, including ornamentals, vegetables, and fruit-bearing plants.
Luis Cottet +2 more
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Interaction Effects of Farm-Scale Management of Natural Enemy Resources and the Surrounding Seminatural Habitat on Insect Biological Control [PDF]
InsectsAgricultural land use and its disruption of natural landscapes threaten the provision of ecosystem services, such as biological control by natural enemies, because of habitat simplification and management intensification.
Blas Lavandero +6 more
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Control biológico de cría yesificada [PDF]
, 2003 La cría yesificada es una micosis invasiva ocasionada por el hongo heterotálico Ascosphaera apis que afecta exclusivamente a las larvas de las abejas. La enfermedad tiene difusión mundial y en la Argentina se halla diseminada en todas las áreas donde se ...
Francisco José Reynaldi +2 more
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Community structure of Neuroptera (Insecta) in a Mexican lime orchard in Colima, Mexico
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2021 The present study provides information on the composition and seasonal abundance of the families Chrysopidae, Coniopterygidae and Hemerobiidae associated with Mexican lime trees [Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle] in Tecomán, Colima. The study was
Mariza Araceli Sarmiento-Cordero +4 more
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Composition and Food Web Structure of Aphid-Parasitoid Populations on Plum Orchards in Chile
Insects, 2023 By increasing plant diversity in agroecosystems, it has been proposed that one can enhance and stabilize ecosystem functioning by increasing natural enemies’ diversity.
Jeniffer K. Alvarez-Baca +6 more
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Insects, 2021 Understanding the role of facultative endosymbionts on the host’s ecology has been the main aim of the research in symbiont–host systems. However, current research on host–endosymbiont dynamics has failed to examine the genetic background of the hosts ...
Francisca Zepeda-Paulo, Blas Lavandero
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Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2023 Background: Entomopathogenic fungi (EF) play a key role in the regulation of arthropod populations and biotransformation in natural systems, as well as biological pest control agents in different agroecosystems, including avocado cultivation (Persea ...
José Carlos Rodríguez-Rodríguez +4 more
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Low bacterial community diversity in two introduced aphid pests revealed with 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Bacterial endosymbionts that produce important phenotypic effects on their hosts are common among plant sap-sucking insects. Aphids have become a model system of insect-symbiont interactions.
Francisca Zepeda-Paulo +3 more
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Agronomy, 2021 There are many different practices that contribute to conservation biological control, but little is known about their complementarity. We tested the effects of providing food and alternative hosts to parasitoids by intercropping a plum orchard with ...
Louise Lérault +6 more
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Effect of a cover crop on the aphid incidence is not explained by increased top-down regulation [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background Cover crops can be used as a habitat management strategy to enhance the natural enemies and their temporal synchronization with a target pest. We examined the effect of winter oat intercropping within organic plum orchards on the natural enemy
Jeniffer K. Alvarez-Baca +4 more
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