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High larvicidal efficacy of yeast-encapsulated orange oil against Aedes aegypti strains from Brazil

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Botanical substances such as essential oils (EOs) have demonstrated insecticidal properties and are a valid option for vector control. However, free EOs are unreliable as mosquito larvicides due their easy degradation by environmental exposure
Bruno Gomes, Huarlen Ogélio, Fabiane Brant, Camila Jesus Pereira-Pinto, Michael J. Workman, Monique Costa, José Bento Pereira Lima, Ademir Jesus Martins, Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigao, Ravi Durvasula, Ivy Hurwitz, Mariana Rocha David, Fernando Ariel Genta   +12 more
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Population Structure of the Invasive Asian Tiger Mosquito, <i>Aedes albopictus</i>, in Europe. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is currently the most widespread invasive mosquito species in the world and poses a significant threat to human health. We genotyped 748 Ae. albopictus mosquitoes from locations across Europe and Asia (the native range) to examine population genetic structure and found evidence for multiple independent ...
Corley MK, Cosme LV, Armbruster PA, Beebe N, Bega A, Boyer S, Caputo B, Chen CH, Crawford JE, Della Torre A, Eritja R, Fontaine MC, Gill RJ, Huynh T, Kadriaj P, Maringer K, Martins AJ, Maynard A, Mukherjee S, Munstermann LE, Pichler V, Sharakhova M, Surendran SN, Urbanelli S, Velo E, Wahid I, Akiner MM, Balatsos G, Besnard G, Borg ML, Bravo-Barriga D, Bueno Marí R, Collantes F, Horvath C, Kavran M, Medialdea-Carrera R, Melillo T, Michaelakis A, Mikov O, Puggioli A, Rogozi E, Schaffner F, Hackett K, Johnson T, Wu T, Pinto J, Valadas V, Caccone A.   +47 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Genes de Bacillus thuringiensis: uma estratégia para conferir resistência a insetos em plantas [PDF]

Ciência Rural, 2003
Os insetos constituem uma das principais causas de danos à produção agrícola no mundo. O controle de insetos tem sido realizado por meio de agroquímicos e, em muito menor escala, pelo emprego de inseticidas biológicos. As plantas transgênicas resistentes
Vera Lucia Bobrowski, Lidia Mariana Fiuza, Giancarlo Pasquali, Maria Helena Bodanese-Zanettini   +3 more
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Addressing global challenges with unconventional insect ecosystem services: Why should humanity care about insect larvae?

People and Nature, Volume 2, Issue 3, Page 582-595, September 2020., 2020
Abstract Ecosystem services are essential for the health of current and future generations and key to the sustainable development of our societies. The role of insects in providing ecosystem services has been increasingly recognized, becoming the focus of several management and conservation initiatives world‐wide.
Juliano Morimoto, Jim Harris
wiley   +1 more source

Toll‐like receptor‐ligand induced thymic stromal lymphopoietin expression in primary equine keratinocytes

Veterinary Dermatology, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 154-e30, April 2020., 2020
Background Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) plays a key role in the development of allergic inflammation. Little is known about possible triggers of equine TSLP expression. Hypothesis To investigate TSLP expression in equine insect bite hypersensitivity (IBH) skin lesions.
Iva Cvitas, Arnaud Galichet, Shui Chu Ling, Eliane J. Müller, Eliane Marti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Embryonic development and egg viability of wMel-infected Aedes aegypti

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Aedes aegypti is a major disease vector in urban habitats, involved in the transmission of dengue, chikungunya and Zika. Despite innumerous attempts to contain disease outbreaks, there are neither efficient vaccines nor definite vector control
Luana Cristina Farnesi, Thiago Affonso Belinato, João Silveira Moledo Gesto, Ademir Jesus Martins, Rafaela Vieira Bruno, Luciano Andrade Moreira   +5 more
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Hybrid sterility in crosses between two Brazilian sibling species of the Anopheles albitarsis complex

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Complexes of cryptic species are common in several taxa and this is also the case in the Anopheles genus, a group including all known human malaria vectors.
Nathalia Giglio Fontoura, Alejandra Saori Araki, Renata Van Der Maas Azevedo, Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo, Alexandre Afranio Peixoto, José Bento Pereira Lima   +5 more
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Efeito de extratos de plantas com atividade inseticida no controle de Microtheca ochroloma Stal (Col.: Chrysomelidae), em laboratório

Biotemas, 2008
Extratos de plantas com atividade inseticida foram testados no controle de  Microtheca ochroloma (Col.: Chrysomelidae), uma importante praga de brassicáceas nas fases larval e adulta.
Sônia Thereza Bastos Dequech, Carla Daniele Sausen, Cíntia Grendene Lima, Rafael Egewarth   +3 more
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Larvas de Delphastus davidsoni Gordon (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) predando ninfas de mosca branca

Diversitas Journal, 2020
RESUMO: A couve-manteiga, Brassica oleracea L. var. acephala, Brassicaceae destaca-se por ser susceptível a diversos insetos-praga, dentre esses a ‘mosca-branca’, Bemisia tabaci Genn. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae).
Diego Jorge da Silva, Alverlan da Silva Araújo , Joice Kessia Barbosa dos Santos , Tamara Taís dos Santos, Eliane dos Santos , Rubens Pessoa de Barros   +5 more
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Potencial inseticida de plantas da família Annonaceae

Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 2014
A utilização de plantas para o controle de insetos tem aumentado em todo o mundo. Isto ocorre porque os inseticidas vegetais apresentam moléculas biodegradáveis, são menos tóxicos a mamíferos e potencialmente adequados para utilização no controle de ...
Diones Krinski, Angélica Massaroli, Marilza Machado   +2 more
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