Banana defence responses to Cosmopolites sordidus feeding and methyl jasmonate application
Effect of 0.01 % methyl jasmonate (MJ) and/or the introduction of 2‐day‐old C. sordidus larvae (W) on percent total rhizome damage at 14 days after commencement of treatment Vertical bars indicate standard error of the means (n=3) and treatment effects with no significant difference (p ≤ 05) for a given cultivar are indicated by same letters Abstract ...
Elyeza Bakaze +2 more
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Local and neighboring patch conditions alter sex-specific movement in banana weevils [PDF]
Understanding the mechanisms underlying the movements and spread of a species over time and space is a major concern of ecology. Here, we assessed the effects of an individual's sex and the density and sex ratio of conspecifics in the local and ...
Carval, Dominique +3 more
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The population dynamics of Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) was studied in banana crops (cultivar Nanicão) at São Miguel do Iguaçu, PR, using roof-tile-like baits, between June/2003 and May/2004. Adults infected by entomopathogenic fungi were recorded, and
Cristiane Rohde +4 more
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Pyrosequencing the Midgut Transcriptome of the Banana Weevil Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Reveals Multiple Protease-Like Transcripts. [PDF]
The banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus is an important and serious insect pest in most banana and plantain-growing areas of the world. In spite of the economic importance of this insect pest very little genomic and transcriptomic information exists for ...
Arnubio Valencia +7 more
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Peningkatan Infektivitas Jamur Entomopatogen, Beauveria Bassiana (Balsamo) Vuill. Pada Berbagai Bahan Carrier Untuk Mengendalikan Hama Penggerek Bonggol Pisang, Cosmopolites Sordidus Germar Di Lapangan [PDF]
. Hasyim, A. 2007. Enhancing Infectious Capacity of Entomopathogen Fungi, Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuill. Using Various Carrier Materials in Controlling Banana Corm Borer, Cosmopolites sordidus Germar under Field Condition.
Hasyim, A. (Ahsol)
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THE ELUSIVE BANANA WEEVIL COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS GERMAR
The banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Germar, has evaded all efforts to manage it in all banana-based cropping systems except the commercial plantation banana system, where the 2 to 3 year crop cycle and the intensity of management limit the pest survival in that system.
Karamura, E.B., Gold, C.
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First natural occurrence of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana (Bals. Criv.) Vuill. on Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar, 1824) (Curculionidae, Coleoptera) in an agroforestry system in the Brazilian Cerrado [PDF]
The natural occurrence of the fungus Beauveria bassiana is an indicator of environmental balance. When the agroforestry system naturally presents this entomopathogenic fungus on the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus, a pest insect in the banana crops ...
Carlos de Melo e Silva-Neto +6 more
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Deleterious effects of plant cystatins against the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus [PDF]
AbstractThe general potential of plant cystatins for the development of insect‐resistant transgenic plants still remains to be established given the natural ability of several insects to compensate for the loss of digestive cysteine protease activities.
Kiggundu, Andrew +7 more
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Conditions d'un bon rendement du piégeage de Cosmopolites sordidus [PDF]
Vilardebo, Anselme
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A transmissão horizontal de fungos entomopatogênicos tem papel importante na epizootiologia, pois está diretamente associada à disseminação do agente causal da doença de insetos.
Giuliano Pauli +4 more
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