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Abundance and diversity of cotton insect pests under repeatedly cultivated cotton fields of Tanzania [PDF]

Frontiers in Insect Science
IntroductionCotton production in Tanzania is facing significant challenges due to insect pests that cause extensive damages to the crop. The most notable pests include the African bollworm (Heliothis armigera Hubner), Spiny bollworm (Earias biplaga ...
Madama Benjamin, Gration M. Rwegasira
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Breeding and Molecular Characterization of Insect-Resistant Transgenic Cotton [PDF]

Plants
Cotton is one of the world’s important cash crops and occupies a significant position in agricultural production and the national economy. However, insect pests severely affect the growth, yield and quality of cotton.
Xiaochun Zhang, Jiangtao Yang, Yuxiao Chen, Mengyu Wang, Xuanming Zhang, Mingni Shen, Shuo Zhang, Zhixing Wang, Xujing Wang   +8 more
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Insect and Mite Integrated Pest Management in Florida Cotton

EDIS, 2017
  Insect and mite pests of cotton feed on cotton roots, leaves, stems, and fruit and reduce plant health and productivity, and, subsequently, cotton crop yields.
Joseph E. Funderburk, Nicole Casuso, Norman C. Leppla, Michael Donahoe   +3 more
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Effects of Transgenic Bt+CpTI Cotton on Field Abundance of Non-Target Pests and Predators in Xinjiang, China

Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2012
Transgenic insect-resistant cotton is being increasingly planted in Xinjiang cotton-planting regions, where geographical climate conditions and species composition of pests and natural enemies are greatly unique in China.
Yao XU, Kong-ming WU, Hao-bing LI, Jian LIU, Rui-feng DING, Fei WANG, Uwayis Ahtam, Hai-qiang LI, Dong-mei WANG, Xue-xin CHEN   +9 more
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Field evaluation of water plant extracts on sucking insect pests and their associated predators in transgenic Bt cotton

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2019
Several plant species and their compounds are well-known to have some pesticidal properties against a wide range of insect pests. Potential of two water plant extracts, Azadirachta indica A.
Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Naciye Sena Çağatay, Asad Abdullah, Fatma Dikmen, Cahit Kaya, Rashad Rasool Khan   +6 more
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Characterization of the spectrum of insecticidal activity of Cry1B.3, Cry1Da_7, and Vip3Cb1 proteins produced by lepidopteran-protected MON 89151 cotton [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The spectrum of insecticidal activity of the Cry1B.3, Cry1Da_7, and Vip3Cb1 proteins targeting lepidopteran insect pests produced by MON 89151 cotton was characterized with microbially-produced protein-incorporated diet bioassays against selected insect ...
Carlos J. Esquivel, Frankie Stubbins, Harit K. Bal, Jianguo Tan, Brent Werner, Steven Michael Reyna, Jennifer Fridley, Geoffrey Mueller, Yu Liu-Gontarek, Bingyao Li, Chen Meng, Christopher R. Brown, Tianbo Xu, Steven L. Levine, Yong Yin, Chitvan Khajuria   +15 more
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Phytophagous insects in cotton crop residues during the fallow period in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil [PDF]

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2018
: The objective of this work was to analyze the faunistic composition of the insect pests that occur during the fallow period in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) crop residues in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The study sites were the municipalities
Rafael Azevedo da Silva, Paulo Eduardo Degrande, Carlos Eduardo Carducci Gomes, Ellen Patricia de Souza, Mateus Fuchs Leal   +4 more
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CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS ON COTTON, 1999

Arthropod Management Tests, 2000
J V Edelson
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Insect resistance management in Bacillus thuringiensis cotton by MGPS (multiple genes pyramiding and silencing)

Journal of Cotton Research, 2020
The introduction of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton has reduced the burden of pests without harming the environment and human health. However, the efficacy of Bt cotton has decreased due to field-evolved resistance in insect pests over time.
Muhammad Mubashar ZAFAR, Abdul RAZZAQ, Muhammad Awais FAROOQ, Abdul REHMAN, Hina FIRDOUS, Amir SHAKEEL, Huijuan MO, Maozhi REN   +7 more
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Plant age, crop stage and surrounding habitats: their impact on sucking pests and predators complex in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) field plots in arid climate at district Layyah, Punjab, Pakistan

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2021
Sucking pests are major threat to cotton field crop which cause unbearable losses to the crop yield. Aim of the current study was to record seasonal dynamics of major sucking insect pests including whitefly, jassid, thrips and their natural arthropod ...
A. Nadeem, H. M. Tahir, A. A. Khan
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