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Urban bats show dietary flexibility in aquatic arthropod consumption at urban and rural waterbodies

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Urban waterbodies are critical for biodiversity and provide feeding grounds for insectivorous bats. Yet, how urbanisation affects bats' food choices at urban waterbodies and the role of emergent aquatic arthropods remain poorly understood. We compared the diet of three urban bat species – Vespadelus vulturnus, Chalinolobus gouldii,and Myotis macropus –
Tanja M. Straka, Melissa E. Carew, Isabel Valenzuela, Stephen R. Griffiths, Pia E. Lentini, Linda F. Lumsden, Rahul Rane, Rodney Ree van der   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genotyping by sequencing reveals a chromosome A04 QTL governing whitefly resistance in upland cotton

Scientific Reports
Cotton plants utilize physical defenses such as trichomes and leaf characteristics to deter insect pests and environmental stressors, safeguarding their growth and productivity. Cotton insect pests such as whiteflies, aphids, jassids and boll weevils not
Obad Ul Rahman, Syed Bilal Hussain, Muhammad Javed, Sarmad Frogh Arshad, Zulqurnain Khan, Muhammad Usman, Hasan Junaid Arshad, Muhammad Anwar   +7 more
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Foliar pests and pathogens of Eucalyptus dunnii plantations in southern Queensland [PDF]

, 2011
Eucalyptus dunnii is grown in plantations in subtropical Queensland, beyond its endemic distribution of northern NSW. As the plantation industry has expanded into subtropical Australia there has been an increase in the incidence of defoliating insects ...
Howard, K., Whyte, G., Hardy, G.E.St.J., Burgess, T.I.   +3 more
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Iflaviruses in arthropods: when small is mighty

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Many arthropod species harbor iflaviruses, which often cause covert (asymptomatic) infections, but may still affect host fitness. We review the impact of iflaviruses on arthropod fitness, immunity, behaviour as well as the iflavirus’ host range, transmission, tissue tropism and the interactions with other microorganisms within arthropods.
Annamaria Mattia, Hannah‐Isadora Huditz, Monique M. van Oers, Vera I.D. Ros   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Species Diversity of Cotton Insect Pests

, 2002
Field experiments were conducted at Suwan Farm, Northeastern Thailand during two growing periods of 2000 and 2001 to determine the species diversity and abundance of insect pests of cotton.
Arunee Wongpiyasatid, Ohnmar Khaing, Surachate Jamornmarn, Praparat Hormchan, Ngarmchuen Ratanadilok   +4 more
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From the predator to the prey: a case study of the vulnerability of Harmonia axyridis to aggressive competitors

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The level of aggressiveness of an individual is a factor that shapes intraguild predation (IGP) interactions. In Nabis americoferus, high aggressiveness leads to an increase in attack rate and IGP against Harmonia axyridis. Moreover, the absence of extraguild prey seems to exacerbate IGP. In docile N.
Pierre Royer, Kent Marcial Catubis, François Dumont, Eric Lucas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guarding the cotton fields by refining the resilience against sucking pests: use of cutting-edge breeding and other techniques

Journal of Cotton Research
In addition to the negative consequences of climate change, sucking pest complexes severely limited cotton yields in the recent past. Although the damage caused by bollworms was much reduced by utilizing Bt cotton, the emergence of sucking pests (such as
G. Dinesh Kumar, N. Manikanda Boopathi, S. Geethanjali, A. Subramanian, S. Somasundaram, M. Kannan, N. Premalatha, V. G. Shobhana, N. Ramya Selvi, D. K. Nivetha, A. Akash, R. Ravikesavan   +11 more
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Ant–aphid mutualism: the influence of Tapinoma ibericum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphidae) control by commercial and spontaneous natural enemies

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The mutualism between Tapinoma ibericum ants and Aphis gossypii disrupts the biological control exerted by Aphidius colemani in greenhouse peppers. Ant exclusion increased parasitism and the presence of most natural enemies, although Aphidoletes aphidimyza was more abundant with ants.
Jesús Foronda, Estefanía Rodríguez, Mónica González, María del Mar Téllez, Carmen Robles‐Vallet, Pablo Barranco, Felipe Pascual, Francisca Ruano   +7 more
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Effectiveness and chemical pest control of Bt-cotton in the Yangtze River Valley, China [PDF]

The sustainability of Bt-cotton in China, at least along Yellow River Valley, has been questioned, so this paper examines its effectiveness along Yangtze River Valley, where Bt-cotton is also widely sown, to determine what might be the factors beneath ...
Michel Fok, Lixin Bai, Zhiguo Zhou, Naiyin Xu   +3 more
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Reduced fertilization regimes could boost biocontrol service without reducing crop yield

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Fertilization level influences pest control effectiveness in tomato crops. High fertilization increases plant growth and aphid density but reduces the performance of the parasitoid Aphidius ervi. In contrast, the predator Adalia bipunctata maintains consistent aphid suppression regardless of fertilization regime.
Ruohan Ma, Maceo Valente, Roger Boll, Peng Han, Nicolas Desneux, Anne‐Violette Lavoir   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source