Effects of transgenic Cry1Ac + CpTI cotton on non-target mealybug pest Ferrisia virgata and its predator Cryptolaemus montrouzieri. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Recently, several invasive mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) have rapidly spread to Asia and have become a serious threat to the production of cotton including transgenic cotton.
Hongsheng Wu +7 more
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Determination of Molecular and Biochemical Changes in Cotton Plants Mediated by Mealybug [PDF]
NJAS: Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 2014 AbstractPhenococcus solenopsis (cotton mealybug) is a devastating insect pest of many countries of the world including Pakistan. Due to its piercing sucking type feeding behavior, it injures cotton plants mechanically and induces several cytological and physiological changes in the host.
Shafique, Shazia +5 more
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Biochemical changes in cotton plants due to infestation by cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) [PDF]
Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 2017 The study on biochemical changes in cotton plants (Gossypium hirsutum L.) due to infestation by cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) was conducted at CICR Nagpur during 2014-15. Total protein contents estimated from the shoots of the healthy plants (4.29 mg/g) indicated 50.5% increase over the healthy plants (2.85 ...
V. S. Nagrare +3 more
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Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2019 The cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), which is native to North America, emerged as a major invasive insect pest of multiple crops in Asia at the beginning of the 21st century.
Hao-jie TONG +4 more
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Toxicity of Selected Insecticides against Cotton Mealybug (Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley) in Laboratory Bioassays [PDF]
International Journal of Economic Plants, 2022 Investigations on susceptibility of insecticides in cotton mealybug (Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley) was carried out at Main Cotton Research Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Surat during October 2020 to January 2021 through the IRAC leaf dip ...
P. J. Padaliya +3 more
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Suppression of jasmonic acid-dependent defense in cotton plant by the mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 The solenopsis mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis, has been recently recognized as an aggressively invasive pest in China, and is now becoming a serious threat to the cotton industry in the country.
Pengjun Zhang +6 more
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Plant Pest Risk Analysis For Phenacoccus Solenopsis (Cotton Mealybug)
, 2013 Cotton mealybug feeds on a range of important crops grown in the UK, including asparagus, peppers, tomato, aubergine, potato and grapevine.
Food and Environment Research Agency
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Essential roles of histone lysine methyltransferases EZH2 and EHMT1 in male embryo development of Phenacoccus solenopsis. [PDF]
Commun BiolPaternal genome elimination (PGE) is an intriguing but poorly understood reproductive strategy in which females are typically diploid, but males lose paternal genomes.
Tong H +9 more
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Journal of Crop Protection, 2020 Eleven species of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) belonging to Aphelinidae, Encyrtidae, Eriaporidae and Signiphoridae associated with the cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) were collected and identified during 2017 ...
Ebrahim Tamoli Torfi +4 more
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An at-leg pellet and associated Penicillium sp. provide multiple protections to mealybugs. [PDF]
Commun BiolBeneficial fungi are well known for their contribution to insects’ adaptation to diverse habitats. However, where insect-associated fungi reside and the underlying mechanisms of insect-fungi interaction are not well understood.
Li Z +7 more
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