Cylas formicarius RefSeq BioProject
This is the Cylas formicarius genome. The reference sequence (RefSeq) genome assembly is derived from the submitted GenBank assembly (see linked project PRJNA832148).
United States Department of Agriculture (17854922) +1 more
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An Insight into Sweet Potato Weevils Management: A Review
Sweet potato is an important food crop that is grown widely in tropical and subtropical regions. Sweet potato weevil is the most disastrous pest affecting sweet potato plantations, causing millions of dollars losses annually. An effective integrated pest management (IPM) method will help to prevent economic losses, and it is crucial to understand the ...
Seow-Mun Hue +2 more
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Cylas formicarius Genome sequencing and assembly
Genome sequencing of Cylas formicarius (sweet potato weevil) was conducted by the USDA-ARS Ag100Pest ...
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A field experiment was conducted during the year 2007‐2008 and 2008‐2009 in Bhubaneswar, India to study the effect of tillage, irrigation and nutrient levels on growth and yield of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) in rice fallow. The results revealed that the conventional tillage system of sweet potato planting recorded maximum fresh root yield ...
M. Nedunchezhiyan +3 more
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Genome sequencing of Cylas formicarius adult male alternate pseudohaplotype
Genome sequencing and assembly of Cylas formicarius (sweet potato weevil) was conducted by the USDA-ARS Ag100Pest ...
USDA-ARS Genetics and Animal Breeding (17857436) +3 more
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Entomopathogen based autodissemination for the control of plodia interpunctella (Hübner): an examination of the critical components [PDF]
Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) is a major pest of raw and processed stored food products and the purpose of this work was to design and determine whether an entomopathogen based autodissemination approach would be an efficacious product for its control ...
Baxter, Ian H, Baxter, Ian H.
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The evolution of positive allometry and exaggerated traits in a diverse beetle clade
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Understanding variation in trait allometry and the drivers of variation in sexually selected traits is a major theme in evolutionary biology. The static allometries of sexually selected traits are often positive due to disproportional investment by large individuals ...
Christina J. Painting +2 more
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Cylas formicarius is a major pest of sweetpotato in Papua New Guinea. In this study, the chronic effects of infection with Metarhizium anisopliae strain QS155 in adult C. formicarius were investigated.
Bree A.L. Wilson +9 more
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Caracterización de aislados cubanos del complejo de especies Metarhizium anisopliae con actividad patogénica frente a Cylas formicarius Fabricius (Coleoptera: Brentidae) [PDF]
El objetivo del presente trabajo fue determinar las características morfológicas, culturales y fisiológicas de siete aislados cubanos de Metarhizium spp. con actividad patogénica frente a Cylas formicarius Fabricius.
Márquez Gutiérrez, María Elena +5 more
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Pests, diseases and crop protection practices in the smallholder sweetpotato production system of the highlands of Papua New Guinea [PDF]
Sweetpotato (Ipomea batatans) is a food crop of global significance. The storage roots and foliage of crop are attacked by a wide range of pests and diseases.
Geoff M. Gurr +8 more
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