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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019 The pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum), a phloem-sucking insect, has undergone a rapid radiation together with the domestication and anthropogenic range expansion of several of its legume host plants.
Carlos Sanchez-Arcos +4 more
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The Food Plants and Distribution of the American Plum Borer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) [PDF]
, 2017 The North American geographical and host plant distributions for the American plnm borer, Euzophera semifuneralis, are reported. Literature and curatorial surveys found the plum borer to be present in 34 states in the U. S.
Biddinger, David J, Howitt, Angus J
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Scientific Reports, 2017 Emergence of polyphagous herbivorous insects entails significant adaptation to recognize, detoxify and digest a variety of host-plants. Despite of its biological and practical importance - since insects eat 20% of crops - no exhaustive analysis of gene ...
A. Gouin +64 more
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International Journal of Agronomy, 2013 Aflatoxin, the most potent carcinogen found in nature, is produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus and occurs naturally in maize, Zea mays L. Growing maize hybrids with genetic resistance to aflatoxin contamination are generally considered a highly ...
W. Paul Williams +4 more
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Validated markers for sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) breeding
Oilseeds and fats, crops and lipids, 2020 Sunflower is native to North America and is now grown around the world for edible oil, seed roasting, confectionary products and bird food. Genetic diversity in cultivated and wild germplasm is characterized for use with various breeding objectives ...
Rauf Saeed +3 more
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Aflatoxin Accumulation in a Maize Diallel Cross
Agriculture, 2015 Aflatoxins, produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus, occur naturally in maize. Contamination of maize grain with aflatoxin is a major food and feed safety problem and greatly reduces the value of the grain.
W. Paul Williams, Gary L. Windham
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Changes in Aphid Host Plant Diet Influence the Small-RNA Expression Profiles of Its Obligate Nutritional Symbiont, Buchnera. [PDF]
, 2019 Plants are a difficult food resource to use, and herbivorous insects have evolved a variety of mechanisms that allow them to fully exploit this poor nutritional resource. One such mechanism is the maintenance of bacterial symbionts that aid in host plant
Hansen, Allison K, Thairu, Margaret W
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Toxins, 2016 Aflatoxins, which are produced by Aspergillus flavus, are toxic to humans, livestock, and pets. The value of maize (Zea mays) grain is markedly reduced when contaminated with aflatoxin.
J. Erik Mylroie +5 more
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Molecular interaction between plants and Trichoderma species against soil-borne plant pathogens
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Trichoderma spp. (Hypocreales) are used worldwide as a lucrative biocontrol agent. The interactions of Trichoderma spp. with host plants and pathogens at a molecular level are important in understanding the various mechanisms adopted by the fungus to ...
Pranab Dutta +13 more
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Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database
EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority, 2018 Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA periodically updates the database on the host plants of Xylella spp. While previous editions of the database (2015 and 2016) dealt with the species Xylella fastidiosa only, this database version ...
E. Czwienczek +13 more
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