Ciência e Agrotecnologia, 2022 Protease inhibitors (PIs) are a part of the plant defense system and reduce the proteolytic activity of the digestive enzymes of insect pests. The current study aimed to isolate and characterize an inhibitor of trypsin (AmTI) within the seed of ...
Welington de Araújo Leite +2 more
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HEMIPTERAN-TRANSMITTED PLANT VIRUSES: RESEARCH PROGRESS AND CONTROL STRATEGIES [PDF]
Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, 2022 <List><ListItem><ItemContent><p>• Research findings on the insect-virus interaction</p></ItemContent></ListItem><ListItem><ItemContent><p>• Influences of immunity, feeding and ...
Haijian HUANG, Junmin LI, Chuanxi ZHANG, Jianping CHEN
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Insect Feeding Assays with Spodoptera exigua on Arabidopsis thaliana
Bio-Protocol, 2020 Plant-insect interaction is an important field for studying plant immunity. The beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, is one of the best-known agricultural pest insects and is usually used to study plant interactions with chewing insects. Here, we describe a
Yanrong You, Chunpeng An, Chuanyou Li
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The influence of surface energy on the self-cleaning of insect adhesive devices [PDF]
, 2012 The ability of insects to adhere to surfaces is facilitated by the use of adhesive organs found on the terminal leg segments. These adhesive pads are inherently 'tacky' and are expected to be subject to contamination by particulates, leading to loss of ...
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Increasing phosphorus supply is not the mechanism by which arbuscular mycorrhiza increase attractiveness of bean (Vicia faba) to aphids [PDF]
, 2014 Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Babikova, Zdenka +5 more
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Tillering Response of \u27Monon\u27 And \u27Newton\u27 Winter Wheats Infested With Biotype L Hessian Fly (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Larvae [PDF]
, 2017 Two wheat, Triticum aestivum, cultivars that differed in their ability to tiller were infested by ovipositing Hessian flies, Mayetiola destructor, under similar controlled conditions.
Hoxie, Robert P, Wellso, Stanley G
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Moisture source and diet affect development and reproduction of Orius thripoborus and Orius naivashae, two predatory anthocorids from southern Africa [PDF]
, 2012 The effect of moisture source and diet on the development and reproduction of the pirate bugs, Orius thripoborus (Hesse) and Orius naivashae (Poppius) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) was examined in the laboratory. Both species had been collected in and around
Bonte, Jochem +5 more
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Insects, 2017 Successive applications of insecticides to control Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) have resulted in the emergence of resistant populations of this insect.
Lucas L. S. Peres +10 more
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Diurnal Sampling of the Insect Complex of Alfalfa [PDF]
, 2017 The appearance of the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica (Gyllenhal), in Michigan in 1966 (Dowdy 1966) necessitated intensive testing of methods for its control.
Ruppel, Robert F
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Forest Insect—Plant Interactions
, 2023 AbstractInsects and plants dominate terrestrial ecosystems in terms of both species numbers and biomass. Ecological relationships between insects and plants are ubiquitous and insect-plant interactions are important for ecosystem structuring and functioning.
Justin G. A. Whitehill +2 more
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