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RNA-based technologies for insect control in plant production.

Biotechnology Advances, 2020
RNA interference (RNAi) is a biological process in which small RNA (sRNA) molecules sequence-specifically silence gene expression at the transcriptional or post-transcriptional level, either by directing inhibitory chromatin modifications or by ...
Shao-Shuai Liu, M. Jaouannet, D. Dempsey, J. Imani, C. Coustau, K. Kogel   +5 more
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Overview of paratransgenesis as a strategy to control pathogen transmission by insect vectors

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
This article presents an overview of paratransgenesis as a strategy to control pathogen transmission by insect vectors. It first briefly summarises some of the disease-causing pathogens vectored by insects and emphasises the need for innovative control ...
N. Ratcliffe, João P. Furtado Pacheco, P. Dyson, H. Castro, M. Gonzalez, P. Azambuja, C. Mello   +6 more
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Apoptosis or Antiapoptosis? Interrupted Regulated Cell Death of Host Cells by Ascovirus Infection In Vitro

mBio, 2023
Ascoviruses are insect-specific viruses thought to utilize the cellular apoptotic processes of host larvae to produce numerous virion-containing vesicles.
Huan Yu, Jin-Rong Li, Hua-Yan Xiao, Sheng-Kai Cao, Bin Chen, Ni Li, Gong Chen, Guo-Hua Huang   +7 more
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Evaluation of a Greek Diatomaceous Earth for Stored Product Insect Control and Techniques That Maximize Its Insecticidal Efficacy

Applied Sciences, 2020
Laboratory bioassays were conducted to evaluate the insecticidal efficacy of a diatomaceous earth deposit from Greece, for a wide range of stored product insects. In this context, populations of five different insect species, Tribolium confusum Jacquelin
G. Baliota, C. Athanassiou
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Gut symbiotic bacteria are involved in nitrogen recycling in the tephritid fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis

BMC Biology, 2022
Background Nitrogen is considered the most limiting nutrient element for herbivorous insects. To alleviate nitrogen limitation, insects have evolved various symbiotically mediated strategies that enable them to colonize nitrogen-poor habitats or exploit ...
Xueming Ren, Shuai Cao, Mazarin Akami, Abdelaziz Mansour, Yishi Yang, Nan Jiang, Haoran Wang, Guijian Zhang, Xuewei Qi, Penghui Xu, Tong Guo, Changying Niu   +11 more
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Impact of Fruit Fly Control Programmes Using the Sterile Insect Technique

Sterile Insect Technique, 2021
Measuring the impact of area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes, that use the sterile insect technique (SIT) to control fruit fly pests of economic significance, is complex.
W. Enkerlin
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A rapid quality control test to foster the development of the sterile insect technique against Anopheles arabiensis

Malaria Journal, 2020
Background With the fight against malaria reportedly stalling there is an urgent demand for alternative and sustainable control measures. As the sterile insect technique (SIT) edges closer to becoming a viable complementary tool in mosquito control, it ...
Nicole J. Culbert, Nanwintoum Séverin Bimbilé Somda, Maiga Hamidou, Dieudonné Diloma Soma, Silvana Caravantes, Thomas Wallner, Mamai Wadaka, Hanano Yamada, Jérémy Bouyer   +8 more
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Biological Control and Insect Pathology [PDF]

Insects, 2021
Agro-forestry intensification is one of the main drivers of the global biodiversity crisis and decline in arthropods and particularly insects [...]
Eustachio Tarasco, Francesca De Luca
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Entomotoxic efficacy of fungus-synthesized nanoparticles against immature stages of stored bean pests

Scientific Reports, 2023
Nanopesticides, particularly biosynthesized ones using organic reductants, hold great promise as a cost-effective and eco-friendly alternative to chemical pesticides. However, their efficacy on stored product pests, which can cause damage to dried grains,
Eman Ahmed Mohamed Helmy, Phyu Phyu San, Yao Zhuo Zhang, Charles Adarkwah, Midori Tuda   +4 more
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The Effect of an Irradiation-Induced Recombination Suppressing Inversion on the Genetic Stability and Biological Quality of a White Eye-Based Aedes aegypti Genetic Sexing Strain

Insects, 2022
Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, Zika fever, and yellow fever. The sterile insect technique (SIT) has been proposed as a species-specific and environment-friendly tool for the suppression of mosquito vector ...
Muhammad Misbah-ul-Haq, Antonios A. Augustinos, Danilo O. Carvalho, Lucia Duran de la Fuente, Kostas Bourtzis   +4 more
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