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A preventive strategy for the control of aphids in sweet pepper using lacewings and micrococcinelid beetles

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Aphids pose a serious risk to horticultural crops. Current biocontrol strategies often fail due to the poor establishment of natural enemies when aphids are scarce. We evaluated the potential of two aphidophagous predators, Micromus variegatus and Scymnus interruptus, to be used as preventive biocontrol agents, released before aphid infestation.
Jesica Pérez‐Rodríguez, Reinier T. Valstar, Ada Leman, Gerben J. Messelink   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic analysis reveals the emergence of molecular insecticide resistance in the malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae, from Western Ethiopia

Gemechu F, Bennett KL, Dugassa S, Hernandez-Koutoucheva A, Eukubay A, Miles A, Abera D, Clarkson CS, Golassa L.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Silencing of juvenile hormone‐related genes through RNA interference leads to molt failure and high mortality in the spongy moth

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The feasibility of using RNA interference to control the globally important quarantine pest, the spongy moth. Targeting genes related to JHs play an important role in the growth and development of insects. First, the open reading frames (ORFs) of Ldjhamt and Ldjheh were identified and characterized, and the target genes were cloned and double‐stranded ...
Wenzhuai Ji, Qing Xie, Xiaoxiao Chang, Juan Shi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insecticide Resistance and Vector Control. [PDF]

Trop Med Infect Dis
Flores AE, Davila-Barboza JA, Juache-Villagrana AE.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Maltase 1 regulates DENV2 infection and life history in Aedes aegypti

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Our study employed CRISPR/Cas9 to generate a MAL1 knockout strain of Aedes aegypti, demonstrating that the absence of MAL1 significantly suppresses DENV2 replication in the midgut and impairs viral transmission. The mutation also altered life‐history (hatching/pupation/emerging rates and sex‐specific survival), identifying MAL1 as a novel target for ...
Man‐Jin Li, Jin Cheng, Ya‐Ming Zou, Quan‐Chao Liu, Ding Zhu, Ce‐Jie Lan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Virus-mediated changes in insect vector tolerance to a neonicotinoid insecticide. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Schmidtbauer M, Withycombe J, Han J, Neher OT, Nachappa P.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Russian wheat aphid: a model for genomic plasticity and a challenge to breeders

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Invasive foundress finds suitable habitat and reproduces through pathogenesis. Wingless females produce life offspring quickly, which leads to high population densities. High population densities result in competition, which may induce epigenetic changes and wing development for dispersal.
Astrid Jankielsohn, Vicky L. Tolmay, Marlon‐Schylor Luke le Roux, Lintle Mohase, Mpho S. Mafa, Vittorio F. Nicolis, Eduard Venter, Nicolaas Francois Visser Burger, Anna‐Maria Botha   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soft Selective Sweeps Predominate in the Yellow Fever Mosquito Aedes aegypti. [PDF]

Mol Biol Evol
Ketchum RN, Matute DR, Schrider DR.
europepmc   +1 more source

“Alien versus predator”: predatory effect of coccinellid Exochomus quadripustulatus on the scale insect Toumeyella parvicornis. An open‐field experimentation on the Pinus pinea of Rome

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The release of gravid Exochomus quadripustulatus females proved to be effective in containing Toumeyella parvicornis infestations on stone pine trees, under open‐field condition. The ladybugs caused a lower infestation level compared to the trees that did not receive any ladybugs during the observation season.
Nicolò Di Sora, Luca Rossini, Giulia Luziatelli, Mario Contarini, Stefano Speranza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Associated With Insecticide-Treated Bed Net Possession and Utilization in Malaria Prevention Among Fulani Pregnant Women in the Savannah Hinterlands of Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
Salifu Y, Lasong J, Wobi EB, Salifu T, Nantomah B, Dandeebo G.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source