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The Metarhizium anisopliae Strains Expressing dsRNA of the NlCHSA Enhance Virulence to the Brown Planthopper Nilaparvata lugens

Agriculture, 2022
Metarhizium anisopliae is a broad-spectrum entomopathogenic fungus with large-scale applications in pest control; however, its slow-killing action is a limiting factor. To enhance fungal virulence, we constructed transgenic M.
Jun Hu, He Cui, Mingsheng Hong, Yuxian Xia, Wenqing Zhang   +4 more
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Management of Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith Using Recycled Virus Inoculum from Larvae Treated with Baculovirus under Field Conditions

Insects, 2023
Fall armyworm (FAW) is a major pest of maize and causes huge losses. Chemical pesticides are the commonly used control strategy among farmers. The efficacy of baculoviruses against FAW has been proven; however, farmers may not be able to afford the ...
Allan Mweke, Ivan Rwomushana, Arthur Okello, Duncan Chacha, Jingfei Guo, Belinda Luke   +5 more
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Biobeds, a Microbial-Based Remediation System for the Effective Treatment of Pesticide Residues in Agriculture

Agriculture, 2023
Pesticides are chemical molecules employed to protect crops from pests in agriculture. The use of pesticides significantly enhances crop yields and helps to guarantee the quality of farm products; due to this, each year, millions of tons of pesticides ...
Patricia Mussali-Galante, María Luisa Castrejón-Godínez, José Antonio Díaz-Soto, Ángela Patricia Vargas-Orozco, Héctor Miguel Quiroz-Medina, Efraín Tovar-Sánchez, Alexis Rodríguez   +6 more
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Multiple Insecticide Resistance and Associated Metabolic-Based Mechanisms in a Myzus Persicae (Sulzer) Population

Agronomy, 2023
The green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is an economically devastating crop pest worldwide. The M. persicae (SEF-R) population of a cabbage field in China was tested for susceptibilities to 13 insecticides.
Jinfeng Hu, Feng Chen, Jun Wang, Wenhua Rao, Lei Lin, Guocheng Fan   +5 more
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Pathogenicity induced by indigenous Beauveria bassiana isolate in different life stages of the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) under laboratory conditions

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2021
Background The invincible effects of the entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) under appropriate circumstances compensate for the flaws of chemical insecticides in the control programs. Beauveria bassiana is one of the most elaborated EPF of pest control all over
Yasmin Adel Fergani, Elsayed Abd Elhameed Refaei   +1 more
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Toxicity and Influence of Sublethal Exposure to Sulfoxaflor on the Aphidophagous Predator Hippodamia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Toxics, 2023
Hippodamia variegata (Goeze), the variegated ladybug, is a predator of many insect pests, especially aphids. Sulfoxaflor is a chemical insecticide that can be used to control many sap-feeding insect pests, for instance, plant bugs and aphids, as an ...
Panagiotis J. Skouras, Eirini Karanastasi, Vasilis Demopoulos, Marina Mprokaki, George J. Stathas, John T. Margaritopoulos   +5 more
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Influence of Grapevine Cultivar on Population Levels of Lobesia botrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and Effectiveness of Insecticides in Controlling This Pest

Agriculture, 2023
The European grapevine moth, Lobesia botrana (Denis and Schiffermüller) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is the most critical pest of vineyards. In the present study, pheromone-baited traps were applied in 2021 and 2022 to monitor the moth population dynamics
Zahra Sepahvand, Masumeh Ziaee, Roshanak Ghorbani, Seyed Ali Hemmati, Jacek Francikowski   +4 more
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Disruption of a C69-Family Cysteine Dipeptidase Gene Enhances Heat Shock and UV-B Tolerances in Metarhizium acridum

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
In fungi, peptidases play a crucial role in adaptability. At present, the roles of peptidases in ultraviolet (UV) and thermal tolerance are still unclear. In this study, a C69-family cysteine dipeptidase of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium acridum,
Juan Li, Juan Li, Juan Li, Mei Guo, Mei Guo, Mei Guo, Yueqing Cao, Yueqing Cao, Yueqing Cao, Yuxian Xia, Yuxian Xia, Yuxian Xia   +11 more
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Environmental Risk of Pesticides for Fish in Small- and Medium-Sized Streams of Switzerland

Toxics, 2021
This study assessed the acute and chronic risk of pesticides, singly and as mixtures, for fish using comprehensive chemical data of four monitoring studies conducted in small- and medium-sized streams of Switzerland between 2012 and 2018. Pesticides were
Inge Werner, Anke Schneeweiss, Helmut Segner, Marion Junghans   +3 more
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Binding and Detoxification of Insecticides by Potentially Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) Environment—An In Vitro Study

Cells, 2022
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) naturally inhabiting the digestive tract of honeybees are known for their ability to detoxify xenobiotics. The effect of chlorpyrifos, coumaphos, and imidacloprid on the growth of LAB strains was tested. All strains showed high
Aleksandra Leska, Adriana Nowak, Karolina Miśkiewicz, Justyna Rosicka-Kaczmarek   +3 more
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