Functional Analysis of Pheromone Biosynthesis Activating Neuropeptide Receptor Isoforms in Maruca vitrata [PDF]
Cells, 2023 Insect sex pheromones are volatile chemicals that induce mating behavior between conspecific individuals. In moths, sex pheromone biosynthesis is initiated when pheromone biosynthesis-activating neuropeptide (PBAN) synthesized in the suboesophageal ...
Wook Hyun Cha, Boyun Kim, Dae-Weon Lee
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Functional characteristics of a novel odorant binding protein in the legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Insect olfaction system plays a key role in the foraging food, pollination, mating, oviposition, reproduction and other insect physiological behavior. Odorant binding protein are widely found in the various olfactory sensilla of different insect antennae
Hui Ai +5 more
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A study on Maruca vitrata infestation of Yard-long beans (Vigna unguiculata subspecies sesquipedalis) [PDF]
Heliyon, 2015 Globally, Maruca vitrata (Geyer) is a serious yield constraint on food legumes including Yard-long bean (Vigna unguiculata subspecies sesquipedalis). However, there is a dearth of information on its damage potential, distribution and population dynamics ...
R.C. Jayasinghe +2 more
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Application of insulin signaling to predict insect growth rate in Maruca vitrata (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Insect growth is influenced by two major environmental factors: temperature and nutrient. These environmental factors are internally mediated by insulin/insulin-like growth factor signal (IIS) to coordinate tissue or organ growth.
Md Abdullah Al Baki +6 more
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Mitochondrial genome sequence and expression profiling for the legume pod borer Maruca vitrata (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 We report the assembly of the 14,054 bp near complete sequencing of the mitochondrial genome of the legume pod borer (LPB), Maruca vitrata (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), which we subsequently used to estimate divergence and relationships within the ...
Venu M Margam +15 more
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An Insight in the Reproductive Biology of Therophilus javanus (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, and Agathidinae), a Potential Biological Control Agent against the Legume Pod Borer (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) [PDF]
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2017 Therophilus javanus is a koinobiont, solitary larval endoparasitoid currently being considered as a biological control agent against the pod borer Maruca vitrata, a devastating cowpea pest causing 20–80% crop losses in West Africa.
Djibril Aboubakar Souna +6 more
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Effect of Pheromone-Mediated Mating Disruption on Pest Population Density of Maruca vitrata (Fabricius) (Crambidae: Lepidoptera) [PDF]
Insects, 2020 The legume pod borer (Maruca vitrata) is one of the most serious legume pests due to its wide host range and high damage potential. Pheromone components on M. vitrata have been previously identified, allowing research on more environmentally friendly IPM
Onkarappa Dhanyakumar +6 more
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Physiological Alterations in Deletion Mutants of Two Insulin-Like Peptides Encoded in Maruca vitrata Using CRISPR/Cas9 [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 Most insect species encode multiple insulin-like peptides (ILPs) that exhibit functional overlaps in mediating physiological processes such as development and reproduction. Why do they need multiple ILPs?
Md. Abdullah Al Baki +2 more
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Phylogeographical Structure in Mitochondrial DNA of Legume Pod Borer (Maruca vitrata) Population in Tropical Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 This study was undertaken to assess the genetic diversity and host plant races of M. vitrata population in South and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
Malini Periasamy +3 more
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A chromosome-level genome assembly of the legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) [PDF]
Scientific DataMaruca vitrata, a significant pest of legumes, impacts food security in Asia and Africa. This study presents a high-quality genome assembly of M. vitrata, utilizing advanced sequencing technologies including Nanopore long-read, MGI short-read, and Hi-C ...
Jiale Wang +4 more
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