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A horizontally acquired pantothenate gene drives vitellogenin's benefit to whitefly symbiosis persistence

Insect Science, EarlyView.
This diagram illustrates that the horizontally transferred panBC influences the level and localization of vitellogenin (Vg) by facilitating pantothenate production and juvenile hormone (JH) biosynthesis. In turn, Vg shields symbionts by suppressing autophagic degradation in bacteriocytes.
Xiang Sun, Bing‐Qi Liu, Zhan‐Bo Chen, Chu‐Qiao Li, Xing‐Ye Li, Jun‐Bo Luan   +5 more
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Scale Insects and Natural Enemies Associated with Conilon Coffee (Coffea canephora) in São Paulo State, Brazil

Agriculture, 2023
Several insect pests are related to the cultivation of conilon coffee, Coffea canephora (Rubiaceae), including (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha). Coccoids damage plants by sucking their sap, producing honeydew, and transmitting viruses.
Ivana Lemos Souza, Hágabo Honorato de Paulo, Matheus Alves de Siqueira, Valmir Antonio Costa, Ana Paula Gonçalves da Silva Wengrat, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez Peronti, Nilza Maria Martinelli   +6 more
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Combined effects of the landscape and crop management on ant communities

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
At small spatial scales, agricultural management acts as a stronger ecological filter than landscape context, significantly shaping ant community composition. Species richness and frequency did not differ among treatments, indicating the predominance of generalist species.
Claudia Tiemi Wazema, Marlina Ribeiro Abonizio‐Santos, Victor Hideki Nagatani, Nathalia Sampaio da Silva, Rony Peterson Santos Almeida, Joudellys Andrade‐Silva, Débora Rodrigues de Souza‐Campana, Maria Santina de Castro Morini   +7 more
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Sustainable management of the vine mealybug in organic vineyards [PDF]

, 2021
The vine mealybug (VMB), Planococcus ficus, is a major grapevine pest worldwide, whose chemical control is often unsatisfactory due to its cryptic behavior, insecticide resistance and high fecundity rate.
Botton, Marcos, Lentini, Andrea, Pacheco da Silva, Vitor Cezar, Lucchi, Andrea, Cocco, Arturo, Benelli, Giovanni   +5 more
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Methyl Jasmonate and Methyl Salicylate Differentially Modulate Direct and Indirect Defenses in Coffee Plants Against the White Mealybug

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
MeJA application strengthened both direct and indirect coffee defenses against the white mealybug Planococcus citri, whereas the effects of MeSA were variable and context‐dependent across the defensive traits examined. The combined application of both elicitors produced an effect similar to MeSA on direct defenses, but resembled MeJA when indirect ...
Bianca de Paula Valério, Enggel Beatriz Silva Carmo, Vinícius Xavier Nogueira dos Reis, Maria Fernanda G. V. Peñaflor   +3 more
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Tachinidae (Diptera) as Floral Visitors and Pollinators in Natural and Managed Systems

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
We review the roles of bristle flies (Tachinidae) as pollinators in natural and managed systems. We find that most tachinid genera visit flowers and that floral‐adapted mouthparts have evolved repeatedly many times in the family. We review patterns of floral specificity and assess the efficacy of tachinids as pollinators with case studies.
John O. Stireman III, Pierfilippo Cerretti   +1 more
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Canopy position and tree size structure the distribution of honeydew‐producing scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in a temperate hardwood forest

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
Scale insect abundance peaked in the upper canopy of sugar maples. Parthenolecanium peaked on older internodes; Lepidosaphes on the current leader. Internodes longer than the previous carried more scales; wider ones fewer. Abstract Forest canopies are vertically stratified habitats in which microclimate and host tissue quality vary with height.
Susan M. Frye, Sandy M. Smith, Sean C. Thomas   +2 more
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The Cotton Mealybug, Phenacoccus Solenopsis Tinsley (Homoptera : Pseudococcidae) as a New Insect on Soybean Plants in Egypt and its Population Dynamic [PDF]

Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2017
The cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus  solenopsis Tinsley (Homoptera :Pseudococcidae) is an important insect pest worldwide causing economic damage to several crops. The insect was noticed for the first time on soybean, Glycine max L. plants (var.
E. El-Sarand
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Economic Impacts of Pink Hibiscus Mealybug in Florida and the United States [PDF]

This paper estimates the direct and indirect impacts of the Pink Hibiscus Mealybug infestation on the economies of Florida and the rest of the United States.
Ranjan, Ram
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Six Decades of the Sterile Insect Technique Applied to Ceratitis capitata in Israel: Evolution, Methodology and Socio‐Economic Perspectives

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata; Medfly) has been a primary agricultural pest in Israel for over a century. While chemical control remains the prevalent choice for its management, the integration of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) into the management programme for this pest has been explored and implemented in various ...
Gal Yaacobi
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