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Mutation in the Cadherin Gene Is a Key Factor for Pink Bollworm Resistance to Bt Cotton in China
Toxins, 2022 Transgenic crops producing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins are widely planted for insect control, but their efficacy may decrease as insects evolve resistance.
Ling Wang +8 more
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A database of weed plants in the European part of Russia [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2020 Weeds are plants that, although not specially cultivated, grow and often adapt to growing in arable lands. They form an ecological variant of flora, as a historically-formed set of species growing on cultivated soils. For the rational use of the chemical and biological crop protection products and to produce safe and high-quality food, up-to-date data ...
Alyona Tretyakova +8 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 (PstDC3000) is an important plant pathogen that infects tomatoes and Arabidopsis. Thiamine and its derivative thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) are cofactors that play an important role in the growth and survival of many
Jun Liu +12 more
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Activity of Ajuga iva Extracts Against the African Cotton Leafworm Spodoptera littoralis
Insects, 2020 Control of the crop pest African cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval), by chemical insecticides has led to serious resistance problems. Ajuga plants contain phytoecdysteroids (arthropod steroid hormone analogs regulating metamorphosis) and ...
Leena Taha-Salaime +6 more
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Diversity and Biocontrol Potential of Culturable Endophytic Fungi in Cotton
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Healthy cotton samples were collected and 93 endophytic fungal strains were isolated: 23 strains from the roots and 70 strains from the stems. Morphological characterization and ITS sequence analysis were used for the identification of these isolates ...
Lirong Jin +12 more
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Fungi and invasions in South Africa
Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation, 2017 Background: Fungi are a major component of the functioning of all terrestrial ecosystems. Objectives: To increase awareness of fungi as drivers of ecosystem processes, including invasion biology.
Alan R. Wood
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Weed leucaena and its significance, implications and control
Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales, 2019 Keynote paper presented at the International Leucaena Conference, 1‒3 November 2018, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) is widely recognized in many countries as a commercially valuable plant, particularly when used as a ...
Shane Campbell +4 more
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Plant pathogens as biocontrol agents of Cirsium arvense : an overestimated approach? [PDF]
, 2011 Cirsium arvense is one of the worst weeds in agriculture. As herbicides are not very effective and not accepted by organic farming and special habitats, possible biocontrol agents have been investigated since many decades.
Wolfgang Nentwig +6 more
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EFFECT OF COMPETITIVE ABILITIES OF SOME SOYBEAN GENOTYPES, PLANT DENSITIES AND WEED CONTROL TREATMENTS ON SOYBEAN (GLYCINE MAX L.) AND IT'S ASSOCIATED WEEDS. [PDF]
Journal of Plant Production, 2015 Two field experiments were conducted during the two successive seasons of 2013 and 2014 at Sakha Agricultural Research Station, to evaluate the efficiency of plant densities, genotypes and weed control treatments on soybean and associated weeds.
I. Soliman, Azza Khaffagy, A. Morsi
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Weeds in a changing climate: Competitors or service plants?
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANETSocietal Impact Statement Reducing herbicide use and preparing agroecosystems for climate change are two top priorities on the global policy agenda. Here, we explore whether these two challenges can be tackled simultaneously.
Zwetsloot, Marie +12 more
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