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Advances in Difference Equations, 2019 In this work, the control of brown planthopper, a major pest of rice, when a biological control agent (Cyrtorhinus lividipennis) and a pathogen (Beauveria bassiana) are utilized is investigated mathematically.
Chontita Rattanakul
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Cry78Aa, a novel Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal protein with activity against Laodelphax striatellus and Nilaparvata lugens [PDF]
, 2018 Transgenic plants expressing insecticidal proteins originating from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have successfully been used to control lepidopteran and coleopteran pests with chewing mouthparts. However, only a handful of Bt proteins have been identified
Crickmore, Neil +6 more
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Variable infection frequency and high diversity of multiple strains of Wolbachia pipientis in Perkinsiella planthoppers [PDF]
, 2011 This survey of Wolbachia infections in populations of the planthoppers Perkinsiella saccharicida and Perkinsiella vitiensis revealed variable frequencies, low-titer infections, and high phylogenetic diversities of strains.
Hughes, G. L. +5 more
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Rice variety improvement and the contribution of foreign germplasms in China
Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2017 : The introduction and use of foreign germplasms have played an important role in the improvement of crop varieties in China. Based on published materials and scientist interviews, we collected data on the sown area, morphological characteristics, and ...
Xiao-hua SHI, Rui-fa HU
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Agronomy, 2020 Previous studies have confirmed that choosing nozzles that produce coarser droplets could reduce the risk of pesticide spray drift, but this conclusion is based on a large volume of application, and it is easy to ignore how this impacts the control ...
Pengchao Chen +7 more
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JTPP: Journal of Tropical Plant Protection, 2021 Rice (Oryza sativa) is the primary food crop in the world. The use of natural pesticides made from essential plants has begun to be developed because it is useful in controlling some plant pests.
Toto Himawan +2 more
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Advances in Difference Equations, 2019 In this paper, we investigate the effect of insecticide on the population dynamics of brown planthoppers (a major insect pest of rice) and Cyrtorhinus lividipennis (one of the natural enemies of brown planthoppers) by developing an impulsive mathematical
Inthira Chaiya, Chontita Rattanakul
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International Journal of Genomics, 2021 Sogatella furcifera Horvath, commonly known as the white-backed planthoppers (WBPH), is an important pest in East Asian rice fields. Fungal endosymbiosis is widespread among planthoppers in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha and suborder Auchenorrhyncha.
Nak Jung Choi, Hong Xi, Jongsun Park
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Seasonal migration of Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) over the Bohai Sea in northern China [PDF]
, 2014 The rice leaf roller, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée), is a serious insect pest of rice with a strong migratory ability. Previous studies on the migration of C. medinalis were mostly carried out in tropical or subtropical regions, however, and what the
C. Li +23 more
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Activation of Toll Immune Pathway in an Insect Vector Induced by a Plant Virus
Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 The Toll pathway plays an important role in defense against infection of various pathogenic microorganisms, including viruses. However, current understanding of Toll pathway was mainly restricted in mammal and some model insects such as Drosophila and ...
Yu-Juan He +13 more
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