Sixteen Years of Bt Maize in the EU Hotspot: Why Has Resistance Not Evolved? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The majority of Bt maize production in the European Union (EU) is concentrated in northeast Spain, which is Europe's only hotspot where resistance might evolve, and the main target pest, Sesamia nonagrioides, has been exposed to Cry1Ab maize continuously
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European Journal of Entomology, 2017 The Mediterranean corn borer Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) has a unique and recently multiplied juvenile hormone esterase gene family (SnJHER) with particular transcriptional profiles and functional characteristics.
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European Journal of Entomology, 2018 In Lepidoptera, larval dietary experience of volatile cues can induce adult preference for these cues. However, such induction may require several generations, depending in part on the degree of specialization of the insects.
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Managing maize under pest species competition: is Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) maize the solution? [PDF]
, 2016 Transgenic crops that contain Cry genes from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have been adopted by farmers over the last 17 years. Unlike traditional broad spectrum chemical insecticides, Bt's toxicity spectrum is relatively narrow and selective, which may ...
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Influence of Dietary Experience on the Induction of Preference of Adult Moths and Larvae for a New Olfactory Cue. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 In Lepidoptera, host plant selection is first conditioned by oviposition site preference of adult females followed by feeding site preference of larvae. Dietary experience to plant volatile cues can induce larval and adult host plant preference.
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تأثیر میزبان بر برخی از ویژگی های زیستی زنبور پارازیتوئید تخم (Telenomus busseolae Gahan(Hym.: Scelionidae [PDF]
تحقیقات آفات گیاهی, 2014 ساقه خواران نیشکر در ایران شامل دو گونه Sesamia cretica Led. و S. nonagrioides Lef. می باشند که از مهم ترین آفات نیشکر محسوب می شوند. مهم ترین دشمن طبیعی ساقه خواران نیشکر در خوزستان زنبور پارازیتوئید Telenomus busseolae Gahan است که نقش مهمی در ...
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Combining abilities in maize for the length of the internode basal ring, the entry point of the Mediterranean corn borer larvae [PDF]
, 2014 Length of the internode basal ring (LIBR) in maize is a morphological character that has been associated with resistance to Mediterranean corn borer (MCB), Sesamia nonagrioides Lef.
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Natural parasitism of Telenomus busseolae (Hym.: Scelionidae) an egg parasitoid of sugarcane stem borers, Sesamia spp. (Lep.: Noctuidae), on sugarcane commercial varieties in Khuzestan [PDF]
نامه انجمن حشرهشناسی ایران, 2010 The sugarcane stem borers, Sesamia cretica Led. and S. nonagrioides Lef. are the most important pests of sugarcane in Iran. The egg parasitoid wasp, Telenomus busseolae Gahan is the most important natural enemy of Sesamia spp.
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Effects of antioxidant activity of black maize in corn borer larval survival and growth
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2018 Antioxidant activity (AA) of black maize kernels attributed mainly to polyphenols has potential effects on health and possible defense functions against pests.
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