Spodoptera exigua Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus Increases the Susceptibility to Insecticides: A Promising Efficient Way for Pest Resistance Management [PDF]
Biology, 2023 Spodoptera exigua is a polyphagous pest of diverse crops and causes considerable economic losses. The overuse of chemical insecticides for controlling this pest results in insecticide resistance, environmental pollution and toxicity to other non-target ...
Shuxing Zhou +11 more
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Bt GS57 Interaction With Gut Microbiota Accelerates Spodoptera exigua Mortality [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 The Beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Spodoptera) is an important global polyphagous pest. Pathogen infection could destroy the intestinal microbial homeostasis of insects, leading to the death of the host.
Yazi Li +8 more
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Ligands of HMG-like dorsal switch protein 1 of Spodoptera exigua leads to mortality in diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella [PDF]
HeliyonHMG-like dorsal switch protein 1 (DSP1) is the insect homolog of the high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein of the vertebrates. Previous studies confirmed DSP1 in Spodoptera exigua, Tenebrio molitor, and Aedes albopictus, and were analyzed for their ...
Md. Mahi Imam Mollah
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An Evaluation of Spodoptera littoralis and Spodoptera exigua as Natural Prey for the Generalist Predator Chrysoperla carnea [PDF]
InsectsChrysoperla carnea (Stephens) is a common generalist predator in agroecosystems, frequently used for the control of soft-bodied pests in augmentative releases.
Agustín Garzón +4 more
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Population dynamics and seasonal migration patterns of Spodoptera exigua in northern China based on 11 years of monitoring data [PDF]
PeerJBackground The beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner), is an important agricultural pest worldwide that has caused serious economic losses in the main crop-producing areas of China.
Hao-Tian Ma +5 more
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Study of some Weather Factors on Population Fluctuations of Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd) and Spodoptera exigua (Hubner), in Green Flat Plant, Pasplum vagenatum [PDF]
Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2022 Insects and plants are affected by some weather factors all over the world. Experiments were carried-out to studying survey for lepidopteran-species and effect of temperature, relative-humidity and wind-velocity on population fluctuations of Spodoptera ...
A. Rahouma, Gamila Heikal, M. Hassan,
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The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2022 In the present study 12 native Bt strains isolated from insect cadavers were screened for their bioefficacy against neonates of economically important polyphagous pests Spodoptera litura and Spodoptera exigua by feeding assays at single concentrations of
SOURAV SARKAR, VINAY K KALIA
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 The gut microbiota plays essential roles in processes related with metabolism, physiology, and immunity in all organisms, including insects. In the present work, we performed a broad analysis of the Spodoptera exigua gut microbiota, a major agricultural ...
María Martínez-Solís +2 more
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Viruses, 2020 Naturally occurring covert infections in lepidopteran populations can involve multiple viruses with potentially different transmission strategies. In this study, we characterized covert infection by two RNA viruses, Spodoptera exigua iflavirus 1 (SeIV-1)
Arkaitz Carballo +3 more
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Insect Feeding Assays with Spodoptera exigua on Arabidopsis thaliana
Bio-Protocol, 2020 Plant-insect interaction is an important field for studying plant immunity. The beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, is one of the best-known agricultural pest insects and is usually used to study plant interactions with chewing insects. Here, we describe a
Yanrong You, Chunpeng An, Chuanyou Li
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