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Utilization of Metarhizium as an insect biocontrol agent and a plant bioinoculant with special reference to Brazil

Frontiers in Fungal Biology, 2023
Brazil has a long history of using biological control and has the largest program in sugarcane agriculture to which a biocontrol program has been applied.
Emily Mesquita, Shasha Hu, Tais B. Lima, Patricia Silva Golo, Michael J. Bidochka   +4 more
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Hemipteran Pests of Sugarcane in North America

Insects, 2019
Piercing-sucking herbivores (Insecta: Hemiptera) represent one of the greatest threats to agricultural production worldwide. Hemipteran pests directly injure plants as well as vector disease-causing plant pathogens. Production of sugarcane (Saccharum spp.
Blake E. Wilson
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Transcriptome Analysis and Knockdown of the Juvenile Hormone Esterase Gene Reveal Abnormal Feeding Behavior in the Sugarcane Giant Borer

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
The sugarcane giant borer (SGB), Telchin licus licus, is a pest that has strong economic relevance for sugarcane producers. Due to the endophytic behavior of the larva, current methods of management are inefficient.
Daniel D. Noriega, Daniel D. Noriega, Daniel D. Noriega, Fabricio B. M. Arraes, Fabricio B. M. Arraes, José Dijair Antonino, José Dijair Antonino, Leonardo L. P. Macedo, Fernando C. A. Fonseca, Fernando C. A. Fonseca, Roberto C. Togawa, Priscila Grynberg, Maria C. M. Silva, Aldomario S. Negrisoli, Maria F. Grossi-de-Sa, Maria F. Grossi-de-Sa, Maria F. Grossi-de-Sa   +16 more
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Detecting common coccinellids found in sorghum using deep learning models

Scientific Reports, 2023
Increased global production of sorghum has the potential to meet many of the demands of a growing human population. Developing automation technologies for field scouting is crucial for long-term and low-cost production.
Chaoxin Wang, Ivan Grijalva, Doina Caragea, Brian McCornack   +3 more
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Apertochrysa smitzi (Navás, 1914) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), a novel chrysopid biocontrol agent for Pakistan [PDF]

نامه انجمن حشره‌شناسی ایران
Biological control is a key component of Integrated Pest Management, however, the use of green lacewings as a biocontrol agent has not received much attention in Pakistan, although Chrysoperla carnea, a generalist predator against a variety of soft ...
Jan Muhammad Dahri, Muhammad Asghar Hassan, Qamar Din Dahri, Imran Khatri, Agha Mushtaque Ahmed, Azizullah Dahri   +5 more
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Correlation of microbiomes in “plant-insect-soil” ecosystem

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
IntroductionTraditional chemical control methods pose a damaging effect on farmland ecology, and their long-term use has led to the development of pest resistance.MethodsHere, we analyzed the correlations and differences in the microbiome present in the ...
Guomeng Li, Guomeng Li, Peng Liu, Peng Liu, Jihan Zhao, Jihan Zhao, Liangyinan Su, Liangyinan Su, Mengyu Zhao, Mengyu Zhao, Zhengjie Jiang, Zhengjie Jiang, Yang Zhao, Yang Zhao, Xiping Yang, Xiping Yang   +15 more
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WRKY Transcription Factors: Integral Regulators of Defence Responses to Biotic Stress in Crops. [PDF]

Plant Biotechnol J
ABSTRACT Crops are continually challenged by biotic stresses, including fungal, bacterial and viral pathogens and insect pests, which cause substantial yield and quality losses worldwide. WRKY transcription factors constitute a plant‐specific and functionally diverse family that is central to immune regulation.
Wang D, Zhang R, Zou W, Zhang Y, Zhao W, Sun T, Wu Q, Fu ZQ, Que Y.   +8 more
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Effect of Spectral Sensitivity and Light Intensity Response on the Phototactic Behavior of Exolontha castanea Chang (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae), a Pest of Sugarcane in China

Agronomy, 2022
The phototaxis of insects is closely related to light source factors, such as spectrum and light intensity. The cane grub, Exolontha castanea Chang (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae), is an important underground pest of sugarcane in Guangxi province of China ...
Xian-Kun Shang, Xue-Hong Pan, Wei Liu, Ji-Li Wei, Cheng-Hua Huang, François-Régis Goebel, Amin Nikpay   +6 more
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Down regulation of a gene for cadherin, but not alkaline phosphatase, associated with Cry1Ab resistance in the sugarcane borer Diatraea saccharalis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
The sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis, is a major target pest of transgenic corn expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) proteins (i.e., Cry1Ab) in South America and the mid-southern region of the United States.
Yunlong Yang, Yu Cheng Zhu, James Ottea, Claudia Husseneder, B Rogers Leonard, Craig Abel, Randall Luttrell, Fangneng Huang   +7 more
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Survival of a native mammalian carnivore, the leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis Kerr, 1792 (Carnivora: Felidae), in an agricultural landscape on an oceanic Philippine island

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2013
Concerns about vulnerability of mammalian carnivores to extinction, especially on small islands, appear to conflict with prior reports of endemic populations of leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis (Kerr, 1792) surviving in agricultural landscapes on ...
M.R.P. Lorica, L.R. Heaney
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