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Biochemical Mechanisms, Cross-resistance and Stability of Resistance to Metaflumizone in Plutella xylostella

Insects, 2020
The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) is an important pest of cruciferous crops worldwide. It has developed resistance to many conventional and novel insecticide classes.
Jun Shen, Zhao Li, Dongyang Li, Rumeng Wang, Shuzhen Zhang, Hong You, Jianhong Li   +6 more
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Effect of Diallyl Trisulfide on the Reproductive Behavior of the Grain Moth, Sitotroga cerealella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Insects, 2019
The Angoumois grain moth, Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier, 1789) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is primarily a pest of stored products, that feeds inside the grain as larvae inducing significant economic loss in various stored commodities.
Meng-Meng Chang, Sakhawat Shah, Meng-Ya Wu, Su-Su Zhang, Gang Wu, Feng-Lian Yang   +5 more
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Describing the Diapause-Preparatory Proteome of the Beetle Colaphellus bowringi and Identifying Candidates Affecting Lipid Accumulation Using Isobaric Tags for Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteome Quantification (iTRAQ)

Frontiers in Physiology, 2017
Prior to entering diapause, insects must prepare themselves physiologically to withstand the stresses of arresting their development for a lengthy period.
Daniel A. Hahn, Xiao-Ping Wang, Qian-Qian Tan, Wen Liu, Fen Zhu, Chao-Liang Lei   +5 more
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Developmental Differences on the Internal Reproductive Systems between the Prediapause and Prereproductive Riptortus pedestris Adults

Insects, 2020
Riptortus pedestris (Heteroptera: Alydidae), an important crop pest, is capable of entering reproductive adult diapause under short-day photoperiods. Though the physiological aspects of adult diapause have been well studied in this species, little is ...
Abdul Hafeez, Bei Li, Wen Liu, Muhammad Nauman Atiq, Xiao-Ping Wang   +4 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Dicraeus orientalis Becker, 1911 (Diptera: Chloropidae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
Dicraeus orientalis feeds on the seeds of Poaceae. The complete mitochondrial genome of D. orientalis was sequenced and annotated as the first representative of the family Chloropidae. The full length of mitogenome was 16,188 bp, consisting of 13 protein-
Jiuzhou Liu, Xin Li, Xiaodong Cai, Bintao Du, Xiaoyan Liu, Ding Yang   +5 more
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Chitosan and nematophagous fungi for sustainable management of nematode pests

Frontiers in Fungal Biology, 2022
Plants are exposed to large number of threats caused by herbivores and pathogens which cause important losses on crops. Plant pathogens such as nematodes can cause severe damage and losses in food security crops worldwide. Chemical pesticides were extendedly used for nematode management.
Raquel Lopez-Nuñez, Marta Suarez-Fernandez, Marta Suarez-Fernandez, Federico Lopez-Moya, Luis Vicente Lopez-Llorca   +4 more
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Predatory functional response and fitness parameters of Orius strigicollis Poppius when fed Bemisia tabaci and Trialeurodes vaporariorum as determined by age-stage, two-sex life table [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Background The polyphagous predatory bug O. strigicollis is an active predator used to control thrips and aphids. The whitefly species Bemisia tabaci and Trialeurodes vaporariorum are voracious pests of different economic agricultural crops and ...
Shakeel Ur Rehman, Xingmiao Zhou, Shahzaib Ali, Muhammad Asim Rasheed, Yasir Islam, Muhammad Hafeez, Muhammad Aamir Sohail, Haris Khurram   +7 more
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Determination of fitness traits of Orius strigicollis Poppius (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) on Pectinophora gossypiella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) using two-sex life table analysis [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Background Pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) is a destructive insect pest of cotton crops in China and globally, which is actively predated on by Orius strigicollis. Studies on the fitness or survival of O. strigicollis fed on P.
Shahzaib Ali, Qian Zhu, Waqar Jaleel, Shakeel Ur Rehman, Muhammad Asim Rasheed, Muhammad Musa Khan, Yasir Islam, Muhammad Hafeez, Xingmiao Zhou   +8 more
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Temperature warming strengthens the mutualism between ghost ants and invasive mealybugs

Scientific Reports, 2017
Although the exogenous forces that directly affect the mutualisms between ants and honeydew-producing hemipterans have been well documented, few studies have been focused on the impacts of environmental warming on ant-hemipteran interactions.
Aiming Zhou, Xiaobin Qu, Lifan Shan, Xin Wang   +3 more
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The development, regulation and use of biopesticides for integrated pest management [PDF]

, 2011
Over the past 50 years, crop protection has relied heavily on synthetic chemical pesticides, but their availability is now declining as a result of new legislation and the evolution of resistance in pest populations.
Davidson, Gill, David Chandler, Wyn P. Grant, Chandler, David, Alastair S. Bailey, Bailey, Alastair, Greaves, Justin, Gill Davidson, Greeves, Justin, Davidson, G. (Gill), G. Mark Tatchell, Justin Greaves, Chandler, Dave, Grant, Wyn, Tatchell, Mark (G. Mark), Tatchell, G. Mark   +15 more
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