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Role of omics approaches in vegetable breeding for insect pest resistance
SN Applied Sciences, 2023 Vegetables are usually herbaceous and succulent plants. This succulent nature of vegetable crops makes them susceptible to attack by a wide variety of pests. Traditionally insect resistance has not been as widely investigated as disease resistance due to
Jagmeet Singh +6 more
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Insect Pests, Beneficial Insects, and Cover Crops of Biological Vegetable Farmers [PDF]
HortScience, 1995 Eighty-two vegetable growers responded to a survey on pests, beneficial insects, and cover crop use sent in Winter 1993–94 to 314 members of the Virginia Assn. for Biological Farming (VABF) and participants at the 1993 Virginia Sustainable Agriculture Conference. Respondents reported 68 occurrences of insect pests on 99 vegetable crops and herbs.
J.S. Caldwell +2 more
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Vegetable Pest Monitoring Using Insect Trap Lights
Machinery and Equipment for Rural Area, 2021 The results of improving the design of autonomous LED insect trap lights developed by the Federal Research Center for Plant Biological Protection are provided. The flying dynamics of the summer Helicoverpa armigera is shown. It was found that the insect trap light attracted 2.6 times more phytophagous specimens than pheromon traps. A separating element
A.A. Pachkin +3 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 The watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is one of the most important horticultural crops for fruit production worldwide. However, the production of watermelon is seriously restricted by one kind of soilborne disease, Fusarium wilt, which is caused by Fusarium
Chun-Hao Jiang +8 more
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RNA Interference of Genes Encoding the Vacuolar-ATPase in Liriomyza trifolii
Insects, 2021 The leafminer fly, Liriomyza trifolii, is an invasive pest of vegetable and horticultural crops in China. In this study, a microinjection method based on dsRNA was developed for RNA interference (RNAi) in L. trifolii using genes encoding vacuolar-ATPase (
Ya-Wen Chang +4 more
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Efficacy of vegetable oil extracts for control of insect pests of tomato in Southern Benin
African Crop Science Journal, 2022 Pests are a menace to production of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in sub-Sahara Africa. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of oil extracts of selected common plants for control of pests of tomato in Benin. The study was carried out on the Togba market garden sites in Benin.
Sotondji, F.A. +5 more
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Pesticide distribution and use in vegetable production in the Red River Delta of Vietnam [PDF]
, 2009 For a long time pesticides attracted interest from the Vietnamese governments and farmers for their positive effects in protecting crop yield losses resulting from pests and other plant diseases.
Brink, P.J., van den +3 more
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Observations on the Overwintering Potential of the Striped Cucumber Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Southern Minnesota [PDF]
, 2018 The striped cucumber beetle, Acalymma vittatum (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), is an important pest of cucurbit crops. However, the overwinter- ing capacity of this pest in temperate regions is poorly understood.
Burkness, E. C +3 more
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In Vitro Binding Effects of the Ecdysone Receptor−Binding Domain and PonA in Plutella xylostella
Molecules, 2023 Both insect ecdysone receptors and ultraspiracle belong to the nuclear receptor family. They form a nanoscale self-assembling complex with ecdysteroids in cells, transit into the nucleus, bind with genes to initiate transcription, and perform specific ...
Yanjiao Feng +6 more
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Use of biorational for the vegetable pest control in the north of Sinaloa [PDF]
Ra Ximhai, 2012 In Sinaloa the vegetable and cucurbits production are important agricultural activities, so each year a high volume of chemicalinsecticides are applied to pest control that attack these crops.
María Berenice González Maldonado +1 more
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