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Plant Breeding, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Global food demand is predicted to rise anywhere from 59% to 98% by 2050 because of increasing population. However, the continued depletion of natural resources and increasing biotic and abiotic stresses will continue to pose significant threats to global food security in coming years.
Memoona Khalid +5 more
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Secretory laccase 1 in Bemisia tabaci MED is involved in whitefly-plant interaction
Scientific Reports, 2017 The whitefly Bemisia tabaci is a phloem-feeding pest that lives predominantly on herbaceous species and causes serious damage to hosts. Whitefly saliva is thought to contain proteins that modulate plant defences and facilitate feeding.
Chun-Hong Yang +6 more
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Trichomes in Plant Defence, Development and Metabolic Integration Under Environmental Stress
Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Among various plant defence strategies, trichomes are tiny hair‐like structures on the epidermis that aid in defence, environmental adaptation and the production of valuable secondary metabolites. This review features trichomes as frontline guards for plant survival, integrating their structural, physiological and metabolic roles in ...
Debdatta Chatterjee +5 more
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Biological control in the Maltese Islands - past initiatives and future programmes [PDF]
, 1997 Past records of introduced predators and parasites for biological control programmes in the Maltese Islands are reviewed. Literature on this subject is very limited, difficult to obtain and to confirm.
Mifsud, David +1 more
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Effect of Endophytic Fungi on Thrips tabaci Development and Population Dynamics
Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 150, Issue 8, Page 1102-1114, September 2026.ABSTRACT Endophytic fungi are promising biocontrol agents because they colonise healthy plant tissues asymptomatically while inducing systemic resistance that negatively affects herbivorous insects. We investigated whether treatments with the endophytes Trichoderma harzianum and Beauveria bassiana in two onion cultivars (Allium cepa L.; Sturon and Red ...
Ngoc Anh Vu +2 more
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On three parasitoids of whiteflies in North Morocco (Hem., Aleyrodidae) [PDF]
, 2004 Onillon Jean-Claude, Panis André, El Ouartassi Mohammed. On three parasitoids of whiteflies in North Morocco (Hem., Aleyrodidae). In: Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, volume 109 (4), octobre 2004.
El Ouartassi, Mohammed +2 more
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The effect of maize plants as a repellent for Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) on chili plants
Jurnal Entomologi IndonesiaBemisia tabaci (Gennadius) is crital pest of chili plants. Besides using chemical insecticides to control B. tabaci, the actions that can be taken for B. tabaci management include applying repellent compounds. This research aims to study the potential of
Witjaksono Witjaksono +2 more
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Frequency Incidence of Tomato Chlorosis Virus and Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Affecting Tomato Plants [PDF]
Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural SciencesThe Tomato Chlorosis Criniviruses (ToCV) and Tomato yellow leaf curl Geminivirus (TYLCV), which naturally infecting and limited to the phloem, have caused a drastic reduction in tomato yield.
Wael El-Araby +3 more
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Plant-Environment Interactions, Volume 7, Issue 4, August 2026.ABSTRACT Mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) is a major cash‐generating pulse crop in Ethiopia's lowlands, serving as a key source of plant‐based protein and contributing to soil fertility. However, its production is severely constrained by Cercospora Leaf Spot (CLS), a destructive fungal disease.
Temesgen Bedassa Gudeta, Sandiswa Figlan
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A Contribution to the Knowledge of Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Khorasan and Semnan Provinces, Iran [PDF]
, 2015 Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) are some of the most potentially detrimental pests for agricultural crops and the ornamental plant industry in Iran.
Samin, N. +5 more
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