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Insect–plant coevolution is going on for over 400 million years. Insects damage the plants, and plants have developed morphological, biochemical, and behavioural traits to withstand the insect damage. The inse...
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Molecular Markers for Insect Resistance: Potential and Limitations
An understanding of the mechanisms underlying plant resistance to insects and development of insect-resistant cultivars requires identification and deployment of molecular markers associated with insect resist...
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Open AccessLabel-free quantitative proteomics of Sorghum bicolor reveals the proteins strengthening plant defense against insect pest Chilo partellus
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Open AccessGenetic regulation of diapause and associated traits in Chilo partellus (Swinhoe)
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Plant Defense and Insect Adaptation with Reference to Secondary Metabolites
Insects pose a great threat to plants, and plants, in turn, withstand to insect attack through various morphological and biochemical traits. Among the plant defensive traits, secondary metabolites play a major...
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Plant Defense and Insect Adaptation with Reference to Secondary Metabolites
Insects pose a great threat to plants and plants in turn, withstand to insect attack through various morphological and biochemical traits. Among the plant defensive traits, secondary metabolites play a major r...
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Pattern of genetic inheritance of morphological and agronomic traits of sorghum associated with resistance to sorghum shoot fly, Atherigona soccata
Sorghum shoot fly, Atherigona soccata is an important pest of sorghum during the seedling stage, which influences both fodder and grain yield. To understand the nature of inheritance of shoot fly resistance in so...
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Tryptophan fluorescence quenching as a binding assay to monitor protein conformation changes in the membrane of intact mitochondria
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Elevated CO2 influences host plant defense response in chickpea against Helicoverpa armigera
Global atmospheric concentration of CO2 is likely to increase from 350 to 750 ppm over the next 100 years. The present studies were undertaken to understand the effects of elevated CO2 on enzymatic activity and s...
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Assessment of a diketopiperazine, cyclo(Trp-Phe) from Streptomyces griseoplanus SAI-25 against cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Microorganisms produce a range of metabolites with varying pest control properties. With this concept, we earlier identified 15 Streptomyces spp. strains with insecticidal activity against Helicoverpa armigera (H...
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Components of resistance to sorghum shoot fly, Atherigona soccata
Sorghum shoot fly, Atherigona soccata is one of the major constraints in sorghum production, and host plant resistance is one of the components to control sorghum shoot fly. Thirty sorghum genotypes were evaluate...
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Biological Consequences of Climate Change on Arthropod Biodiversity and Pest Management
Global warming and climate change will trigger major changes in geographical distribution and population dynamics of insect pests, insect–host-plant interactions, activity and abundance of natural enemies, and...
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Open AccessPigeonpea genotypes influence parasitization preference and survival and development of the Helicoverpa armigera larval parasitoid, Campoletis chlorideae
Studies were undertaken to identify pigeonpea, Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh and the wild relative of pigeonpea, Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.) (accession ICPW 125,) genotypes that are hospitable to the pod borer, He...
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Open AccessAntibiotics influence the toxicity of the delta endotoxins of Bacillus thuringiensis towards the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera
The cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera is one of the most important crop pests worldwide. It has developed high levels of resistance to synthetic insecticides, and hence, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) formulatio...
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Phenoty** for resistance to the sugarcane aphid Melanaphis sacchari (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Sorghum bicolor (Poaceae)
The sugarcane aphid Melanaphis sacchari (Zehnt.) has become a serious pest of sorghum, particularly during the post-rainy season in India and East and Southern Africa. Therefore, we tested a number of techniques ...
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Phenoty** in Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]
Sorghum is one of the most important cereal crops grown in the semi-arid tropics (SAT) of Asia, Africa and Americas for its food, feed, fodder and fuel value. Sorghum production is constrained by several bioti...
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Bridging Conventional and Molecular Genetics of Sorghum Insect Resistance
Sustainable production of sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, depends on effective control of insect pests as they continue to compete with humans for the sorghum crop. Insect pests are a major constraint in so...
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Genomic diversity among sorghum genotypes with resistance to sorghum shoot fly, Atherigona soccata
Host plant resistance is one of the important components for management of sorghum shoot fly, Atherigona soccata. The levels of resistance in cultivated germplasm are low to moderate, and therefore, it is importa...
