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Open AccessLandscape structure influences natural pest suppression in a rice agroecosystem
Agricultural landscapes are constantly changing as farmers adopt new production practices and respond to changing environmental conditions. Some of these changes alter landscape structure with impacts on natur...
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Open AccessSurrounding landscape influences the abundance of insect predators in rice field
Natural enemy abundance in a crop plot depends on its prey presence and also influenced by habitats close to field. Landscape changes are also important factors driving pest and natural enemy population abunda...
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Open AccessResponse of a rice insect pest, Scirpophaga incertulas (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in warmer world
Increases in global mean temperature, changes in rainfall patterns, and extreme climatic events are expected results of climate change. The individual effects of elevated temperature and precipitation on insec...
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Open AccessEstablishing next-generation pest control services in rice fields: eco-agriculture
Pesticides are commonly used in food crop production systems to control crop pests and diseases and ensure maximum yield with high market value. However, the accumulation of these chemical inputs in crop field...
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Open AccessVariability Assessment of Aromatic Rice Germplasm by Pheno-Genomic traits and Population Structure Analysis
While the pleasant scent of aromatic rice is making it more popular, with demand for aromatic rice expected to rise in future, varieties of this have low yield potential. Genetic diversity and population struc...
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Open AccessHigher Fertilizer Inputs Increase Fitness Traits of Brown Planthopper in Rice
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the primary staple food source for more than half of the world’s population. In many develo** countries, increased use of fertilizers is a response to increase demand for rice. In this...
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Improved insecticidal activity of a recombinant baculovirus expressing spider venom cyto-insectotoxin
Baculoviruses have a long history of safe use as specific, environmentally friendly insecticides that provide alternatives to chemical pesticides for controlling insect pests. However, their use has been limit...
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Expression and purification of cyto-insectotoxin (Cit1a) using silkworm larvae targeting for an antimicrobial therapeutic agent
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), both synthetic and from natural sources, have raised interest recently as potential alternatives to antibiotics. Cyto-insectotoxin (Cit1a) is a 69-amino-acid antimicrobial peptide i...
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Tagging and map** of genes and QTLs of Nilaparvata lugens resistance in rice
The brown plant hopper, Nilaparvata lugens Stål (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) is an important pest of rice, Oryza sativa L. (Poales: Poaceae). The need for N. lugens-resistant rice varieties able to cope with stressfu...
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Open AccessScreening of Rice Genotypes for Resistance to the Brown Planthopper, Nilaparvata Lugens Stål
In order to breed rice cultivars for resistance to the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens Stål (BPH) in Bangladesh, were evaluated for resistance in greenhouse screening tests. Over a period of six years (2005...
