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Jasmonic Acid-Treated Cotton Plant Leaves Impair Larvae Growth Performance, Activities of Detoxification Enzymes, and Insect Humoral Immunity of Cotton Bollworm
Enhancement of plant defense by exogenous elicitors is a promising tool for integrated pest management strategy. In the present study, cotton plants...
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Efficacy of novel insecticides and their combinations against pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in cotton
Pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is an important pest of cotton worldwide; causing significant economic...
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Laboratory evaluation of toxicity of selected insecticides against egg and larval stages of cotton pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
BackgroundThe cryptic nature of pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) larvae enables its reduced vulnerability to insecticidal control....
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Efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes in laboratory and field conditions of Cicer arietinum against cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
BackgroundThe chickpea Cicer arietinum (Fabaceae) field has suffered significant economic losses due to the presence of cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa...
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Evaluation of vegetable oil as oviposition deterrents for the management of pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) in cotton
Oviposition deterrents are the info-chemicals that modifies the behavior of conspecific female insects either to settle on the treated surface or to...
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Heterologous expression of cry1Ia12 insecticidal gene in cotton encodes resistance against pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae); an alternate insecticidal gene for insect pest management
BackgroundCotton is continuously exposed to sucking and chewing insect pest pressure since emergence to harvesting. Pink bollworm ( Pectinophora...
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Host Plant Resistance to Insects in Cotton
Across the globe, cotton production is limited by endemic and introduced insect pests. The incorporation of host plant resistance (HPR), defined as...
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Response of pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) to Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab toxin
BackgroundDuring field surveillance in Gujarat, India, in 2009, scientists found that pink bollworm was surviving in the first generation of Bollgard...
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Odor Perception in the Cotton Bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, Exposed to Juglans regia, a Marginal Host Plant
The cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera , is one of the most destructive agricultural pests in the world, infesting cotton, maize, soybean, and many...
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Assessing pr1A gene expression in host cuticle for detecting virulent Metarhizium against Cotton Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera
Pr1A a subtilisin-like protease was generated by Metarhizium is known to involved in the early stages of fungal invasion of arthropod hosts. Current...
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Frequency of Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab resistance alleles in pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella Saunders from Andhra Pradesh, India
Since 2002, transgenic crops that produce Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab toxins have been used in India to control bollworms. From 2002 to 2009, Bt-cotton...
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Transcriptional regulation and overexpression of GST cluster enhances pesticide resistance in the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
The rapid evolution of resistance in agricultural pest poses a serious threat to global food security. However, the mechanisms of resistance through...
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Environmental friendly technique to control cotton pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella in Egypt
The cotton bollworms are major pests that reduce yield and quality of the growing cotton crop all over the world. (PBW) pink bollworm Pectinophora...
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Comparative Transcriptomics Reveals Novel Spatial Gene Expression Profiles in Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Under Herbivory and Drought Stress
Cotton is the major natural fiber-producing crop, contributing significantly to the global textile economy. However, the cotton crop encounters...
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Impact of numerous larval diets on the biology of pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) under laboratory conditions
BackgroundPink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) has become a potential pest of cotton by causing substantial...
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Sustainable Cotton Production in Punjab: Failure and Its Mitigating Strategies
Cotton is an important cash crop of Pakistan, and it plays a vital role in the economic viability of the country. Cotton and cotton products...
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Biocontrol potential of entomopathogenic nematode, Heterorhabditis indica against pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
BackgroundThe emergence of pink bollworm (PBW), Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), in cotton due to Bt resistance and...
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Parasitization of the pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) by Bracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in the laboratory
Pink bollworm (PBW), Pectinophora gossypiella is one of the major pests of cultivated cotton around the globe. Most of the attempts to control this...
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Impact of various oviposition substrates on biology of pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) under laboratory conditions
Pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is the most destructive insect-pest among the bollworm complex of...
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Commercial Crops (Jute, Cotton and Sugarcane)
Jute, cotton and sugarcane are the principal commercial crops in India contributing. While India is the largest producer of jute and cotton; but is...