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The effect of mixtures of Bacillus thuringiensis-based insecticide and multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus of Lymantria dispar L. in combination with an optical brightener on L. dispar larvae
This study evaluated the efficacy of the commercially available insecticide Lepidocide based on Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki and Lymantria...
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Complete genome sequence analysis and genome organization of Dasychira pudibunda nucleopolyhedrovirus (DapuNPV-T1) from Turkey
The economically important pale tussock moth Dasychira pudibunda L. (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae), known as a beech pest in Europe, primarily inflicts...
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Insect Mortality Caused by Baculovirus: A Model of Second-Order Phase Transitions
AbstractBaculoviruses, especially prevalent in Lepidoptera, have attracted the most attention as biological insect control agents. Infection with...
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Historical change in the outbreak dynamics of an invading forest insect
The population dynamics and impacts of non-native species often change following their initial establishment, with impacts either increasing or...
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Antisense RNA (asRNA) technology: the concept and applications in crop improvement and sustainable agriculture
Antisense RNA (asRNA) technology is a method used to silence genes and inhibit their expression. Gene function relies on expression, which follows...
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Genomic analysis of two Chinese isolates of hyphantria cunea nucleopolyhedrovirus reveals a novel species of alphabaculovirus that infects hyphantria cunea drury (lepidoptera: arctiidae)
BackgroundBaculoviruses act as effective biological control agents against the invasive pest Hyphantria cunea Drury. In this study, two Chinese Hyphan...
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Role of Recombinant DNA Technology to Improve the Efficacy of Microbial Insecticides
Recombinant technology has great potential for use in the development of new microbial insecticides to control insect pests. Recombinant DNA...
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A database of crop pest cell lines
We have developed an online database describing the known cell lines from Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, and Lepidoptera that were...
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Genomic sequencing of Troides aeacus nucleopolyhedrovirus (TraeNPV) from golden birdwing larvae (Troides aeacus formosanus) to reveal defective Autographa californica NPV genomic features
BackgroundThe golden birdwing butterfly ( Troides aeacus formosanus ) is a rarely observed species in Taiwan. Recently, a typical symptom of nuclear...
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Pathogenicity of nuclear polyhedrosis virus to Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and its control on stored beeswax foundations
A nuclear polyhedrosis virus ( Gm MNPV) was isolated from the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) larvae from a dead...
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Biocompatibility of Biopesticides with Predatory Insects
Major living things are vulnerable to competition from other creatures, parasitism, and predation. In order to protect agricultural crops against...
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Entomopathogenic Viruses
India has moved from an era of food shortages to a status of food self-sufficiency through improved modern agricultural technologies and sustainable...
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Recent Trends in Plant- and Microbe-Based Biopesticide for Sustainable Crop Production and Environmental Security
The impact of increasing human population, rising food demand, and adverse effects of climate change, viz., changing rainfall pattern, rising...
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PhyloMissForest: a random forest framework to construct phylogenetic trees with missing data
BackgroundIn the pursuit of a better understanding of biodiversity, evolutionary biologists rely on the study of phylogenetic relationships to...
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Increasing the efficacy of the cotton leaf worm Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrosis virus using certain essential oils
Baculoviruses inactivation by UV sunlight is considered one of the most important factors that reduce their potential use in insect management...
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Molecular Phylogeny of Entomopathogens
Insects, like other organisms, are susceptible to a variety of diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoan and nematodes. Insect pathogens...
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Molecular identification and phylogenetic analyses of multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus isolated from Lymantria obfuscata (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) in India
The Lymantria obfuscata Walker (Lyob) multiple (M) nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) (LyobMNPV) has been isolated and successfully applied for the...
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Entomopathogenic Viruses in the Neotropics: Current Status and Recently Discovered Species
The market for biological control of insect pests in the world and in Brazil has grown in recent years due to the unwanted ecological and human...
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Pathogen-Mediated Tritrophic Interactions: Baculovirus-Challenged Caterpillars Induce Higher Plant Defenses than Healthy Caterpillars
Although the tritrophic interactions of plants, insect herbivores and their natural enemies have been intensely studied for several decades, the...
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Analysis of synonymous codon usage bias in helicase gene from Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus
The helicase gene of Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) is not only involved in viral DNA replication, but also plays a...
