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Xueqin Pan, Jun Liu, Xiao Xu, Liwei Zhang and Long Zhang
Selecting palatable plants matters for insect herbivores? survival, especially for food-restricted oligophagous and monophagous species. However, the definite selection strategy to distinguish host plants from nonhost plants, as well as the underlying se...
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Alexander Gaffke, Maritza Romero and Hans Alborn
Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs), small soil-dwelling non-segmented roundworms, are obligate parasites of insects and commonly used in agriculture for biological control of insect pests. For successful reproduction, EPNs must identify, move towards, and...
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Matthew Chekwube Enebe and Mariana Erasmus
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are biotrophic fungi that form an association with plant roots and render benefits in nutrient uptake, disease control and plant tolerance to stress conditions. Plant?mycorrhizal fungi interaction has been proposed as a suita...
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Liu Liu, Guisheng Qiu, Huaijiang Zhang, Qiang Yue, Wentao Yan and Lina Sun
The peach fruit moth, Carposina sasakii, is part of the Carposinidae, and is harmful to the families Rosaceae and Rhamnaceae. C. sasakii lays eggs on the hairy surface of the fruit?s stalk cavity and calyx end. After hatching, the moth can bore into the ...
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Lulu Cai, Qian Tian, Qingqing Meng, Xiaoyang Bao, Peidong Xu, Ji Liu, Wenjun Zhao and Hui Wang
Stewart?s vascular wilt and leaf blight of sweet corn is caused by the Gram-negative enteric bacterium Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii. Stewart?s wilt results in substantial yield losses worldwide warranting rapid and accurate disease diagnosis. Recom...
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