Aphids are amongst the most damaging pests of plants that use their stylets to penetrate the
plant tissue to consume large amounts of phloem sap and thus deprive the plant of …

Plant tolerance to insect pests has been indicated to be a unique category of resistance,
however, very little information is available on the mechanism of tolerance against insect …

The sugarcane aphid (Melanaphis sacchari) has emerged as a significant pest for sorghum.
The use of sugarcane aphid-resistant sorghum germplasm with integrated pest …

Background Aphid infestation of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) has the potential to reduce
yields and biomass quality. Although switchgrass-greenbug (Schizaphis graminum; GB) …

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is an important crop for biofuel production but it also
serves as host for greenbugs (Schizaphis graminum Rondani; GB). Although transcriptomic …

Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée)(Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is an economically important
pest of rice, Oryza sativa L.(Poaceae), throughout Asia, where damage caused by larvae …

One of the major insect pests in Pisum sativum L.(is Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris (Hemiptera:
pests in Pisum sativum L.(Hemiptera: Aphididae) is Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris (Hemiptera …

Objetivou-se com o presente estudo foi avaliar o desenvolvimento biológico do percevejo-
das-gramíneas, Blissus pulchellus quanto à resistência de oito poáceas forrageiras. Para …

Plants have developed mechanisms to defend themselves against many factors including
biotic stress such as herbivores and pathogens. Glutathione S-transferase (GST) is a …

The objective of this study is to evaluate the biological development of the chinch bug,
Blissus pulchellus regarding the resistance of the eight forage poaceae. For that, chinch …