Search Results - "Bell, Howard A"
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Preliminary Screening of Potential Control Products against Drosophila suzukii
Published in Insects (Basel, Switzerland) (20-06-2014)“…The first recording of Drosophila suzukii in the UK occurred in the south of England during August 2012. Since then sticky traps have continued to record the…”
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First report of cyromazine resistance in a population of UK house fly (Musca domestica) associated with intensive livestock production
Published in Pest management science (01-07-2010)“…BACKGROUND: House fly control in livestock‐rearing facilities is heavily reliant on the use of the larvicide cyromazine. While extensive use of this compound…”
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Digestive proteolytic activity in the gut and salivary glands of the predatory bug Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae); effect of proteinase inhibitors
Published in European journal of entomology (03-05-2005)“…Proteinase activity in the midgut of the pentatomid stinkbug Podisus maculiventris was investigated. The optimal pH for adult and nymph proteolysis was pH 6.0…”
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potential use of allicin as a biopesticide for the control of the house fly, Musca domestica L
Published in International journal of pest management (02-04-2016)“…The house fly, Musca domestica L., is a widespread pest of intensively reared livestock, where its presence negatively affects growth and productivity through…”
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Molecular interactions between wheat and cereal aphid (Sitobion avenae): Analysis of changes to the wheat proteome
Published in Proteomics (Weinheim) (01-05-2011)“…Aphids are major insect pests of cereal crops, acting as virus vectors as well as causing direct damage. The responses of wheat to infestation by cereal aphid…”
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Insecticidal activity of scorpion toxin (ButaIT) and snowdrop lectin (GNA) containing fusion proteins towards pest species of different orders
Published in Pest management science (01-01-2010)“…BACKGROUND: The toxicity of a fusion protein, ButalT/GNA, comprising a venom toxin (ButaIT) derived from the red scorpion, Mesobuthus tamulus (F.), and…”
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Proteomic analysis shows that stress response proteins are significantly up-regulated in resistant diploid wheat (Triticum monococcum) in response to attack by the grain aphid (Sitobion avenae)
Published in Molecular breeding (01-02-2015)“…The grain aphid Sitobion avenae (F.) is a major pest of wheat, acting as a virus vector as well as causing direct plant damage. Commonly grown wheat varieties…”
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Determining the source of house flies (Musca domestica) using stable isotope analysis
Published in Pest management science (01-01-2012)“…BACKGROUND: Intensive livestock units frequently produce flies in large numbers that, on migration, cause nuisance to the occupants of neighbouring dwellings…”
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First record of the Q Biotype of the sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, intercepted in the UK
Published in European journal of plant pathology (01-08-2012)“…For the UK, Bemisia tabaci poses a threat primarily to protected vegetable crops due to the transmission of several plant-pathogenic viruses. There are at…”
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Teratocytes of the solitary endoparasitoid Meteorus gyrator (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): morphology, numbers and possible functions
Published in Physiological entomology (01-09-2004)“…Laboratory studies investigated the development of teratocytes derived from the eggs of the parasitoid Meteous gyrator (Thun.) in its host, the tomato moth…”
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Insecticidal spider venom toxin fused to snowdrop lectin is toxic to the peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and the rice brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)
Published in Pest management science (2006)“…The SFI1/GNA fusion protein, comprising of snowdrop lectin (Galanthus nivalis agglutinin, GNA) fused to an insecticidal spider venom neurotoxin (Segestria…”
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The comparative biology of the solitary endoparasitoid Meteorus gyrator (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on five noctuid pest species
Published in European journal of entomology (01-01-2004)“…The comparative biology of the solitary endoparasitoid Meteorus gyrator (Thun.) was investigated in five noctuid pest species. Meteorus gyrator parasitized all…”
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Ninth International Conference on the Juvenile Hormones
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Cathepsin L-like cysteine proteinase (DcCathL) from Delia coarctata (wheat bulb fly): Basis of insecticidal activity
Published in Insect biochemistry and molecular biology (01-08-2009)“…A cDNA encoding a cathepsin L-like cysteine proteinase (DcCathL) was prepared from gut tissue of larvae of wheat bulb fly ( Delia coarctata: Diptera). The…”
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Longevity and fecundity of Eulophus pennicornis, an ectoparasitoid of the tomato moth Lacanobia oleracea, is affected by nutritional state and diet quality
Published in Agricultural and forest entomology (01-02-2010)“…1 Adult female Eulophus pennicornis require a source of nutrition, provided by sources such as pollen, nectar and honeydew or by host feeding, to promote…”
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Ability to host regulate determines host choice and reproductive success in the gregarious ectoparasitoid Eulophus pennicornis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
Published in Physiological entomology (01-03-2008)“…The age of Lacanobia oleracea (L.) in the final (sixth) larval stadium influences host choice and developmental success significantly in the gregarious…”
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snowdrop lectin Galanthus nivalis agglutinin (GNA) and a fusion protein ButaIT/GNA have a differential affect on a pest noctuid Lacanobia oleracea and the ectoparasitoid Eulophus pennicornis
Published in Physiological entomology (01-12-2010)“…Fusion proteins have considerable potential as novel insect control agents because they enable the oral delivery of insecticidal peptides to the haemolymph of…”
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The ectoparasitic wasp Eulophus pennicornis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) uses instar-specific endocrine disruption strategies to suppress the development of its host Lacanobia oleracea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Published in Journal of insect physiology (01-11-2006)“…To successfully complete its development, the gregarious ectoparasitoid Eulophus pennicornis must inhibit the moult of its host, Lacanobia oleracea. In the…”
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Infection by the microsporidium Vairimorpha necatrix (Microspora: Microsporidia) elevates juvenile hormone titres in larvae of the tomato moth, Lacanobia oleracea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Published in Journal of invertebrate pathology (01-03-2008)“…The effects of infection by a microsporidium, Vairimorpha necatrix (Kramer), on the endogenous levels of juvenile hormones in tomato moth ( Lacanobia oleracea…”
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