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Nonsensical choices? Fall armyworm moths choose seemingly best or worst hosts for their larvae, but neonate larvae make their own choices by Rojas, Julio C, Kolomiets, Michael V, Bernal, Julio S

“…Selecting optimal host plants is critical for herbivorous insects, such as fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), an important maize pest in the Americas and…”
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Root volatile profiles and herbivore preference are mediated by maize domestication, geographic spread, and modern breeding by Bernal, Julio S., Helms, Anjel M., Fontes-Puebla, Ana A., DeWitt, Thomas J., Kolomiets, Michael V., Grunseich, John M.

“…Main conclusion Domestication affected the abundances and diversity of maize root volatiles more than northward spread and modern breeding, and herbivore…”
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Resistance and Tolerance to Root Herbivory in Maize Were Mediated by Domestication, Spread, and Breeding by Fontes-Puebla, Ana A, Bernal, Julio S

“…Plants may defend against herbivory and disease through various means. Plant defensive strategies against herbivores include resistance and tolerance, which…”
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Maize Domestication and Anti-Herbivore Defences: Leaf-Specific Dynamics during Early Ontogeny of Maize and Its Wild Ancestors by Maag, Daniel, Erb, Matthias, Bernal, Julio S, Wolfender, Jean-Luc, Turlings, Ted C J, Glauser, Gaétan

“…As a consequence of artificial selection for specific traits, crop plants underwent considerable genotypic and phenotypic changes during the process of…”
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Comparative Screening of Mexican, Rwandan and Commercial Entomopathogenic Nematodes to Be Used against Invasive Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda by Fallet, Patrick, De Gianni, Lara, Machado, Ricardo A R, Bruno, Pamela, Bernal, Julio S, Karangwa, Patrick, Kajuga, Joelle, Waweru, Bancy, Bazagwira, Didace, Degen, Thomas, Toepfer, Stefan, Turlings, Ted C J

“…The fall armyworm (FAW), Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is an important pest of maize originating from the Americas. It recently invaded Africa and Asia, where…”
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Improving Natural Enemy Selection in Biological Control through Greater Attention to Chemical Ecology and Host-Associated Differentiation of Target Arthropod Pests by Thompson, Morgan N, Medina, Raul F, Helms, Anjel M, Bernal, Julio S

“…Host-associated differentiation (HAD) refers to cases in which genetically distinct populations of a species (e.g., herbivores or natural enemies)…”
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Aphelinus nigritus Howard (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) Preference for Sorghum Aphid, Melanaphis sorghi (Theobald, 1904) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Honeydew Is Stronger in Johnson Grass, Sorghum halepense , Than in Grain Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor by Wright, Crys, Helms, Anjel M, Bernal, Julio S, Grunseich, John M, Medina, Raul F

“…How aphid parasitoids of recent invasive species interact with their hosts can affect the feasibility of biological control. In this study, we focus on a…”
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Multi-locus phylogenetic analyses uncover species boundaries and reveal the occurrence of two new entomopathogenic nematode species, Heterorhabditis ruandica n. sp. and Heterorhabditis zacatecana n. sp by Machado, Ricardo A.R., Bhat, Aashaq Hussain, Abolafia, Joaquín, Muller, Arthur, Bruno, Pamela, Fallet, Patrick, Arce, Carla C.M., Turlings, Ted C.J., Bernal, Julio S., Kajuga, Joelle, Waweru, Bancy, Toepfer, Stefan

“…Species of the nematode genus are important biological control agents against agricultural pests. The taxonomy of this group is still unclear as it currently…”
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Effects of Phloem-Feeding Pest, Dalbulus maidis on Morphological Expression of Drought-Tolerant Traits in Maize by Jones, Tara-Kay L., Medina, Raul F., Bernal, Julio S.

“…Drought is amongst the most important stressors affecting maize production globally. Existing strategies to offset drought impacts are centered around the…”
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Trichoderma virens and Pseudomonas chlororaphis Differentially Regulate Maize Resistance to Anthracnose Leaf Blight and Insect Herbivores When Grown in Sterile versus Non-Sterile Soils by Huang, Pei-Cheng, Yuan, Peiguo, Grunseich, John M, Taylor, James, Tiénébo, Eric-Olivier, Pierson, Elizabeth A, Bernal, Julio S, Kenerley, Charles M, Kolomiets, Michael V

“…Soil-borne spp. have been extensively studied for their biocontrol activities against pathogens and growth promotion ability in plants. However, the beneficial…”
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Impact of Metarhizium robertsii on Adults of the Parasitoid Diachasmimorpha longicaudata and Parasitized Anastrepha ludens Larvae by Presa-Parra, Ehdibaldo, Hernández-Rosas, Francisco, Bernal, Julio S, Valenzuela-González, Jorge E, Martínez-Tlapa, Jovita, Birke, Andrea

“…Biological control of the Mexican fruit fly, , is mainly carried out by releasing parasitoids, such as , and by applying entomopathogenic fungi (EPF), such as…”
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Novel Biopesticides Based on Nanoencapsulation of Azadirachtin with Whey Protein to Control Fall Armyworm by Bae, Michael, Lewis, Amanda, Liu, Shuhao, Arcot, Yashwanth, Lin, Yu-Ting, Bernal, Julio S., Cisneros-Zevallos, Luis, Akbulut, Mustafa

“…Biopesticides have become a global trend in order to minimize the hazards derived from synthetic chemical pesticides and improve the safety, efficacy, and…”
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Genome sequencing reveals evidence of adaptive variation in the genus Zea by Chen, Lu, Luo, Jingyun, Jin, Minliang, Yang, Ning, Liu, Xiangguo, Peng, Yong, Li, Wenqiang, Phillips, Alyssa, Cameron, Brenda, Bernal, Julio S., Rellán-Álvarez, Rubén, Sawers, Ruairidh J. H., Liu, Qing, Yin, Yuejia, Ye, Xinnan, Yan, Jiali, Zhang, Qinghua, Zhang, Xiaoting, Wu, Shenshen, Gui, Songtao, Wei, Wenjie, Wang, Yuebin, Luo, Yun, Jiang, Chenglin, Deng, Min, Jin, Min, Jian, Liumei, Yu, Yanhui, Zhang, Maolin, Yang, Xiaohong, Hufford, Matthew B., Fernie, Alisdair R., Warburton, Marilyn L., Ross-Ibarra, Jeffrey, Yan, Jianbing

“…Maize is a globally valuable commodity and one of the most extensively studied genetic model organisms. However, we know surprisingly little about the extent…”
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Maize biochemistry in response to root herbivory was mediated by domestication, spread, and breeding by Fontes-Puebla, Ana A., Borrego, Eli J., Kolomiets, Michael V., Bernal, Julio S.

“…Main conclusion With domestication, northward spread, and breeding, maize defence against root-herbivores relied on induced defences, decreasing levels of…”
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Agriculture sows pests: how crop domestication, host shifts, and agricultural intensification can create insect pests from herbivores by Bernal, Julio S, Medina, Raul F

“…•Since its origins, agriculture as practiced seems to create pests from herbivores.•Three examples illustrate how early and modern farming led to the emergence…”
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Mate Finding Via a Trail Sex Pheromone by Aphytis melinus DeBach (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) Males by Bernal, Julio S, Luck, Robert F

“…Finding mates is frequently problematic for parasitoid wasps. In some parasitoid species, males rely on volatile, airborne sex pheromones for locating mates,…”
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Facilitated by nature and agriculture: performance of a specialist herbivore improves with host-plant life history evolution, domestication, and breeding by Dávila-Flores, Amanda M., DeWitt, Thomas J., Bernal, Julio S.

“…Plant defenses against herbivores are predicted to change as plant lineages diversify, and with domestication and subsequent selection and breeding in the case…”
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Aphelinus nigritus‐induced transgenerational fecundity compensation in parasitized Melanaphis sorghi by Wright, Crys, Lei, Jiaxin, Bernal, Julio S., Zhu‐Salzman, Keyan, Medina, Raul F.

“…Aphids adopt many defensive strategies against natural enemies. While immediate strategies like emitting alarm pheromones or producing secretions are often…”
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Physical leaf defenses - altered by Zea life-history evolution, domestication, and breeding - mediate oviposition preference of a specialist leafhopper by Bellota, Edwin, Medina, Raul F., Bernal, Julio S.

“…Plant anti‐herbivore defenses are known to be affected by life‐history evolution, as well as by domestication and breeding in the case of crop species. A suite…”
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Higher expression of induced defenses in teosintes (Zea spp.) is correlated with greater resistance to fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda by Szczepaniec, Adrianna, Widney, Sarah E., Bernal, Julio S., Eubanks, Micky D.

“…Selection for plant traits important for agriculture can come at a high cost to plant defenses. While selecting for increased growth rate and yield,…”
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