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Habitat Management to Suppress Pest Populations: Progress and Prospects by Gurr, Geoff M, Wratten, Steve D, Landis, Douglas A, You, Minsheng

“…Habitat management involving manipulation of farmland vegetation can exert direct suppressive effects on pests and promote natural enemies. Advances in theory…”
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The role of silicon in plant biology: a paradigm shift in research approach by Frew, Adam, Weston, Leslie A, Reynolds, Olivia L, Gurr, Geoff M

“…Silicon (Si) is known to have numerous beneficial effects on plants, alleviating diverse forms of abiotic and biotic stress. Research on this topic has…”
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Silicon: Potential to Promote Direct and Indirect Effects on Plant Defense Against Arthropod Pests in Agriculture by Reynolds, Olivia L, Padula, Matthew P, Zeng, Rensen, Gurr, Geoff M

“…Silicon has generally not been considered essential for plant growth, although it is well recognized that many plants, particularly Poaceae, have substantial…”
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Gut Microbiota Mediate Insecticide Resistance in the Diamondback Moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) by Xia, Xiaofeng, Sun, Botong, Gurr, Geoff M, Vasseur, Liette, Xue, Minqian, You, Minsheng

“…The development of insecticide resistance in insect pests is a worldwide concern and elucidating the underlying mechanisms is critical for effective crop…”
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DNA sequencing reveals the midgut microbiota of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) and a possible relationship with insecticide resistance by Xia, Xiaofeng, Zheng, Dandan, Zhong, Huanzi, Qin, Bingcai, Gurr, Geoff M, Vasseur, Liette, Lin, Hailan, Bai, Jianlin, He, Weiyi, You, Minsheng

“…Insect midgut microbiota is important in host nutrition, development and immune response. Recent studies indicate possible links between insect gut microbiota…”
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Is ground cover vegetation an effective biological control enhancement strategy against olive pests? by Paredes, Daniel, Cayuela, Luis, Gurr, Geoff M, Campos, Mercedes

“…Ground cover vegetation is often added or allowed to generate to promote conservation biological control, especially in perennial crops. Nevertheless, there is…”
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Characterization and expression profiling of glutathione S-transferases in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) by You, Yanchun, Xie, Miao, Ren, Nana, Cheng, Xuemin, Li, Jianyu, Ma, Xiaoli, Zou, Minming, Vasseur, Liette, Gurr, Geoff M, You, Minsheng

“…Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are multifunctional detoxification enzymes that play important roles in insects. The completion of several insect genome…”
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Tri-trophic insecticidal effects of African plants against cabbage pests by Amoabeng, Blankson W, Gurr, Geoff M, Gitau, Catherine W, Nicol, Helen I, Munyakazi, Louis, Stevenson, Phil C

“…Botanical insecticides are increasingly attracting research attention as they offer novel modes of action that may provide effective control of pests that have…”
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Managing biological control services through multi‐trophic trait interactions: review and guidelines for implementation at local and landscape scales by Perović, David J., Gámez‐Virués, Sagrario, Landis, Douglas A., Wäckers, Felix, Gurr, Geoff M., Wratten, Stephen D., You, Min‐Sheng, Desneux, Nicolas

“…ABSTRACT Ecological studies are increasingly moving towards trait‐based approaches, as the evidence mounts that functions, as opposed to taxonomy, drive…”
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CRISPR/Cas9 mediated knockout of the abdominal-A homeotic gene in the global pest, diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) by Huang, Yuping, Chen, Yazhou, Zeng, Baosheng, Wang, Yajun, James, Anthony A., Gurr, Geoff M., Yang, Guang, Lin, Xijian, Huang, Yongping, You, Minsheng

“…The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.), is a worldwide agricultural pest that has developed resistance to multiple classes of insecticides…”
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A very long-chain fatty acid enzyme gene, PxHacd2 affects the temperature adaptability of a cosmopolitan insect by altering epidermal permeability by Lei, Gaoke, Zhou, Huiling, Chen, Yanting, Vasseur, Liette, Gurr, Geoff M., You, Minsheng, You, Shijun

“…Temperature fluctuations pose challenges to poikilotherms, such as insects, especially under climate change conditions. Very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs)…”
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Harnessing artificial intelligence for analysing the impacts of nectar and pollen feeding in conservation biological control by Gurr, Geoff M, Liu, Jian, Pogrebna, Ganna

“…Plant-derived foods, such as nectar and pollen, have garnered substantial research attention due to their potential to support natural enemies of pests. This…”
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Australian native flowering plants enhance the longevity of three parasitoids of brassica pests by Pandey, Sunita, Rahman, Azizur, Gurr, Geoff M.

“…Floral resources from native plants that are adapted to the local environment could be more advantageous than the use of nonnative plants. In Australia, there…”
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Conservation Biological Control of Pests in the Molecular Era: New Opportunities to Address Old Constraints by Gurr, Geoff M, You, Minsheng

“…Biological control has long been considered a potential alternative to pesticidal strategies for pest management but its impact and level of use globally…”
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Metagenomic Sequencing of Diamondback Moth Gut Microbiome Unveils Key Holobiont Adaptations for Herbivory by Xia, Xiaofeng, Gurr, Geoff M, Vasseur, Liette, Zheng, Dandan, Zhong, Huanzi, Qin, Bingcai, Lin, Junhan, Wang, Yue, Song, FengQin, Li, Yong, Lin, Hailan, You, Minsheng

“…Herbivore specialists adapt to feed on a specific group of host plants by evolving various mechanisms to respond to plant defenses. Insects also possess…”
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Natural enemy enhancement and botanical insecticide source: a review of dual use companion plants by Amoabeng, Blankson W., Johnson, Anne C., Gurr, Geoff M.

“…Intensive agriculture, which is associated with heavy inputs of synthetic insecticides, has serious ecological impacts, leading to loss of vital ecosystem…”
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Large-scale genome-wide study reveals climate adaptive variability in a cosmopolitan pest by Chen, Yanting, Liu, Zhaoxia, Régnière, Jacques, Vasseur, Liette, Lin, Jian, Huang, Shiguo, Ke, Fushi, Chen, Shaoping, Li, Jianyu, Huang, Jieling, Gurr, Geoff M., You, Minsheng, You, Shijun

“…Understanding the genetic basis of climatic adaptation is essential for predicting species’ responses to climate change. However, intraspecific variation of…”
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Genomic insights into the glutathione S-transferase gene family of two rice planthoppers, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) and Sogatella furcifera (Horváth) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) by Zhou, Wen-Wu, Liang, Qing-Mei, Xu, Yi, Gurr, Geoff M, Bao, Yan-Yuan, Zhou, Xue-Ping, Zhang, Chuan-Xi, Cheng, Jiaan, Zhu, Zeng-Rong

“…Glutathione S-transferase (GST) genes control crucial traits for the metabolism of various toxins encountered by insects in host plants and the wider…”
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Selection of nectar plants for use in ecological engineering to promote biological control of rice pests by the predatory bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis, (Heteroptera: Miridae) by Zhu, Pingyang, Lu, Zhongxian, Heong, Kongluen, Chen, Guihua, Zheng, Xusong, Xu, Hongxing, Yang, Yajun, Nicol, Helen I, Gurr, Geoff M

“…Ecological engineering for pest management involves the identification of optimal forms of botanical diversity to incorporate into a farming system to suppress…”
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Silicon reduces herbivore performance via different mechanisms, depending on host–plant species by Frew, Adam, Weston, Leslie A., Gurr, Geoff M.

“…There is mounting evidence silicon (Si) can alter plant nutrient dynamics and is an important functional trait in plant defence and plant–insect ecology…”
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