supported by the Ministere de I'Agriculture,des Pecheries et d'Alimentation du Quebec(MAPAQ),following the program Prime-Vert[grant number18-009-UQAM];by a CRSNG discovery grant to Eric Lucas.
Unlike European species,the potential of Nearctic syrphids as biological control agents is still poorly studied.However,the American hoverfly,Eupeodes americanus(Wiedemann),has recently demonstrated promising traits a...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31871979 and 31901881);the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFD0201700,2017YFD0200900 and 2016YFD0300700);the China’s Donation to the Centre Agriculture Bioscience International(CABI)Development Fund。
Resistant cultivar deployment is an effective method for cereal aphid management.Under greenhouse conditions,preliminary antibiosis resistance screening was conducted on 114 Ethiopian and 22 Chinese spring wheat acces...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31801760 and 31871997);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(2662019QD052)。
The cotton aphid,Aphis gossypii Glover(Hemiptera:Aphididae),is an important insect pest of cotton crops worldwide.The objectives of this study were to determine the acute toxicity of afidopyropen and whether there are...
by National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2016YFE0203100);the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31620103916 and 31430078);the Strategic Priority Research Program A of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA19050303);China Scholarship Council(No.[2016]7988toT.T.X.).
Bacteria are ubiquitous inhabitants of animals.Hormaphidinae is a particular aphid group exhibiting very diverse life history traits.However,the microbiota in this group is poorly known.In the present study,using high...
We gratefully acknowledge Dr.Tao Zhong(Shenyang Academy of Agricultural Sciences,China)for his con-structive reviews of the manuscript.This、work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hei-longjiang(C2018060);Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Fund(LBH-Z16187);Scientific Research Project of Hei-longjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences(2017ZC10,2017SJ032 and 2018JJPY004);National Key Research and Development Program(2017YFE0111000),National Natural Science Foundation ofChina(31771823);Ma-jor Project of Research and Development of Applied Tech-nology in Heilongjiang Province(GA18B101).
The soybean aphid,Aphis glycines,is an extreme specialist and an important invasive pest that relies on olfaction for behaviors such as feeding,mating,and foraging.Odorant-binding proteins(OBPs)play a vital role in ol...
financially supported by Wollo University,Ethiopia
In Ethiopia,Cupressus lusitanica and Juniperus procera are important tree species.The incidence of the cypress aphid,Cinara cupressi,which has not been reported before on the exotic Cupressus lusitanica is becoming ca...
Bacterial endosymbionts play important roles in ecological traits of aphids.In this study,we characterize the bacterial endosymbionts of A.gossypii collected in Karaj,Iran and their role in the performance of the aphi...
This research was funded by the Summer Support Initiative from the University of Northern Colorado (awarded to S.K.G.)
This study sheds light on a poorly understood area in insect-plant-microbe interactions,focusing on aphid probing and feeding behavior on plants with varying levels of arbuscular mycorrhizal(AM)fungus root colonizatio...
Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is a key pest in cotton crops, notably owing to its increasing resistance to commonly used pesticides. Such resistance prompts for the development of integrated pest man...
The melon aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is a highly polyphagous sap sucking pest on wide varieties of crops including cotton and vegetables. It is a notorious vector of many plant viruses that a...