Background Several agricultural fungicides are known to affect insect pests directly and
these effects may be transgenerational and mediated through impacts on endosymbionts …

Simple Summary Acyrthosiphon gossypii is a sap-sucking pest that causes direct cotton
damage by sucking sap and indirect damage by honeydew contamination and induced …

BACKGROUND While several agricultural fungicides are known to directly affect
invertebrate pests, including aphids, the mechanisms involved are often unknown. One …

BACKGROUND Aphis gossypii, a polyphagous and recurrent pest induced by pesticides,
causes tremendous loss crop yields each year. Previous studies on the mechanism of …

In aphids, hormesis and symbiotic bacteria are the drivers for the development of pesticide
resistance. However, the related mechanism remains unclear. Here, we evaluated the …

Simple Summary The cotton-melon aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover, is a polyphagous insect
pest with many host-specialized biotypes. The mechanism of host specificity remains …

Buchnera aphidicola is an obligate endosymbiont that provides aphids with several
essential nutrients. Though much is known about aphid-Buchnera interactions, the effect of …

Sulfoxaflor, an important alternative insecticide in integrated pest management (IPM)
strategies, can effectively control sap-feeding insect pests such as Aphis gossypii. Although …

Abstract Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is a polyphagous pest worldwide.
Neonicotinoid insecticides, such as nitenpyram, are widely used for its control in cotton …

BACKGROUND Aphids are agricultural pests that damage crops by direct feeding and by
vectoring important plant viruses. Bacterial symbionts can influence aphid biology, eg by …