Aggregation pheromones of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): advances in the identification and potential uses in semiochemical-based pest management …

PT Bandeira, CF Fávaro, W Francke… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract With approximately 83,000 species described, Curculionidae is the largest family of
beetles, comprising more than 80% of all weevil species worldwide. Many species of …

[HTML][HTML] Multitrophic and Multilevel Interactions Mediated by Volatile Organic Compounds

D Niu, L Xu, K Lin - Insects, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Plants and their insect neighbors engage in a silent dialogue that is vital
for ecological health, a phenomenon often invisible to the naked eye. Scientists have …

Nucleases as a barrier to gene silencing in the cotton boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis

R Almeida Garcia, L Lima Pepino Macedo… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
RNA interference (RNAi) approaches have been applied as a biotechnological tool for
controlling plant insect pests via selective gene down regulation. However, the inefficiency …

Attractiveness of Host Plant Volatile Extracts to the Asian Citrus Psyllid, Diaphorina citri, is Reduced by Terpenoids from the Non-Host Cashew

M Fancelli, M Borges, RA Laumann, JA Pickett… - Journal of chemical …, 2018 - Springer
Diaphorina citri is a vector of the bacterial causative agent of Huanglongbing (HLB= Citrus
greening), a severe disease affecting citrus crops. As there is no known control for HLB …

Associational susceptibility in broccoli: mediated by plant volatiles, impeded by ozone

T Li, JD Blande - Global Change Biology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Plant‐emitted volatile organic compounds (VOC s) mediate interactions within a plant
community. Typically, receiving a signal from a damaged neighbour enhances the defensive …

Decoding attraction: improving vine weevil monitoring by exploiting key sensory cues

E Fezza, JM Roberts, TJA Bruce… - Pest management …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Monitoring is an integral component of integrated pest management (IPM)
programmes used to inform crop management decisions. Vine weevil, Otiorhynchus …

Similarity in volatile communities leads to increased herbivory and greater tropical forest diversity

TJ Massad, M Martins de Moraes, C Philbin… - 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A longstanding paradigm in ecology is that there are positive associations between
herbivore diversity, specialization, and plant species diversity, with a focus on taxonomic …

Increasing Anthonomus grandis susceptibility to Metarhizium anisopliae through RNAi‐induced AgraRelish knockdown: a perspective to combine biocontrol and …

CE Moreira‐Pinto, RR Coelho… - Pest Management …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The hemolymph and insect gut together have an essential role in the
immune defense against microorganisms, including the production of antimicrobial peptides …

Characterizing Volatiles and Attractiveness of Five Brassicaceous Plants with Potential for a 'Push-Pull' Strategy Toward the Cabbage Root Fly, Delia radicum

A Kergunteuil, S Dugravot, H Danner… - Journal of chemical …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) released by plants are involved in various
orientation processes of herbivorous insects and consequently play a crucial role in their …

Host Selection Behavior of the Green Peach Aphid, Myzus persicae, in Response to Volatile Organic Compounds and Nitrogen Contents of Cabbage Cultivars

N Ahmed, HLC Darshanee, IA Khan… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Plants emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in response to herbivore attack. VOCs
emitted from the Chinese cabbage cultivars in response to the damage by the green peach …