Emerald ash borer invasion of North America: history, biology, ecology, impacts, and management

DA Herms, DG McCullough - Annual review of entomology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Since its accidental introduction from Asia, emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis
Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), has killed millions of ash trees in North America. As it …

Insect cold hardiness: metabolic, gene, and protein adaptation

KB Storey, JM Storey - Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2012 - cdnsciencepub.com
Winter survival for thousands of species of insects relies on adaptive strategies for cold
hardiness. Two basic mechanisms are widely used (freeze avoidance by deep supercooling …

Emerald ash borer management and research: decades of damage and still expanding

J Sun, TM Koski, JD Wickham… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Since the discovery of the ash tree (Fraxinus spp.) killer emerald ash borer (EAB; Agrilus
planipennis) in the United States in 2002 and Moscow, Russia in 2003, substantial detection …

The biology of insecticidal activity and resistance

T Perry, P Batterham, PJ Daborn - Insect biochemistry and molecular …, 2011 - Elsevier
Identifying insecticide resistance mechanisms is paramount for pest insect control, as the
understandings that underpin insect control strategies must provide ways of detecting and …

Omics in the Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): A Bridge to the Pest

MM Manee, FH Alqahtani, BM Al-Shomrani… - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The red palm weevil (RPW) Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae) is a species of beetle that depends on palm trees to complete its life cycle …

RNA-Seq and molecular docking reveal multi-level pesticide resistance in the bed bug

P Mamidala, AJ Wijeratne, S Wijeratne, K Kornacker… - BMC genomics, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) are hematophagous nocturnal parasites
of humans that have attained high impact status due to their worldwide resurgence. The …

Transcriptomics of the Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius)

X Bai, P Mamidala, SP Rajarapu, SC Jones… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) are blood-feeding insects poised to become one
of the major pests in households throughout the United States. Resistance of C. lectularius …

Transcriptomics of a Giant Freshwater Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii): De Novo Assembly, Annotation and Marker Discovery

H Jung, RE Lyons, H Dinh, DA Hurwood, S McWilliam… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii or GFP), is the most
economically important freshwater crustacean species. However, as little is known about its …

The Complete Mitochondrial Genome and Novel Gene Arrangement of the Unique-Headed Bug Stenopirates sp. (Hemiptera: Enicocephalidae)

H Li, H Liu, A Shi, P Štys, X Zhou, W Cai - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Many of true bugs are important insect pests to cultivated crops and some are important
vectors of human diseases, but few cladistic analyses have addressed relationships among …

Transcriptome Analysis of the Oriental Fruit Fly (Bactrocera dorsalis)

GM Shen, W Dou, JZ Niu, HB Jiang, WJ Yang, FX Jia… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background The oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), is one of the most
economically important pests in the world, causing serious damage to fruit production …