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A Generalist Herbivore Copes with Specialized Plant Defence: the Effects of Induction and Feeding by Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larvae on Intact Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicales) Plants

scientific article published on 6 June 2017

A P-Glycoprotein Is Linked to Resistance to the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Aa Toxin in a Leaf Beetle

scientific article published on 05 December 2016

A Z-linked sterility locus causes sexual abstinence in hybrid females and facilitates speciation in Spodoptera frugiperda.

scientific article

A comprehensive characterization of the caspase gene family in insects from the order Lepidoptera.

scientific article

A genomic approach to understanding Heliothis and Helicoverpa resistance to chemical and biological insecticides

scholarly article by David Heckel published 1 October 1998 in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

A host-plant specialist, Helicoverpa assulta, is more tolerant to capsaicin from Capsicum annuum than other noctuid species

scientific article published on June 15, 2011

A return to the pore - dissecting Bacillus thuringiensis toxin mode of action via voltage clamp experiments.

scientific article published in December 2016

A single p450 allele associated with insecticide resistance in Drosophila.

scientific article published in September 2002

ABC transporter mis-splicing associated with resistance to Bt toxin Cry2Ab in laboratory- and field-selected pink bollworm

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Adaptive regulation of digestive serine proteases in the larval midgut of Helicoverpa armigera in response to a plant protease inhibitor.

scientific article published on 4 February 2015

Allelic variation in a fatty-acyl reductase gene causes divergence in moth sex pheromones.

scientific article

Allochronic separation versus mate choice: nonrandom patterns of mating between fall armyworm host strains.

scientific article published on April 2011

An ABC transporter mutation is correlated with insect resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac toxin

scientific article

An Insect Counteradaptation against Host Plant Defenses Evolved through Concerted Neofunctionalization

article

An independent occurrence of the chimeric P450 enzyme CYP337B3 of Helicoverpa armigera confers cypermethrin resistance in Pakistan

scientific article published on 24 July 2014

Ancestral gene duplication enabled the evolution of multifunctional cellulases in stick insects (Phasmatodea).

scientific article published on 5 February 2016

Azadirachtin-A from Azadirachta indica Impacts Multiple Biological Targets in Cotton Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera

scientific article published on 31 May 2019

Bacterial origin of a diverse family of UDP-glycosyltransferase genes in the Tetranychus urticae genome

scientific article

Behavioral assays for studies of host plant choice and adaptation in herbivorous insects.

scientific article published on 18 October 2013

Burying beetles regulate the microbiome of carcasses and use it to transmit a core microbiota to their offspring

scientific article

Chromatographic and electrophoretic resolution of proteins and protein complexes from the larval midgut microvilli of Manduca sexta.

scientific article published on 21 May 2009

Colour pattern specification in the Mocker swallowtail Papilio dardanus: the transcription factor invected is a candidate for the mimicry locus H.

scientific article published in May 2008

Combining proteomics and transcriptome sequencing to identify active plant-cell-wall-degrading enzymes in a leaf beetle

scientific article

Comparative analysis of the UDP-glycosyltransferase multigene family in insects

scientific article published on December 7, 2011

Comparative genomics of the mimicry switch in Papilio dardanus.

scientific article published on 11 June 2014

Complex inheritance of larval adaptation in Plutella xylostella to a novel host plant.

scientific article

Consumption of gossypol increases fatty acid‐amino acid conjugates in the cotton pests <i>Helicoverpa armigera</i> and <i>Heliothis virescens</i>

scientific article published in 2021

Context-dependent venom deployment and protein composition in two assassin bugs

scientific article published on 17 August 2020

Crystallization of α- and β-carotene in the foregut of Spodoptera larvae feeding on a toxic food plant.

scientific article published on 19 January 2011

Cytochrome P450 (CYP)9A1 in Heliothis virescens: the first member of a new CYP family

scientific article published on June 1, 1997

Development of a LAMP-Based Molecular Species Diagnosis Method for Four Major Agricultural Pests in the Genus <i>Spodoptera</i> (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

scientific article published on 29 September 2021

Development of a highly accurate and sensitive diagnostic tool for pyrethroid-resistant chimeric P450 CYP337B3 of Helicoverpa armigera using loop-mediated isothermal amplification

scientific article published on 15 September 2018

Diet dependent metabolic responses in three generalist insect herbivores Spodoptera spp.

scientific article

Direct evidence for a new mode of plant defense against insects via a novel polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein expression strategy

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Does size really matter?

scientific article published on 08 December 2020

Ecology. Insecticide resistance after Silent spring.

scientific article published on September 2012

Effects of class-specific, synthetic, and natural proteinase inhibitors on life-history traits of the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera

scientific article published on 02 December 2019

Effects of larval host plants on over-wintering physiological dynamics and survival of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

scientific article published on 8 August 2008

Endogenous egg immune defenses in the yellow mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor).

scientific article published on 26 December 2016

Evaluation of the role of CYP6B cytochrome P450s in pyrethroid resistant Australian Helicoverpa armigera.

scientific article published on February 2007

Evolution and functional characterization of CAZymes belonging to subfamily 10 of glycoside hydrolase family 5 (GH5_10) in two species of phytophagous beetles.

scientific article published on 30 August 2017

Flavin-dependent monooxygenases as a detoxification mechanism in insects: new insights from the arctiids (lepidoptera)

scientific article

Functional analysis of the ABCs of eye color in Helicoverpa armigera with CRISPR/Cas9-induced mutations.

scientific article published on 05 January 2017

Genetic Architecture of Local Adaptation in Lunar and Diurnal Emergence Times of the Marine Midge Clunio marinus (Chironomidae, Diptera)

scientific article published on February 22, 2012

Genetic basis of allochronic differentiation in the fall armyworm.

scientific article

Genetic basis of resistance to Cry1Ac and Cry2Aa in Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

scientific article published on August 2005

Genetic mapping of male pheromone response in the European corn borer identifies candidate genes regulating neurogenesis

scientific article

Genetic mapping of resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins in diamondback moth using biphasic linkage analysis

scientific article published on July 1999

Genomic innovations, transcriptional plasticity and gene loss underlying the evolution and divergence of two highly polyphagous and invasive Helicoverpa pest species.

scientific article published on 31 July 2017

Geographic variation in sexual attraction of Spodoptera frugiperda corn- and rice-strain males to pheromone lures.

scientific article

Global variation in the genetic and biochemical basis of diamondback moth resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis

scientific article published on November 25, 1997

Gossypol toxicity and detoxification in Helicoverpa armigera and Heliothis virescens

scientific article

Horizontal Gene Transfer of Pectinases from Bacteria Preceded the Diversification of Stick and Leaf Insects

scientific article

Host plant flowering increases both adult oviposition preference and larval performance of a generalist herbivore.

scientific article

Host strain specific sex pheromone variation in Spodoptera frugiperda.

scientific article published on 25 December 2008

How do toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis kill insects? An evolutionary perspective

scientific article published on 25 March 2020

How the rice weevil breaks down the pectin network: Enzymatic synergism and sub-functionalization

scientific article

Identification of a gene associated with Bt resistance in Heliothis virescens.

scientific article published in August 2001

Immune system responses and fitness costs associated with consumption of bacteria in larvae of Trichoplusia ni

scientific article

Immunity or digestion: glucanase activity in a glucan-binding protein family from Lepidoptera.

scientific article published on 25 November 2008

Initial frequency of alleles for resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins in field populations of Heliothis virescens

scientific article

Insect Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin Cry2Ab Is Conferred by Mutations in an ABC Transporter Subfamily A Protein

scientific article

Insect attraction versus plant defense: young leaves high in glucosinolates stimulate oviposition by a specialist herbivore despite poor larval survival due to high saponin content

scientific article

Interaction of glucosinolate content of Arabidopsis thaliana mutant lines and feeding and oviposition by generalist and specialist lepidopterans.

scientific article

Intraspecific and Interstage Similarities in Host-Plant Preference in the Diamondback Moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)

scientific article published on 31 December 2022

Know your ABCs: Characterization and gene expression dynamics of ABC transporters in the polyphagous herbivore Helicoverpa armigera

scientific article published on 4 March 2016

Localization of Müllerian mimicry genes on a dense linkage map of Heliconius erato.

scientific article

Mapping the larval midgut lumen proteome of Helicoverpa armigera, a generalist herbivorous insect.

scientific article

Metabolic detoxification of capsaicin by UDP-glycosyltransferase in three Helicoverpa species.

scientific article published on 26 August 2011

Metabolism of imidacloprid and DDT by P450 CYP6G1 expressed in cell cultures of Nicotiana tabacum suggests detoxification of these insecticides in Cyp6g1-overexpressing strains of Drosophila melanogaster, leading to resistance.

scientific article published in January 2008

Microbiome-assisted carrion preservation aids larval development in a burying beetle

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Microevolutionary dynamics of a macroevolutionary key innovation in a Lepidopteran herbivore

scientific article

Mis-spliced transcripts of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha6 are associated with field evolved spinosad resistance in Plutella xylostella (L.)

scientific article

Mitochondrial DNA analysis of field populations of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and of its relationship to H. zea.

scientific article

Multifaceted biological insights from a draft genome sequence of the tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta.

scientific article published on 11 August 2016

Multiple recombination events between two cytochrome P450 loci contribute to global pyrethroid resistance in Helicoverpa armigera

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Next generation transcriptomes for next generation genomes using est2assembly.

scientific article

Novel family of terpene synthases evolved from trans-isoprenyl diphosphate synthases in a flea beetle

scientific article published on 2 March 2016

Novel genetic basis of field-evolved resistance to Bt toxins in Plutella xylostella.

scientific article published on June 2005

Novel resistance to Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV) in codling moth shows autosomal and dominant inheritance and confers cross-resistance to different CpGV genome groups.

scientific article

Nutritional immunology: Diversification and diet-dependent expression of antimicrobial peptides in the black soldier fly Hermetia illucens

scientific article

Oviposition of diamondback moth in the presence and absence of a novel host plant.

scientific article published on 23 June 2010

Parallel evolution of Bacillus thuringiensis toxin resistance in lepidoptera.

scientific article

Pest control. Full crop protection from an insect pest by expression of long double-stranded RNAs in plastids.

scientific article published on February 2015

Phenalenone-type phytoalexins mediate resistance of banana plants (Musa spp.) to the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis.

scientific article

Phenotypic plasticity in sexual communication signal of a noctuid moth.

scientific article published on December 2010

Pheromonal Divergence Between Two Strains of Spodoptera frugiperda

scientific article published on March 1, 2013

Phylloplane location of glucosinolates in Barbarea spp. (Brassicaceae) and misleading assessment of host suitability by a specialist herbivore

scientific article

Phyllotreta striolata flea beetles use host plant defense compounds to create their own glucosinolate-myrosinase system

scientific article

Phylogenetic and functional characterization of ten P450 genes from the CYP6AE subfamily of Helicoverpa armigera involved in xenobiotic metabolism.

scientific article published on 16 December 2017

Plant glucosinolate content increases susceptibility to diamondback moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) regardless of its diet

scientific article published in 2019

Population differentiation in randomly amplified polymorphic DNA of red-cockaded woodpeckers Picoides borealis

scientific article published on 01 December 1994

Positional cloning of a cyromazine resistance gene in Drosophila melanogaster.

scientific article published in April 2006

Potential detoxification of gossypol by UDP-glycosyltransferases in the two Heliothine moth species Helicoverpa armigera and Heliothis virescens.

scientific article published on 9 February 2016

Pyrosequencing the Manduca sexta larval midgut transcriptome: messages for digestion, detoxification and defence.

scientific article published on 10 November 2009

RNA interference in Lepidoptera: an overview of successful and unsuccessful studies and implications for experimental design.

scientific article

Rapid emergence of baculovirus resistance in codling moth due to dominant, sex-linked inheritance.

scientific article published on September 2007

Sex, offspring and carcass determine antimicrobial peptide expression in the burying beetle.

scientific article published on 3 May 2016

Smells like a new species: gene duplication at the periphery.

scientific article

Spatial population dynamics of a specialist aphid parasitoid, Lysiphlebus hirticornis Mackauer (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae): evidence for philopatry and restricted dispersal.

scientific article published on 27 January 2010

Study of the aminopeptidase N gene family in the lepidopterans Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) and Bombyx mori (L.): sequences, mapping and expression.

scientific article published on 24 April 2010

Studying the organization of genes encoding plant cell wall degrading enzymes in Chrysomela tremula provides insights into a leaf beetle genome

scientific article published on 23 January 2014

The GMOD Drupal Bioinformatic Server Framework

scientific article published on October 22, 2010

The Genetic Basis of Pheromone Evolution in Moths.

scientific article

The HevCaLP protein mediates binding specificity of the Cry1A class of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins in Heliothis virescens.

scientific article published on November 2004

The butterfly plant arms-race escalated by gene and genome duplications

scientific article

The digestive and defensive basis of carcass utilization by the burying beetle and its microbiota.

scientific article

The diversity of Bt resistance genes in species of Lepidoptera.

scientific article published on 25 March 2007

Three cadherin alleles associated with resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis in pink bollworm

scholarly article

Timing the tides: genetic control of diurnal and lunar emergence times is correlated in the marine midge Clunio marinus

scientific article

Toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal proteins for Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa punctigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), major pests of cotton.

scientific article published on May 2002

Trade-offs of host use between generalist and specialist Helicoverpa sibling species: adult oviposition and larval performance

scientific article published on August 24, 2011

Transcriptional responses underlying the hormetic and detrimental effects of the plant secondary metabolite gossypol on the generalist herbivore Helicoverpa armigera

scientific article

Two calcium-binding chaperones from the fat body of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) involved in diapause

scientific article published on 28 October 2020

Two genomes of highly polyphagous lepidopteran pests (Spodoptera frugiperda, Noctuidae) with different host-plant ranges.

scientific article published on 25 September 2017

Using plant chemistry and insect preference to study the potential of Barbarea (Brassicaceae) as a dead-end trap crop for diamondback moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae).

scientific article published on 13 December 2013

What's in the Gift? Towards a Molecular Dissection of Nuptial Feeding in a Cricket

scientific article published on 6 October 2015

Widespread pyrethroid resistance in Australian diamondback moth,Plutella xylostella(L.), is related to multiple mutations in theparasodium channel gene

scientific article published on February 23, 2011

Within-population variability in a moth sex pheromone blend, part 2: selection towards fixation

scientific article published on 13 March 2019

Within-population variability in a moth sex pheromone blend: genetic basis and behavioural consequences.

scientific article published on 5 February 2014