Insect pests cause significant agricultural and economic losses to crops worldwide due to
their destructive activities. Pesticides are designed to be poisonous and are intentionally …

The first neonicotinoid insecticide, imidacloprid, was launched in 1991. Today this class of
insecticides comprises at least seven major compounds with a market share of more than …

Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB), caused by a vector-transmitted phloem-limited bacterium
Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (C Las), is the most devastating citrus disease worldwide …

The Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), is the most
important pest of citrus worldwide because it serves as a vector of “Candidatus Liberibacter” …

The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), D iaphorina citri K uwayama (H emiptera: P syllidae), is an
important pest of citrus because it transmits phloem‐limited bacteria [C andidatus L …

Nowhere in the US is Huanglongbing (HLB) under adequate control due to the lack of
effective tools to reduce spread of the vector, Diaphorina citri (Asian citrus psyllid), and …

BACKGROUND The use of spinosyn insecticides is one of the major control strategies of the
fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) in Brazil. In this study, we selected a …

Abstract By 2014, huanglongbing (HLB), the most destructive disease of citrus, and its insect
vector, the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), Diaphorina citri (Kuwayama), became established in …

Due to the increasing population worldwide, in recent years, an exponential increase in
agricultural practices has occurred in order to attend to the growing demand for food …

The spinosyns were introduced in 1997 with the launch of spinosad. Since then, there have
been several cases of resistance to spinosad in the field populations of insect pest species …