Critical facets of European Corn Borer adult movement ecology relevant to mitigating field resistance to Bt-Corn

TW Sappington - Insects, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) is a major pest of corn,
managed successfully in North America since 1996 with transgenic Bt-corn. However …

The lost generation hypothesis: could climate change drive ectotherms into a developmental trap?

H Van Dyck, D Bonte, R Puls, K Gotthard, D Maes - Oikos, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming affects the rate and timing of the development in ectothermic organisms.
Short‐living, ectothermic organisms (including many insects) showing thermal plasticity in …

Migratory flight of insect pests within a year-round distribution: European corn borer as a case study

TW Sappington - Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2018 - Elsevier
Insect migratory flight differs fundamentally from most other kinds of flight behavior, in that it
is non-appetitive. The adult is not searching for anything, and migratory flight is not …

Monitoring resistance of Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Canada to Cry toxins produced by Bt corn

JL Smith, Y Farhan - Journal of Economic Entomology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The first case of field-evolved resistance in European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis
(Hübner)(Lepidoptera: Crambidae) to transgenic corn (Zea mays L.) producing a Bacillus …

Acclimations to Cold and Warm Conditions Differently Affect the Energy Metabolism of Diapausing Larvae of the European Corn Borer Ostrinia nubilalis (Hbn.)

ŽD Popović, V Maier, M Avramov, I Uzelac… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis is a pest species, whose fifth instar larvae
gradually develop cold hardiness during diapause. The physiological changes underlying …

A multi‐scale, landscape approach to predicting insect populations in agroecosystems

ME O'Rourke, K Rienzo-Stack… - Ecological …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Landscape composition affects ecosystems services, including agricultural pest
management. However, relationships between land use and agricultural insects are not well …

Expression of stress-related genes in diapause of European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis Hbn.)

ŽD Popović, A Subotić, TV Nikolić, R Radojičić… - … and Physiology Part B …, 2015 - Elsevier
Diapause is a state of arrested development during which insects cope with many external
and internal stressful factors. European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, overwinters as a fifth …

Identification of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins and Regions in a Non-Model Insect Species Ostrinia nubilalis (Hbn.)

M Avramov, É Schád, Á Révész, L Turiák, I Uzelac… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Research in previous decades has shown that intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and
regions in proteins (IDRs) are as ubiquitous as highly ordered proteins. Despite this …

Genetic differentiation across North America in the generalist moth Heliothis virescens and the specialist H. subflexa

AT Groot, A Classen, O Inglis, CA Blanco… - Molecular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The two moth species Heliothis virescens (Hv) and H. subflexa (Hs) are closely related, but
have vastly different feeding habits. Hv is a generalist and an important pest in many crops …

Genetic Variation and Inheritance of Diapause Induction in Two Distinct Voltine Ecotypes of Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

C Ikten, SR Skoda, TE Hunt… - Annals of the …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner)(Lepidoptera: Crambidae), displays a larval
diapause in response to short photoperiods and is adapted to a variety of local conditions …