Soil microorganisms with growth-promoting activities in plants, including rhizobacteria and
rhizofungi, can improve plant health in a variety of different ways. These beneficial microbes …

Insecticide resistance in insects severely threatens both human health and agriculture,
making insecticides less compelling and valuable, leading to frequent pest management …

We identify a cytochrome P450 gene (CYP6AE14) from cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa
armigera), which permits this herbivore to tolerate otherwise inhibitory concentrations of the …

RNA interference (RNAi) plays an important role in regulating gene expression in
eukaryotes. Previously, we generated Arabidopsis and tobacco plants expressing double …

Gossypol is an important allelochemical produced by the subepidermal glands of some
cotton varieties and important for their ability to respond to changing biotic stress by …

The effect of various host plants; chickpea (varieties Arman, Hashem, Azad and Binivich),
bean varieties (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), common bean (Khomein), white kidney bean …

Cotton plants (genus Gossypium) are grown on more than 30 million hectares worldwide
and are a major source of fiber. The plants possess a wide range of direct and indirect …

The effect of different soybean varieties (Glycine max 356, M4, M7, M9, Clark, Sahar, JK, BP,
Williams, L17, Zane, Gorgan3 and DPX) on the life history and fecundity of the gram pod …

Abstract Cotton aphids, Aphis gossypii Glover (Homoptera: Aphididae), obtained from
cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., fields in the Gorgan region of northern Iran, were colonized …

BACKGROUND In plant–insect interactions, phytotoxins such as gossypol, exert a defensive
role on behalf of the plant by interfering with the essential metabolic, biochemical and …