Gene drive strategies of pest control in agricultural systems: Challenges and opportunities

M Legros, JM Marshall, S Macfadyen… - Evolutionary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in gene‐editing technologies have opened new avenues for genetic pest
control strategies, in particular around the use of gene drives to suppress or modify pest …

Alien leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) of European Russia and some general tendencies of leaf beetle invasions

AO Bieńkowski, MJ Orlova-Bienkowskaja - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Invasions of leaf beetles can cause tremendous economic consequences because some of
these insects become major pests in invaded territories. We present the first inventory of …

Effects of a nematode Meloidogyne incognita and its interaction with above‐ground herbivory on an invasive wetland plant, alligator weed (Alternanthera …

R Mao, X Lu, J Ding - Plant species biology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive plants may be attacked both above ground and below ground. Few studies have,
however, investigated the simultaneous effects of above‐ground and below‐ground …

European ectoparasitoids of two classical weed biological control agents released in North America

FJ Muller, PG Mason, LM Dosdall… - The Canadian …, 2011 - cambridge.org
The ceutorhynchine weevils Hadroplontus litura (F.) and Microplontus edentulus
(Schultze)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae), are established in North America as biological …