THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT PLANT EXTRACTS ON POPULATION SUPPRESSION OF HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA (HUB.) AND TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM MILL) YIELD UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS.

The impact of different plant extracts on population suppression of Helicoverpa armigera (Hub.) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) yield under field conditions.

Helicoverpa armigera (Hub.) is a destructive pest of the tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) crop in Pakistan.Although insecticides are the primary management strategy used to control H.armigera, most of them are not effective due to considerable toxic residual effects on the fruits.Nonetheless, H.armigera is rapidly evolving resistance against t

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Differential T cell response against BK virus regulatory and structural antigens: A viral dynamics modelling approach.

BK virus (BKV) associated nephropathy affects 1-10% of kidney transplant recipients, leading to graft failure in about 50% of cases.Immune responses against different BKV antigens have been shown to have a prognostic value for disease development.Data currently suggest that the structural antigens and regulatory antigens of BKV might each trigger a

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Rearrangements in the musculature correlate with jumping behaviour in legless Mediterranean fruit fly larvae Ceratitis capitata (Tephritidae)

Abstract Larvae of holometabolic insects evolved different crawling strategies depending on the presence or absence of larval legs or life style.A rather unusual mode of locomotion has independently evolved in legless larvae of several dipteran species.Maggots of the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata developed an effective jumping mechanis

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