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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Amyelois transitella"”.
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Insecticide detoxification in the navel orangeworm Amyelois transitella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
The polyphagous navel orangeworm (Amyelois transitella) is considered the most destructive pest of introduced nut crops, including almonds and pistachios, in California orchards. Management of this pest has typically been a combination of cultural controls (including removal of unharvested fruits) …
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Xenobiotic detoxification in the navel orangeworm Amyelois transitella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
The highly polyphagous navel orangeworm, Amyelois transitella, is a major pest of high-value tree crops such as pistachios and almonds. These non-native crops have been grown commercially in the United States for less than 150 years, and the acquisition by the navel orangeworm of these and other …
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Facultative mutualism between the navel orangeworm Amyelois transitella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and Aspergillus flavus
The navel orangeworm, Amyelois transitella Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), is an economic pest of considerable importance by virtue of its habit of attacking damaged or overripe tree nuts and fruits in Californian orchards. Its economic impact is increased by its common association with the highly …
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Orientation of polyphagous lepidoptera to hostplant kairomones
… of behavioral assays with the navel orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), a highly polyphagous species, to determine if larvae of the navel orangeworm respond behaviorally to the same secondary compounds that elicit behavioral or electrophysiological responses in …
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Effects of resveratrol on development of three lepidopteran species varying in diet breadth
… species of lepidopterans: the navel orangeworm Amyelois transitella (Pyralidae), a nut-feeding generalist with several hostplants that produce resveratrol, the cabbage looper Trichoplusia ni (Noctuidae), a polyphagous folivore that rarely encounters the compound in its host plants, and the …
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Impacts of organic and conventional neurotoxic pesticides on a pest and a pollinator in almond agroecosystems (Prunus dulcis)
The navel orangeworm Amyelois transitella (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is an economic pest on a wide variety of tree fruit and nut crops, including almonds, pistachios, and walnuts in California orchards. Rising demand for these high-value cash crops has led to an increased reliance on …
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Toxicity of mycotoxins to insects and underlying molecular and biochemical mechanisms
… including Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm), Amyelois transitella (navel orangeworm) and Apis mellifera (honey bee) varying in their exposure to mycotoxins were selected to study toxicity of mycotoxins to insects and to elucidate their underlying mechanisms of toxicity. To compare toxicity of …
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Identifying mechanisms of pyrethroid resistance in the navel orangeworm and novel methods of control
The navel orangeworm (Amyelois transitella) (Walker) is the most important economic pest of almonds and pistachios in California orchards. Increasing demand for these commodities has resulted in acreage expansions and substantial increases in the application of insecticides to reduce damage by A. …