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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Cochineal."”.
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Cochineal : a bright red animal dye.
The natural red animal dye cochineal has been in use for at least three thousand years. It was one of the ten most frequently used ancient dyes. Cochineal was used by the Aztec, Mixtec, and Zapotec Indians when Cortez arrived in the New World. It has always been very valuable to the indigenous who …
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Influence of feeding-location on nutritional quality for cochineal insects (Homoptera : Dactylopiidae) on Opuntia ficus-indica (Cactaceae)
The cochineal insect Dactylopius opuntiae has been an extremely successful biocontrol agent of the cactus weed Opuntia ficus-indica. Its resounding success has allowed us to take a closer look at how the relationships between biocontrol agents and their host plants are maintained. The prickly pear, …
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Host plant associations of two cochineal insect species, Dactylopius ceylonicus and D. opuntiae (Dactylopiidae: Hemiptera), on the invasive cactus species Opuntia monacantha, O. ficus-indica and a possible hybrid cactus, in South Africa
Several cochineal species have been used with great success for biological control of invasive cactus species, both in South Africa and elsewhere. Although most cochineal species are oligophagous, they are all exclusively associated with opuntioid cacti and therefore pose minimal risk of non-target …
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Propagação por Fracionamento do Cladódio de Palmas Forrageiras Resistentes a Cochonilha do Carmim.
… around the Northeast of Brazil, which is the cochineal carmine (Dactylopius opuntiae). This study aimed to evaluate the consolidation of a method of plant propagation, called fractionation cladodes of resistant varieties of cactus forage as a fundamental tool for the rapid repopulation of …
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Biosystematics of the family dactylopiidae (Homoptera: Coccinea) with emphasis on the life cycle of dactylopius coccus costa
The cochineal insects include nine species assigned to the genus Dactylopius Costa, 1835, the only genus in the family Dactylopiidae. The present research is a comprehensive review of all the species in the family Dactylopiidae, with special emphasis on the life cycle of the type species …
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The biological control of the weed Acacia longifolia by the gall wasp Trichilogaster acaciaelongfoliae: a study of a plant-insect interaction
… to control a weed was in 1863 in India where the cochineal insect, Dactylopius ceylonicus (Green), was dispersed to control Opuntia vulgaris Miller some 68 years after the accidental introduction of this insect to that country (Goeden, 1978; Moran & Zimmermann, 1984). However, the first full scale …
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Termodinâmica de partição do corante natural carmim de cochonilha em diferentes sistemas aquosos bifásicos
Atualmente, corantes e pigmentos são largamente utilizados nas indústrias de alimentos, cosméticos e fármacos. Devido a diversos corantes sintéticos terem sidos considerados carcinogênicos, a demanda por corantes naturais tem crescido. Dentro deste contexto, o pigmento vermelho extraído do corpo …