Browsing by Subject "Gut bacteria"
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Assessment of the diversity and roles of bacterial symbionts in fruit fly development and response to biological control
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Tephritid fruit flies are among the most destructive pest species of fruits and vegetables in many regions of the world. Apart from high losses in yield, tephritid fruit fly pests pose great socioeconomic and ecological ... -
Diversity of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda and their gut bacterial community in Kenya
(PeerJ, 2020)Background The invasive fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) is a polyphagous pest that causes widespread damage particularly to maize and sorghum in Africa. The microbiome associated with S. frugiperda could ...