PURE CAMPHOR AND A THUJONE-CAMPHOR MIXTURE AS ECO-FRIENDLY ANTIFEEDANTS AGAINST LARVAE AND ADULTS OF THE COLORADO POTATO BEETLE

Pure Camphor and a Thujone-Camphor Mixture as Eco-Friendly Antifeedants against Larvae and Adults of the Colorado Potato Beetle

The Colorado potato beetle (CPB) is a serious pest of economically important Solanaceae species.The use of essential oil compounds in pest management has been proposed as an alternative to harmful chemical insecticides that disturb human health and ecosystem functioning.We examined the antifeedant activity of three concentrations (0.125%, 0.25% and

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Pangenomics Analysis Reveals Diversification of Enzyme Families and Niche Specialization in Globally Abundant SAR202 Bacteria

ABSTRACT It has been hypothesized that the abundant heterotrophic ocean bacterioplankton in the SAR202 clade of the phylum Chloroflexi evolved specialized metabolisms for the oxidation of organic compounds that are resistant to microbial degradation via common metabolic pathways.Expansions of paralogous enzymes were reported and implicated in hypot

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