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  • The genome of Tetranychus urticae reveals herbivorous pest adaptations

    Miodrag Grbić;Miodrag Grbić;Thomas Van Leeuwen;Richard M. Clark;Stephane Rombauts

  • Hydroperoxide lyase depletion in transgenic potato plants leads to an increase in aphid performance.

    Guy Vancanneyt;Carlos Sanz;Theodora Farmaki;Manuel Paneque

  • Antisense-mediated depletion of a potato lipoxygenase reduces wound induction of proteinase inhibitors and increases weight gain of insect pests

    Joaquín Royo;José León;Guy Vancanneyt;Juan Pablo Albar

  • Insecticide resistance in Tephritid flies

    John Vontas;Pedro Hernández-Crespo;John T. Margaritopoulos;Félix Ortego

  • The whole genome sequence of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), reveals insights into the biology and adaptive evolution of a highly invasive pest species

    Alexie Papanicolaou;Marc F. Schetelig;Peter Arensburger;Peter W. Atkinson

  • Impact of farm-scale Bt maize on abundance of predatory arthropods in Spain

    Marta de la Poza;Xavier Pons;Gema P. Farinós;Carmen López

  • Resistance monitoring of field populations of the corn borers Sesamia nonagrioides and Ostrinia nubilalis after 5 years of Bt maize cultivation in Spain

    Gema P. Farinós;Marta de la Poza;Pedro Hernández-Crespo;Félix Ortego

  • Resistance to Malathion in Field Populations of Ceratitis capitata

    Cristina Magaña;Pedro Hernández-Crespo;Félix Ortego;Pedro Castañera

  • Transgenic expression of trypsin inhibitor CMe from barley in indica and japonica rice, confers resistance to the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae.

    Julio Alfonso-Rubí;Félix Ortego;Pedro Castañera;Pilar Carbonero

  • Characterization and distribution of digestive proteases of the stalk corn borer, Sesamia nonagrioides Lef. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

    Félix Ortego;Concepción Novillo;Pedro Castañera

  • A barley cysteine-proteinase inhibitor reduces the performance of two aphid species in artificial diets and transgenic Arabidopsis plants.

    Laura Carrillo;Manuel Martinez;Fernando Álvarez-Alfageme;Pedro Castañera

  • Characterization and distribution of chymotrypsin‐like and other digestive proteases in Colorado potato beetle larvae

    Concepción Novillo;Pedro Castañera;Félix Ortego

  • A mathematical model of exposure of non- target Lepidoptera to Bt-maize pollen expressing Cry1Ab within Europe

    J.N. Perry;Y. Devos;S. Arpaia;D. Bartsch

  • Susceptibility of Spanish populations of the corn borers Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) to a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin.

    Manuel González-Núñez;Félix Ortego;Pedro Castañera

  • Expression of a barley cystatin gene in maize enhances resistance against phytophagous mites by altering their cysteine-proteases.

    Laura Carrillo;Manuel Martinez;Koreen Ramessar;Inés Cambra

  • Mechanisms of resistance to malathion in the medfly Ceratitis capitata

    Cristina Magaña;Pedro Hernández-Crespo;Alexandra Brun-Barale;Francisco Couso-Ferrer

  • Effects of potato plants expressing a barley cystatin on the predatory bug Podisus maculiventris via herbivorous prey feeding on the plant

    Fernando Álvarez-Alfageme;Manuel Martínez;Sara Pascual-Ruiz;Pedro Castañera

  • RNAi of ace1 and ace2 in Blattella germanica reveals their differential contribution to acetylcholinesterase activity and sensitivity to insecticides

    Luis Revuelta;Maria-Dolors Piulachs;Xavier Bellés;Pedro Castañera

  • Adaptation of Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to barley trypsin inhibitor BTI-CMe expressed in transgenic tobacco.

    Pilar Lara;Felix Ortego;Elena Gonzalez-Hidalgo;Pedro Castañera

  • Gene Pyramiding of Peptidase Inhibitors Enhances Plant Resistance to the Spider Mite Tetranychus urticae

    Maria Estrella Santamaria;Maria Estrella Santamaria;Maria Estrella Santamaria;Inés Cambra;Manuel Martinez;Clara Pozancos

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