An improved technique was developed to assay the toxicity of insecticides against aphids using an artificial diet. The susceptibility of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) was determined for a selection of novel biorational insecticides, each representing a novel mode of action. Flonicamid, a novel systemic insecticide with selective activity as feeding blocker a...

The exploration of new niches for microorganisms capable of degrading recalcitrant molecules is still required. We hypothesized the gut microbiota associated with insect-resistant lines carry pesticide degrading bacteria, and predicted they carry bacteria selected to degrade pesticides they were resistant to. We isolated and accessed the pesticide-degrading capacity of gut bacteria from the gut...

Citrus leprosis mite is an important pest to Brazilian citriculture. Due the potential damage caused by virus transmitted this mite, synthetic acaricides are main management strategy used citrus growers reduce vector population. The current review aims provide historical data on use of control and factors involved with efficacy these products. To get know products that were have been we scienti...