Wolbachia spp. are endosymbiotic bacteria that infect around 50% of arthropods and cause a broad range of effects, including manipulating host reproduction. Here, we present the annotated draft genome assembly of Wolbachia strain wAus, which infects Plutella australiana, a cryptic ally of the major Brassica pest Plutella xylostella (diamondback moth).

Insecticide resistance and concomittant field failure to control the diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella were first recorded in 1968 in Punjab. Studies carried out in different states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, indicate that fenvalerate, quilnalphos and monocrotophos resistance are now ubiquitous in Plutella xylostella. In Tamil Nadu, the discriminating dose tec...

The levels of resistance to the insecticides cartap, deltamethrin and metamidophos were evaluated for three populations of the Diamondback Moth Plutella xylostella (L.) from the Federal District, Brazil in laboratory bioassays. The larvae of DBM showed levels of resistance to deltamethrin between 4 and 47 fold relative to a susceptible laboratory strain. The level of resistance to metamidophos ...

Yellow rocket, Barbarea vulgaris (R. Br.) variety arcuata, was evaluated as a trap crop for diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), in cabbage, Brassica oleracea L. variety capitata, in 2003 and 2004. In 2003, the numbers of P. xylostella larvae found in field plots of cabbage alone were 5.2-11.3 times higher than those on cabbage plants in plots that included cab...

The Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis cytolytic protein Cyt1Aa was found to be toxic to an insecticide-susceptible laboratory population of Plutella xylostella. Cry1Ac-resistant populations of P. xylostella showed various degrees of resistance to Cyt1Aa. Cyt1Aa/Cry1Ac mixtures showed a marked level of synergism in the Cry1Ac-resistant populations.

this paper reports the occurrence of the hymenoterous parasitoid of the diamondback moth larvae in iran. one species of ichneumonidae, diadegma anurum (thomson), was collected from larvae of plutella xylostella (l.) (lep.: plutellidae). this parasitoid, which belongs to the subfamily campopleginae and tribe limneriini, is a new record for iran.

the diamondback moth, plutella xylostella (l.) (lep.: plutellidae) is one of the most destructive insectpests of cruciferous crops throughout the world. in this research, the demographic parameters of p. xylostellawere studied on five rapeseed cultivars including licord, modena, okapi, rgsoo3 and regxkobra. theexperiments were conducted in a growth chamber at temperature of 25 â± 1â°c, 60 â± 5%...

In the present study, we cloned and sequenced the entire coding regions of two glutathione S-transferase (GST) genes encoding PxGSTs and PxGSTe from the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae), along with their respective 5' and 3' flanking regions. The PxGSTs gene was composed of four exons and three introns. Based on amino acid identity with GST genes from other ...

this paper reports the occurrence of the hymenoterous parasitoid of the diamondback moth larvae in iran. one species of braconidae, cotesia plutellae (kurdjumov), was collected from larvae of plutella xylostella (l.) (lep.: plutellidae). this parasitoid, which belongs to the subfamily microgastrinae, is newly recorded from iran.

In the present study, we cloned and sequenced the entire coding regions of two glutathione S-transferase (GST) genes encoding PxGSTs and PxGSTe from the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae), along with their respective 5′ and 3′ flanking regions. The PxGSTs gene was composed of four exons and three introns. Based on amino acid identity with GST genes from other ...