anastrepha bezzii (diptera: tephritidae) larvae are common inside fruits of sterculia chicha (malvaceae) in minas gerais state, brazil. the seed dormancy and attack by a. bezzii of the native species s.chicha can be detrimental to seed germination and thus the natural spread of this plant. the objectives of the current study were to compare ecological observations of a. bezzii and s. chicha in ...

bacillus thuringiensis strains were isolated from various soil samples collected from different regions of kahramanmaraş in turkey and were characterized by their colony morphology, pcr method with cryiab/ac, cryid, cry2 and cyt2 primers, and sds-page of crystal proteins with 130-140 and 60-70 kda molecular weights. plasmid profiles of selected isolates were also analyzed. among the cry genes s...

Introduction: Nutritional requirements of fungi are essential for their successful growth in laboratories. Some fungi feed on the compounds present in the insects' bodies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of insects' body powder (IBP) as a supplement for the fungi growth in culture media. Methods: We used 10 mg of IBP, obtained from Anopheles superpictus and Culex theileri mosqu...