• Genetic variants in Argentinean isolates of Spodoptera frugiperda Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus 

      Niz, José María; Salvador, Ricardo; Ferrelli, María Leticia; Sciocco, Alicia Ines; Romanowski, Víctor; Berretta, Marcelo Facundo (Springer, 2020)
      The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) is a key pest in the Americas. Control strategies are mainly carried out by use of chemical insecticides and transgenic crops expressing Bacillus thuringiensis toxins. ...
    • Genomic diversity in a population of Spodoptera frugiperda nucleopolyhedrovirus 

      Masson, Tomás; Fabre, María Laura; Pidre, Matias Luis; Niz, José María; Berretta, Marcelo Facundo; Romanowski, Víctor; Ferrelli, María Leticia (Elsevier, 2021-06)
      Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SfMNPV) represents a strong candidate to develop environmental-friendly pesticides against the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), a widespread pest that poses a ...
    • Midgut Genes Knockdown by Oral dsRNA Administration Produces a Lethal Effect on Cotton Boll Weevil 

      Salvador, Ricardo; Niz, José María; Nakaya, Pablo Angel; Pedarros, Analía Soledad; Hopp, Horacio Esteban (Springer, 2021-02)
      The “cotton boll weevil” (Anthonomus grandis Boheman) is a key pest in America whose larval stage develops within the cotton flower bud. During its development, the larva uses the flower bud as food and as a shelter from ...
    • RNAi Expression in Cotton for Control of Herbivorous Insects 

      Salvador, Ricardo; Maskin, Laura; Niz, José María; Turica, Mariana Daniela; Pedarros, Analía Soledad; Hopp, Horacio Esteban; Lewi, Dalia Marcela (Springer, 2022)
      Cultivated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is heavily attacked by various species of insects worldwide and breeding of new varieties resistant to pests is still a hard battle to win. RNAi technology is an important reverse ...
    • Utilización regional de baculovirus en el control de plagas hortícolas 

      Salvador, Ricardo; Niz, José María; Pedarros, Analía Soledad; Quintana, Graciela Mabel (Ediciones INTA, 2021-12)
      Los baculovirus son patógenos aislados de insectos, principalmente del orden Lepidoptera. Se caracterizan por su alta especificidad, pues poseen un espectro de hospedadores reducido, y por ser inocuos para artrópodos ...