• Susceptibility of agricultural pests of regional importance in South America to a Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ia protein 

      Berretta, Marcelo Facundo; Pedarros, Analía Soledad; Sauka, Diego Hernan; Perez, Melisa Paula; Onco, Maria Ines; Benintende, Graciela Beatriz (Elsevier, 2020-05)
      Bacillus thuringiensis toxins of the Cry1I class have dual specificity for insects in the orders Coleoptera and Lepidoptera. We assessed the toxicity of a Cry1Ia protein from an Argentinian B. thuringiensis strain against ...
    • Transcriptomic Survey of the Midgut of Anthonomus grandis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) 

      Salvador, Ricardo; Perez Principi, Ricardo Dario; Berretta, Marcelo Facundo; Fernandez, Paula Del Carmen; Paniego, Norma Beatriz; Sciocco, Alicia Ines; Hopp, Horacio Esteban (Entomological Society of America, 2014-11)
      Anthonomus grandis Boheman is a key pest in cotton crops in the New World. Its larval stage develops within the flower bud using it as food and as protection against its predators. This behavior limits the effectiveness ...