Strain Subjected to Long-Term Exposure to svar. Larvicides Displays an Altered Transcriptional Response to Zika Virus Infection.

svar. (Bti) larvicides are effective in controlling ; however, the effects of long-term exposure need to be properly evaluated. We established an strain that has been treated with Bti for 30 generations (RecBti) and is still susceptible to Bti, but females exhibited increased susceptibility to Zika virus (ZIKV).

Toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis Strains to Six Lepidopteran Pests of Brazilian Agricultural Landscape.

The first step for biological insecticide production is the evaluating of the pathogenicity and strains virulence of entomopathogens against the target pests. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is widespread in nature, lethal pathogen of a range of orders and the most widely used entomopathogenic biological control agent. Therefore, our objective was to study the susceptibility of six important lepidopteran pests in Brazilian agricultural production systems, Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hübner), Chrysodeixis includens (Walker) Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner), Spodoptera cosmioides (Walker), S.

ATLANTIC ANTS: a data set of ants in Atlantic Forests of South America.

Ants, an ecologically successful and numerically dominant group of animals, play key ecological roles as soil engineers, predators, nutrient recyclers, and regulators of plant growth and reproduction in most terrestrial ecosystems. Further, ants are widely used as bioindicators of the ecological impact of land use. We gathered information of ant species in the Atlantic Forest of South America.