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Silk Gland Gene Expression during Larval-Pupal Transition in the Cotton Leaf Roller Sylepta derogata (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

The cotton leaf roller, Sylepta derogata, is a silk-producing insect pest. While young larvae feed on the underside of leaves, the older ones roll cotton leaves and feed on the leaf edges, which defoliates cotton plants. The larvae produce silk to stabilize the rolled leaf and to balloon from used t...

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Autores principales: Su, Honghua, Cheng, Yuming, Wang, Zhongyang, Li, Zhong, Stanley, David, Yang, Yizhong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26352931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136868