Albert L Lu
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Recent Articles
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Wei J, Lum A, Schepers E, Liu L, Weston R, McGinness B, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2023 Oct;
120(44):e2306177120.
PMID: 37871210
Lepidopterans affect crop production worldwide. The use of transgenes encoding insecticidal proteins from () in crop plants is a well-established technology that enhances protection against lepidopteran larvae. Concern about widespread...
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Marini G, Poland B, Leininger C, Lukoyanova N, Spielbauer D, Barry J, et al.
Nat Commun
. 2023 Jul;
14(1):4171.
PMID: 37443175
The broad adoption of transgenic crops has revolutionized agriculture. However, resistance to insecticidal proteins by agricultural pests poses a continuous challenge to maintaining crop productivity and new proteins are urgently...
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Jimenez-Juarez N, Oral J, Nelson M, Lu A
Appl Environ Microbiol
. 2023 Feb;
89(3):e0162222.
PMID: 36847510
IPD072Aa from Pseudomonas chlororaphis is a new insecticidal protein that has been shown to have high activity against western corn rootworm (WCR). IPD072 has no sequence signatures or predicted structural...
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Darlington M, Reinders J, Sethi A, Lu A, Ramaseshadri P, Fischer J, et al.
Insects
. 2022 Jan;
13(1).
PMID: 35055900
The western corn rootworm (WCR), LeConte, is considered one of the most economically important pests of maize ( L.) in the United States (U.S.) Corn Belt with costs of management...
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Ortega C, Leininger C, Barry J, Poland B, Yalpani N, Altier D, et al.
J Invertebr Pathol
. 2021 May;
183:107597.
PMID: 33945817
AfIP-1A/1B is a two-component insecticidal protein identified from the soil bacterium Alcaligenes faecalis that has high activity against western corn rootworm (WCR; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte). Previous results revealed that...
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Hu X, Boeckman C, Cong B, Steimel J, Richtman N, Sturtz K, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2020 Nov;
10(1):19434.
PMID: 33149197
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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Hu X, Boeckman C, Cong B, Steimel J, Richtman N, Sturtz K, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2020 Jul;
10(1):11139.
PMID: 32636422
Transgenic maize plants expressing dsRNA targeting western corn rootworm (WCR, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) DvSSJ1 mRNA, a Drosophila snakeskin (ssk) ortholog, show insecticidal activity and significant plant protection from WCR damage....
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Schepers E, Lum A, Rice J, Yalpani N, Gerber R, Jimenez-Juarez N, et al.
Toxins (Basel)
. 2019 Jul;
11(7).
PMID: 31266212
Various lepidopteran insects are responsible for major crop losses worldwide. Although crop plant varieties developed to express (Bt) proteins are effective at controlling damage from key lepidopteran pests, some insect...
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Hu X, Steimel J, Kapka-Kitzman D, Davis-Vogel C, Richtman N, Mathis J, et al.
PLoS One
. 2019 Jan;
14(1):e0210491.
PMID: 30629687
The western corn rootworm (WCR, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) gene, dvssj1, is a putative homolog of the Drosophila melanogaster gene, snakeskin (ssk). This gene encodes a membrane protein associated with the...
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Niu X, Kassa A, Hu X, Robeson J, McMahon M, Richtman N, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2017 Oct;
7(1):12591.
PMID: 28974735
RNA interference (RNAi) in transgenic maize has recently emerged as an alternative mode of action for western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) control which can be combined with protein-based rootworm...