David G Heckel
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The genetic architecture of resistance to flubendiamide insecticide in Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner)
Amado D, Koch E, Cordeiro E, Araujo W, Garcia A, Heckel D, et al.
PLoS One
. 2025 Jan;
20(1):e0318154.
PMID: 39879173
Insecticide resistance is a major problem in food production, environmental sustainability, and human health. The cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera is a globally distributed crop pest affecting over 300 crop species....
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Liu Z, Liao C, Zou L, Jin M, Shan Y, Quan Y, et al.
PLoS Biol
. 2024 Jul;
22(7):e3002704.
PMID: 38954724
The vegetative insecticidal protein Vip3Aa from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has been produced by transgenic crops to counter pest resistance to the widely used crystalline (Cry) insecticidal proteins from Bt. To...
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Beran F, Heckel D
Mol Ecol
. 2024 Jun;
33(14):e17443.
PMID: 38943372
The iconic Monarch butterfly is probably the best-known example of chemical defence against predation, as pictures of vomiting naive blue jays in countless textbooks vividly illustrate. Larvae of the butterfly...
4.
Guney G, Cedden D, Hanniger S, Hegedus D, Heckel D, Toprak U
Insect Biochem Mol Biol
. 2024 Jan;
166:104073.
PMID: 38215915
The peritrophic matrix (or peritrophic membrane, PM) is present in most insects where it acts as a barrier to mechanical insults and pathogens, as well as a facilitator of digestive...
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de Fouchier A, Fruitet E, Lievers R, Kuperus P, Emerson J, Gould F, et al.
Nat Commun
. 2023 Nov;
14(1):7505.
PMID: 37980401
Moth sex pheromones are a classical model for studying sexual selection. Females typically produce a species-specific pheromone blend that attracts males. Revealing the enzymes involved in the interspecific variation in...
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Jin M, Shan Y, Peng Y, Wang W, Zhang H, Liu K, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2023 Oct;
120(44):e2306932120.
PMID: 37874855
Transgenic crops producing insecticidal proteins from (Bt) have revolutionized control of some major pests. However, more than 25 cases of field-evolved practical resistance have reduced the efficacy of transgenic crops...
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Mazumdar T, Hanniger S, Shukla S, Murali A, Bartram S, Heckel D, et al.
Front Microbiol
. 2023 Feb;
14:1075557.
PMID: 36744087
Quinolinic carboxylic acids are known for their metal ion chelating properties in insects, plants and bacteria. The larval stages of the lepidopteran pest, , produce 8-hydroxyquinoline-2-carboxylic acid (8-HQA) in high...
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Wortel M, Agashe D, Bailey S, Bank C, Bisschop K, Blankers T, et al.
Evol Appl
. 2023 Jan;
16(1):3-21.
PMID: 36699126
Evolution has traditionally been a historical and descriptive science, and predicting future evolutionary processes has long been considered impossible. However, evolutionary predictions are increasingly being developed and used in medicine,...
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Bras A, Roy A, Heckel D, Anderson P, Green K
Ecol Lett
. 2022 Jun;
25(8):1746-1759.
PMID: 35726578
Pesticide resistance development is an example of rapid contemporary evolution that poses immense challenges for agriculture. It typically evolves due to the strong directional selection that pesticide treatments exert on...
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Fu J, Xu S, Lu H, Li F, Li S, Chang L, et al.
Plant Cell Environ
. 2022 Mar;
45(6):1930-1941.
PMID: 35312082
Plant-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) has emerged as a promising technology for pest control through expression of double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) targeted against essential insect genes. However, little is known about the...