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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Plutellidae — the diamondback moth.
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Examples
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Neem showed considerable potential for controlling various insect pests such as Plutella xylostella, Spodoptera litura, S. exigua, Hellula undalis, Phyllocnistis citrella, Helicoverpa armigera, Ohiomyia phaseloi, Nephotettix virescens and spider mites
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Mortality factors of Diamondback moth Plutella xylostella in the field, Kenya.
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In the present study to provide a critical assessment, researcher used a strain of the insect pest, Plutella xylostella (herbivore), resistant to Cry1C and allowed it to feed on Bt plants and then become parasitized by Diadegma insulare, an important endoparasitoid of P. xylostella.
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Okoth, S.O. (1998): Control of diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (L) (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) in cabbage using neem-based pesticides in Kenya.
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Stages of the Diamond-back Moth (_Plutella 3 cruciferarum_) 2.
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African cabbage farms ravaged by Diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella, are set to make a come back as a biocontrol-pesticide (Beauveria bassiana) developed by Technology Mission on Cotton has turned the common man's fibre into "white gold," creating a
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Plutella xylostella Trichoplusia ni Spodoptera exigua Liriomyza brassieae Phyllocnisties
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