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SUBMITTER: Fonseca FC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4338194 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fonseca Fernando Campos de Assis FC Firmino Alexandre Augusto Pereira AA de Macedo Leonardo Lima Pepino LL Coelho Roberta Ramos RR de Souza Júnior José Dijair Antonino JD Silva-Junior Orzenil Bonfim OB Togawa Roberto Coiti RC Pappas Georgios Joannis GJ de Góis Luiz Avelar Brandão LA da Silva Maria Cristina Mattar MC Grossi-de-Sá Maria Fátima MF
PloS one 20150223 2
Sugarcane is a widely cultivated plant that serves primarily as a source of sugar and ethanol. Its annual yield can be significantly reduced by the action of several insect pests including the sugarcane giant borer (Telchin licus licus), a lepidopteran that presents a long life cycle and which efforts to control it using pesticides have been inefficient. Although its economical relevance, only a few DNA sequences are available for this species in the GenBank. Pyrosequencing technology was used t ...[more]