David Heckel

An Insect Counteradaptation against Host Plant Defenses Evolved through Concerted Neofunctionalization

Hanna M Heidel-Fischer, Roy Kirsch, Michael Reichelt, Seung-Joon Ahn, Natalie Wielsch, Simon W Baxter, David G Heckel, Heiko Vogel, Juergen Kroymann

Journal article  |  2019  |  Molecular Biology and Evolution

Antagonistic chemical interactions between herbivorous insects and their host plants are often thought to coevolve in a stepwise p..

Genomic innovations, transcriptional plasticity and gene loss underlying the evolution and divergence of two highly polyphagous and invasive Helicoverpa pest species

SL Pearce, DF Clarke, PD East, S Elfekih, KHJ Gordon, LS Jermiin, A McGaughran, JG Oakeshott, A Papanikolaou, OP Perera, RV Rane, S Richards, WT Tay, TK Walsh, A Anderson, CJ Anderson, S Asgari, PG Board, A Bretschneider, PM Campbell, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  BMC BIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa zea are major caterpillar pests of Old and New World agriculture, respectively. B..

Widespread pyrethroid resistance in Australian diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.), is related to multiple mutations in the para sodium channel gene

NM Endersby, K Viduka, SW Baxter, J Saw, DG Heckel, SW McKechnie

Journal article  |  2011  |  BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Populations of Plutella xylostella, extending over 3800 km in southern Australia, show no genetic structure as assessed by microsa..

Study of the aminopeptidase N gene family in the lepidopterans Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner) and Bombyx mori (L.): Sequences, mapping and expression

Cristina M Crava, Yolanda Bel, Siu Fai Lee, Barbara Manachini, David G Heckel, Baltasar Escriche

Journal article  |  2010  |  INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Aminopeptidases N (APNs) are a class of ectoenzymes present in lepidopteran larvae midguts, involved in the Bacillus thuringiensis..

Generation of microsatellite repeat families by RTE retrotransposons in lepidopteran genomes

Wee Tek Tay, Gajanan T Behere, Philip Batterham, David G Heckel

Journal article  |  2010  |  BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Developing lepidopteran microsatellite DNA markers can be problematical, as markers often exhibit multiple banding pat..

Exon-primed intron-crossing (EPIC) PCR markers of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

WT Tay, GT Behere, DG Heckel, SF Lee, P Batterham

Journal article  |  2008  |  BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Applying microsatellite DNA markers in population genetic studies of the pest moth Helicoverpa armigera is subject to numerous tec..

Identification of candidate genes for fenvalerate resistance in Helicoverpa armigera using cDNA-AFLP

CW Wee, SF Lee, C Robin, DG Heckel

Journal article  |  2008  |  INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A cDNA-amplified fragment length polymorphisms approach was undertaken to screen for candidate genes associated with fenvalerate r..

Mutations in D alpha 1 or D beta 2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits can confer resistance to neonicotinoids in Drosophila melanogaster

Trent Perry, David G Heckel, John A McKenzie, Philip Batterham

Journal article  |  2008  |  INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Resistance to insecticides by modification of their molecular targets is a serious problem in chemical control of many arthropod p..

Mitochondrial DNA analysis of field populations of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae) and of its relationship to H-zea

Gajanan T Behere, Wee Tek Tay, Derek A Russell, David G Heckel, Belinda R Appleton, Keshav R Kranthi, Philip Batterham

Journal article  |  2007  |  BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Helicoverpa armigera and H. zea are amongst the most significant polyphagous pest lepidopteran species in the Old and ..

Diamondback moth resitance to Bt:relevance of genetics and molecular biology to detection and management

DG HECKEL, BE TABASHNIK, YB LIU, J GAHAN, A SHELTON, JZ ZHAO, S BAXTER

Conference Proceedings  |  2004  |  The management of diamondback moth and other crucifer pests