Survival of artificial cohorts of larvae of the imported cabbageworm, Pieris rapae (L.), was assessed in a collard (Brassica oleracea L., var. acephala) patch on an organic vegetable farm in western ...

A butterfly for a beer? Suds for a bug? The annual “Butterfly for a Beer” contest, sponsored by Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at the University of California, Davis, ...

Plants exist a large number of secondary metabolites with complex structures, which constitute the unique taste of each plant species. As an agricultural pest in the world, the caterpillars of cabbage ...

Through close examination of genetic variation and similarities between existing populations, and comparisons of historical data regarding infestations of Pieris rapae in Brassicaceae crops, a ...

This is the kind of photo we WOULD be showing you if Professor Art Shapiro had netted the Pieris rapae he spotted last Thursday (Jan. 30) in Putah Creek Nature Park. This photo shows his winning catch ...

File photo: This was not the “first” cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) of 2023. Distinguished Professor Art Shapiro spotted two this week. (Kathy Keatley Garvey/UC Davis) In between the rain and ...

Female cabbage white butterflies house "teeth" within their reproductive organs that they use to break down males' sturdy ejaculate. “[T]he indigestible outer envelope of the spermatophore delays ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract 1. The ability of males to remate repeatedly has a dramatic effect on their lifetime reproductive success. Moreover, nutrients transferred to ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The caterpillar form of an unassuming, small, white butterfly is among the world's most invasive pests affecting agricultural crops, and a newly published paper by a consortium of ...