Potential Biocontrol Targets Identification Inhibitors against Cotton Bug Oxycarenus Laetus Hemiptera Lygaeidae and Development of Ngs Based Microrna Prediction and Validation Pipeline

Abstract

Cotton is an important fiber that is produced by the Gossypium spp. It plays a very newlinevital and significant role in the GDP of several nations especially India. Growing demand newlinefor cotton across the world has only increased its value hence, new technologies are being newlineused to improve its yield. However, pest infestation is a serious threat to cotton farming. newlineThough, Bt cotton was able to regulate the major chewing pests but the emergence of newlinesecondary pests such as sucking pests even on the Bt cotton varieties has only pushed newlinefarmers to use pesticides. Oxycarenus laetus Kirby is a polyphagous hemipteran dusky newlinecotton bug which is gradually attaining one of the major secondary pests status of cotton as newlineit reduces seed quality, seed oil content, seed viability, seed weight and most importantly it newlinestains the lint thereby causing qualitative and quantitative damages newline