Translations for „boll“ in the English » German Dictionary (Go to German » English)
boll [bəʊl, bɒl, Am boʊl] N
cotton boll worm, boll weevil [ˌbəʊlˈwiːvl] N
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Many species are serious agricultural pests that are responsible for significant losses in crop production.
Among these are cotton stainers, bugs of the family Pyrrhocoridae that damage cotton by feeding on the seed bolls and leaving indelible stains in the harvested crop.
While previous research on sap-sucking insects demonstrated that they rely on microbial symbionts for nutrition, it remained unknown how cotton stainers and other seed-feeding bugs exploit Malvaceous plant seeds that are rich in toxic secondary metabolites, but poor in some essential nutrients.
www.mpg.deHierzu zählen auch die Baumwollwanzen aus der Familie der Feuerwanzen :
Sie fressen an Samenkapseln und hinterlassen dauerhafte Verfärbungen an den Baumwollfasern, weshalb der Schädling auch Baumwollfärber genannt wird.
Die bisherige Forschung an Pflanzensaft saugenden Insekten hat gezeigt, dass diese mikrobielle Symbionten für die Nahrungsverwertung benötigen.
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