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The complex genome and adaptive evolution of polyploid Chinese pepper (Zanthoxylum armatum and Zanthoxylum bungeanum). [PDF]

Plant Biotechnol J, 2023
Summary Zanthoxylum armatum and Zanthoxylum bungeanum, known as ‘Chinese pepper’, are distinguished by their extraordinary complex genomes, phenotypic innovation of adaptive evolution and species‐special metabolites. Here, we report reference‐grade genomes of Z. armatum and Z. bungeanum.
Hu L, Xu Z, Fan R, Wang G, Wang F, Qin X, Yan L, Ji X, Meng M, Sim S, Chen W, Hao C, Wang Q, Zhu H, Zhu S, Xu P, Zhao H, Lindsey K, Daniell H, Wendel JF, Jin S.   +20 more
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Foraging by predatory ants: A review. [PDF]

Insect Sci
This review focuses on ecological and behavioral characteristics of foraging in ants showing the wide diversity of cases. Most ants can feed on sugary substances, but some ground‐nesting species are strict predators. Except army ants during the nomadic phase, they are central‐place foragers that can recruit nestmates when necessary. They prey mostly on
Dejean A, Orivel J, Cerdá X, Azémar F, Corbara B, Touchard A.   +5 more
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Unlocking agro-ecosystem sustainability: exploring the bottom-up effects of microbes, plants, and insect herbivores. [PDF]

Integr Zool
Microorganism‐released metabolites, proteins, or toxins modulate plant‐based targets to regulate physiological processes such as phytohormone and nutrition balance and stress resistance. Microbes that affect plant physiological processes regulate the visual, olfactory, and gustatory cues associated with plants to attract or repel insect herbivores and ...
Zhang W, Stelinski LL, Mohamed A, Wang G, Tettamanti G, Chen M, Hong M, Daly EZ, Bruin J, Renault D, Keyhani NO, Zhao Q.   +11 more
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Exploring the importance of aromatic plants' extrafloral volatiles for pollinator attraction. [PDF]

New Phytol
Summary Aromatic plants occur in many plant lineages and have widespread ethnobiological significance. Yet, the ecological significance and evolutionary origins of aromatic volatile emissions remain uncertain. Aromatic emissions have been implicated in defensive interactions but may also have other important functions.
Kantsa A, De Moraes CM, Petanidou T, Mescher MC.   +3 more
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Brain‐Targeted Liposomes Loaded with Monoclonal Antibodies Reduce Alpha‐Synuclein Aggregation and Improve Behavioral Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease

Advanced Materials, Volume 35, Issue 51, December 21, 2023., 2023
The authors highlight a targeted drug delivery system for treating Parkinson's disease. By engineering brain‐targeted liposomes with transferrin on the outer surface of the nanoparticles, and containing therapeutic antibodies, they achieve successful crossing of the blood‐brain‐barrier and effective treatment of brain neurons.
Mor Sela, Maria Poley, Patricia Mora‐Raimundo, Shaked Kagan, Aviram Avital, Maya Kaduri, Gal Chen, Omer Adir, Adi Rozencweig, Yfat Weiss, Ofir Sade, Yael Leichtmann‐Bardoogo, Lilach Simchi, Shlomit Aga‐Mizrachi, Batia Bell, Yoel Yeretz‐Peretz, Aviv Zaid Or, Ashwani Choudhary, Idan Rosh, Diogo Cordeiro, Stav Cohen‐Adiv, Yevgeny Berdichevsky, Anas Odeh, Jeny Shklover, Janna Shainsky‐Roitman, Joshua E. Schroeder, Dov Hershkovitz, Peleg Hasson, Avraham Ashkenazi, Shani Stern, Tal Laviv, Ayal Ben‐Zvi, Avi Avital, Uri Ashery, Ben M. Maoz, Avi Schroeder   +35 more
wiley   +1 more source

Variation of Clasper Scent Gland Composition of Heliconius Butterflies from a Biodiversity Hotspot

ChemBioChem, Volume 24, Issue 22, November 16, 2023., 2023
Male Heliconius butterflies, which occur locally in three mimicry groups, show an extremely high diversity of compounds in their clasper scent glands. The more than 1,000 different compounds identified in 17 species are used for species‐specific mixtures of volatile and non‐volatile compounds, presumably used for chemical communication.
Stephanie Ehlers, Rachel Blow, Daiane Szczerbowski, Chris Jiggins, Stefan Schulz   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applying genetic technologies to combat infectious diseases in aquaculture

Reviews in Aquaculture, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 491-535, March 2023., 2023
Abstract Disease and parasitism cause major welfare, environmental and economic concerns for global aquaculture. In this review, we examine the status and potential of technologies that exploit genetic variation in host resistance to tackle this problem.
Nicholas A. Robinson, Diego Robledo, Lene Sveen, Rose Ruiz Daniels, Aleksei Krasnov, Andrew Coates, Ye Hwa Jin, Luke T. Barrett, Marie Lillehammer, Anne H. Kettunen, Ben L. Phillips, Tim Dempster, Andrea Doeschl‐Wilson, Francisca Samsing, Gareth Difford, Sarah Salisbury, Bjarne Gjerde, John‐Erik Haugen, Erik Burgerhout, Binyam S. Dagnachew, Dominic Kurian, Mark D. Fast, Morten Rye, Marcela Salazar, James E. Bron, Sean J. Monaghan, Celeste Jacq, Mike Birkett, Howard I. Browman, Anne Berit Skiftesvik, David M. Fields, Erik Selander, Samantha Bui, Anna Sonesson, Stanko Skugor, Tone‐Kari Knutsdatter Østbye, Ross D. Houston   +36 more
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Oviposition responses of aphidophagous coccinellids to tracks of ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and lacewing (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) larvae

European Journal of Entomology, 2001
The effects of oviposition-deterring larval tracks of four aphidophagous coccinellids and two chrysopids were investigated on females of four coccinellid species in choice tests.
Zdeněk RŮŽIČKA
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Agriculture and Its Role in Maintaining Ecological Balance and Biodiversity

Advances in Agriculture, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
The production of sustainable crops and environmental management in farming face several significant potential obstacles, including climate change, resource depletion and environmental degradation. Weeds and insect pests that considerably reduce yields have put crop production systems in danger.
Prodipto Bishnu Angon, Sujit Mondal, Israt Jahan, Mitu Datto, Uttam Biswas Antu, Famin Jahan Ayshi, Md. Shafiul Islam, Xinqing Xiao   +7 more
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Bignoniaceae Metabolites as Semiochemicals

Molecules, 2010
Members of the family Bignoniaceae are mostly found in tropical and neo-tropical regions in America, Asia and Africa, although some of them are cultivated in other regions as ornamentals.
Lucía Castillo, Carmen Rossini
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