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Whole‐genomic DNA amplifications from individually isolated sweet sorghum microspores

Applications in Plant Sciences, Volume 10, Issue 6, November-December 2022., 2022
Abstract Premise Sorghum is a multi‐use crop, the efficient breeding of which requires the development of new genetic tools. One such tool could be the genetic assessment of free microspores, which are released just after the tetrad stage of pollen development.
Aron M. Felts, Bharat Pokharel, Dilovan Yahya, Ahmad N. Aziz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Archetype models upscale understanding of natural pest control response to land‐use change

Ecological Applications, Volume 32, Issue 8, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Control of crop pests by shifting host plant availability and natural enemy activity at landscape scales has great potential to enhance the sustainability of agriculture. However, mainstreaming natural pest control requires improved understanding of how its benefits can be realized across a variety of agroecological contexts. Empirical studies
Nikolaos Alexandridis, Glenn Marion, Rebecca Chaplin‐Kramer, Matteo Dainese, Johan Ekroos, Heather Grab, Mattias Jonsson, Daniel S. Karp, Carsten Meyer, Megan E. O'Rourke, Mikael Pontarp, Katja Poveda, Ralf Seppelt, Henrik G. Smith, Richard J. Walters, Yann Clough, Emily A. Martin   +16 more
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Assessing flower‐visiting arthropod diversity in apple orchards through metabarcoding of environmental DNA from flowers and visual census

Environmental DNA, Volume 5, Issue 1, Page 117-131, January 2023., 2023
The diversity of flower‐visiting arthropods in four Danish apple orchards was assessed using molecular (metabarcoding) and non‐molecular techniques. The aim was to obtain a broader overview of arhtropod communities present to support future management practices towards more sustainable agricultural systems.
Nerea Gamonal Gomez, Didde Hedegaard Sørensen, Physilia Ying Shi Chua, Lene Sigsgaard   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aquatic‐Terrestrial Insecticide Fluxes: Midges as Neonicotinoid Vectors

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 60-70, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Exposure of freshwater ecosystems to insecticides can negatively impact the development of emerging aquatic insects. These insects serve as an important nutritional subsidy for terrestrial insectivores. Changes in insect emergence phenology (i.e., emergence success and temporal pattern) or fluxes of insecticides retained by the emerging adults
Alexis P. Roodt, Sonja Schaufelberger, Ralf Schulz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Limited sex differences in plastic responses suggest evolutionary conservatism of thermal reaction norms: A meta‐analysis in insects

Evolution Letters, Volume 6, Issue 6, Page 394-411, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Temperature has a profound effect on the growth and development of ectothermic animals. However, the extent to which ecologically driven selection pressures can adjust thermal plastic responses in growth schedules is not well understood. Comparing temperature‐induced plastic responses between sexes provides a promising but underexploited ...
Tiit Teder, Kristiina Taits, Ants Kaasik, Toomas Tammaru   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Breeding and selection of taro (Colocasia esculenta) for improved disease‐resistance in Hawaiʻi

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 5, Issue 1, Page 123-145, January 2023., 2023
Taro is a root crop with wide geographic range and high cultural significance to Indigenous peoples of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. Taro Leaf Blight (TLB) is a worldwide disease of taro, and Hawaiian taro varieties exhibited little resistance to it. To improve TLB‐resistance, conventional breeding was conducted by hand‐pollination.
Roshan Paudel, Bjarne Bartlett, Carter M. Zamora, James E. Keach, Rosemary Gutierrez‐Coarite, Jennifer Hawkins, Amjad Ahmad, Sharon Motomura‐Wages, Emilie R. Kirk, Michael B. Kantar, Kurt H. Lamour, Christopher Bernabe, Michael Shintaku, Susan C. Miyasaka   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preventing Transmission of Lethal Disease: Removal Behaviour of Lasius fuliginosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Towards Fungus Contaminated Aphids

Insects, 2021
The ability of ants to detect and remove conidia-contaminated aphids, aimed at limiting contacts with potentially dangerous entities, is an effective antifungal mechanism to prevent the spread of infection among both their nestmates and aphids, their ...
Tatiana Novgorodova
doaj   +1 more source

Novel Temporal Expression Patterns of EBF-Binding Proteins in Wing Morphs of The Grain Aphid Sitobion miscanthi

Frontiers in Physiology, 2021
High chemosensitivity of insects to volatile organic compounds (VOC) stimuli is mediated by odorant binding proteins (OBPs). In aphids, three OBPs (OBP3, OBP7 and OBP9) are E-β-farnesene (EBF)-binding proteins.
Siyu Zhang, Siyu Zhang, Qian Zhang, Xin Jiang, Qian Li, Yaoguo Qin, Wenkai Wang, Jia Fan, Julian Chen   +8 more
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A novel gene REPTOR2 activates the autophagic degradation of wing disc in pea aphid

eLife, 2023
Wing dimorphism in insects is an evolutionarily adaptive trait to maximize insect fitness under various environments, by which the population could be balanced between dispersing and reproduction. Most studies concern the regulatory mechanisms underlying
Erliang Yuan, Huijuan Guo, Weiyao Chen, Bingru Du, Yingjie Mi, Zhaorui Qi, Yiyang Yuan, Keyan Zhu-Salzman, Feng Ge, Yucheng Sun   +9 more
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Overexpression of CmMYB15 provides chrysanthemum resistance to aphids by regulating the biosynthesis of lignin

Horticulture Research, 2019
MYB transcription factors are widely involved in the development of and physiological processes in plants. Here, we isolated the chrysanthemum R2R3-MYB family transcription factor CmMYB15, a homologous gene of AtMYB15.
Cong An, Liping Sheng, Xinping Du, Yinjie Wang, Yi Zhang, A. Song, Jiafu Jiang, Z. Guan, W. Fang, Fadi Chen, Sumei Chen   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source