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A gustatory receptor tuned to the steroid plant hormone brassinolide in Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)

eLife, 2020
Feeding and oviposition deterrents help phytophagous insects to identify host plants. The taste organs of phytophagous insects contain bitter gustatory receptors (GRs). To explore their function, the GRs in Plutella xylostella were analyzed.
Ke Yang, Xin-Lin Gong, Guo-Cheng Li, Ling-Qiao Huang, Chao Ning, Chen-Zhu Wang   +5 more
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A New Double-Stranded RNA Mycovirus in Cryphonectria naterciae Is Able to Cross the Species Barrier and Is Deleterious to a New Host

Journal of Fungi, 2021
Cryphonectria is a fungal genus associated with economically significant disease of trees. Herein we characterized a novel double-stranded RNA virus from the fungal species Cryphonectria naterciae, a species unexplored as a virus host.
Carolina Cornejo, Sakae Hisano, Helena Bragança, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Daniel Rigling   +4 more
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Invasion History of the Pinewood Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Influences the Abundance of Serratia sp. in Pupal Chambers and Tracheae of Insect-Vector Monochamus alternatus

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Pine wilt disease (PWD) has caused extensive mortality in pine forests worldwide. This disease is a result of a multi-species interaction among an invasive pinewood nematode (PWN) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, its vector Monochamus sp. beetle, and the host
Haokai Tian, Haokai Tian, Tuuli-Marjaana Koski, Tuuli-Marjaana Koski, Lilin Zhao, Lilin Zhao, Ziying Liu, Ziying Liu, Jianghua Sun, Jianghua Sun   +9 more
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Apoptotic neurodegeneration in whitefly promotes the spread of TYLCV

eLife, 2020
The mechanism by which plant viruses manipulate the behavior of insect vectors has largely been described as indirect manipulation through modifications of the host plant.
Shifan Wang, Huijuan Guo, Feng Ge, Yucheng Sun   +3 more
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Inter-species mRNA transfer among green peach aphids, dodder parasites, and cucumber host plants

Plant Diversity, 2022
mRNAs are transported within a plant through phloem. Aphids are phloem feeders and dodders (Cuscuta spp.) are parasites which establish phloem connections with host plants.
Juan Song, Jinge Bian, Na Xue, Yuxing Xu, Jianqiang Wu   +4 more
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Testing strength of biotic resistance against an introduced fish: Inter-specific competition or predation through facultative piscivory? [PDF]

, 2012
Biotic resistance is the process where aspects of the receiving environment inhibit the establishment and invasion of an introduced species. Resistance against an introduced fish can be through strong competition and/or predation from resident fishes ...
Britton J. Robert, Britton, J.R., J Robert Britton   +2 more
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Special Significance of Non-Drosophila Insects in Aging

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2020
Aging is the leading risk factor of human chronic diseases. Understanding of aging process and mechanisms facilitates drug development and the prevention of aging-related diseases.
Siyuan Guo, Siyuan Guo, Xianhui Wang, Xianhui Wang, Le Kang, Le Kang   +5 more
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Habitats Show More Impacts Than Host Species in Shaping Gut Microbiota of Sympatric Rodent Species in a Fragmented Forest

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Gut microbiota play a significant role for animals to adapt to the changing environment. Host species and habitats are key drivers in shaping the diversity and composition of the microbiota, but the determinants of composition of the sympatric host gut ...
Yuwei Teng, Yuwei Teng, Xifu Yang, Guoliang Li, Guoliang Li, Yunlong Zhu, Yunlong Zhu, Zhibin Zhang, Zhibin Zhang   +8 more
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Challenges for the development of a biotic ligand model predicting copper toxicity in estuaries and seas [PDF]

, 2012
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2011 SETAC.An effort is ongoing to develop a biotic ligand model (BLM) that predicts copper (Cu) toxicity in estuarine and marine ...
Anna de Polo, Scrimshaw, MD, Mark D. Scrimshaw, de Polo, A   +3 more
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Improving species distribution models using biotic interactions: a case study of parasites, pollinators and plants [PDF]

, 2013
Biotic interactions have been considered as an important factor to be included in species distribution modelling, but little is known about how different types of interaction or different strategies for modelling affect model performance.
Daniel S. Chapman, Tereza Cristina Giannini, Giannini, Tereza Cristina, Chapman, Daniel S., Antonio Mauro Saraiva, Isabel Alves‐dos‐Santos, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Saraiva, Antonio Mauro, Alves-dos-Santos, Isabel, Biesmeijer, Jacobus C.   +9 more
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