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Consumer Acceptance of Alternative Proteins: Exploring Determinants of the Consumer Willingness to Buy in Germany [PDF]
FoodsIn Western countries, a shift to a diet rich in proteins from diverse sources could aid the transition to more sustainable patterns of protein consumption and production, contributing to meet the future demand for protein from the growing population. The
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Dehydration does not drive host behavioural manipulation by hairworms. [PDF]
PLoS ONENematomorphs are parasitic worms of arthropods, which complete their life cycle via behavioural manipulation of their host so that they can enter water to find a mate.
Louise M Coates +10 more
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Microplastics in the digestive tract of Gryllus pennsylvanicus crickets in a biosolid – treated agricultural field [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMicroplastic ubiquity, its general toxicology, and its suitability for ingestion by biota are leading ecological and human health concerns. Microplastics are abundant in terrestrial environments including agricultural settings where municipal biosolids ...
Emily R. McColville +6 more
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2023 The authors sequenced the complete mitochondrial (mt) genomes of the band-legged ground cricket (Dianemobius fascipes nigrofasciatus Matsumura, 1904) and a temperate form of the lawn ground cricket (Polionemobius taprobanensis Walker, 1869), collected in
Kohyoh Murata +7 more
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Challenges in farmed insect welfare: Beyond the question of sentience
Animal Welfare, 2023 The global Insects as Food and Feed (IAFF) industry currently farms over a trillion individual insects a year and is growing rapidly. Intensive animal production systems are known to cause a range of negative affective states in livestock; given the ...
Meghan Barrett, Bob Fischer
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2020 Insecticidal property of aloe, ginger, garlic, and hot pepper extracts were evaluated in the form of alone spray or in combination of two plant sources or as a mixture of all plant extracts in comparison to the insecticide Lambda on the mango scale ...
Amany Siam, Etemad Othman
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STUDI POLA INTERAKSI PERILAKU JANGKRIK (Gryllus bimaculatus ) JANTAN DAN BETINA
Florea: Jurnal Biologi dan Pembelajarannya, 2020 The purpose of this study was to observe the behavior of male and female cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus) interactions. The objects of this study were five male crickets and one female cricket that had been isolated for twenty-four hours.
Anwari Adi Nugroho +4 more
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Valorizing plastic waste by insect consumption
Circular Agricultural Systems, 2021 Insects first began evolving hundreds of millions of years ago, and aided by gut microbes, they have been consuming hydrocarbon polymers ever since. Few man-made plastic polymers are chemically novel, so it is reasonable that insect/microbe systems can ...
Sehroon Khan +11 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 Edible crickets are among the praised insects that are gaining recognition as human food and livestock feed with a potential of contributing to food security and reduction of malnutrition.
Henlay J. O. Magara +13 more
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Animals, 2022 Currently, there is an increased interest in mass producing edible insects, e.g., field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus), due to their market value and sustainable development. The current study aimed to measure the production performance of field crickets
Jamlong Mitchaothai +6 more
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