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Functional characteristics of the rigid elytra in a bamboo weevil beetle Cyrtotrachelus buqueti [PDF]

IET Nanobiotechnology, 2022
The bamboo weevil beetle, Cyrtotrachelus buqueti, has evolved a particular flight pattern. When crawling, the beetle folds the flexible hind wings and stuffs under the rigid elytra.
, Yu Zheng
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Mathematical model and nanoindentation properties of the claws of Cyrtotrachelus buqueti Guer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) [PDF]

IET Nanobiotechnology, 2022
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to observe the macroscopic, microscopic, and cross‐sectional structures of the claws of Cyrtotrachelus buqueti Guer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and a mathematical model of a claw was used to investigate the ...
Longhai Li
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Structural characteristics analysis of the hind wings in a bamboo weevil ( Cyrtotrachelus buqueti ) [PDF]

IET Nanobiotechnology, 2019
The finite element method is a powerful tool for evaluating the experimental results. It can help to study the flight mechanism of insects and the structural characteristics of flying wings.

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Bamboo lignocellulose degradation by gut symbiotic microbiota of the bamboo snout beetle Cyrtotrachelus buqueti [PDF]

Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2019
Background Gut symbiotic microbiota plays a critical role in nutrient supply, digestion, and absorption. The bamboo snout beetle, Cyrtotrachelus buqueti, a common pest of several bamboo species, exhibits high lignocellulolytic enzyme activity and ...
Yang Yaojun, Chao-Bing Luo, Yuanqiu Li   +2 more
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De novo transcriptome assembly of the bamboo snout beetle Cyrtotrachelus buqueti reveals ability to degrade lignocellulose of bamboo feedstock [PDF]

Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2018
Background The bamboo weevil Cyrtotrachelus buqueti, which is considered a pest species, damages bamboo shoots via its piercing–sucking mode of feeding. C.
Yang Yaojun, Yuanqiu Li, Li Yuanqiu
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Genome-wide identification, molecular evolution and gene expression of P450 gene family in Cyrtotrachelus buqueti [PDF]

BMC Genomics
Background Insect Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (CYPs or P450s) plays an important role in detoxifying insecticides, causing insect populations to develop resistance.
Ding Yang, Fu Chun
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Genome-wide identification and molecular evolution of elongation family of very long chain fatty acids proteins in Cyrtotrachelus buqueti [PDF]

BMC Genomics
To reveal the molecular function of elongation family of very long chain fatty acids(ELO) protein in Cyrtotrachelus buqueti, we have identified 15 ELO proteins from C.buqueti genome. 15 CbuELO proteins were located on four chromosomes.
Fu Chun
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Degradation of bamboo lignocellulose by bamboo snout beetle Cyrtotrachelus buqueti in vivo and vitro: efficiency and mechanism [PDF]

Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2019
Background As an important biomass raw material, the lignocellulose in bamboo is of significant value in energy conversion. The conversion of bamboo lignocellulose into fermentable reducing sugar, i.e.
Yang Yaojun, Yuanqiu Li, Xiang Nong
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The developmental transcriptome of the bamboo snout beetle Cyrtotrachelus buqueti and insights into candidate pheromone-binding proteins [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Cyrtotrachelus buqueti is an extremely harmful bamboo borer, and the larvae of this pest attack clumping bamboo shoots. Pheromone-binding proteins (PBPs) play an important role in identifying insect sex pheromones, but the C.
Hua Yang, Zhangming Chen
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Functional morphology and structural characteristics of the hind wings of the bamboo weevilCyrtotrachelus buqueti(Coleoptera, Curculionidae) [PDF]

Animal Cells and Systems, 2019
Research data of the microstructure and surface morphology of insect wings have been used to help design micro air vehicles (MAV) and coating materials.
Longhai Li, Ce Guo
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