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Ecological and social factors lead to variation in parental care between sexes in a burying beetle

Insect Science, EarlyView.
We experimentally investigated the effects of ecological (resource availability and interspecific competition) and social factors (intraspecific competition) on parental care and reproductive success in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. Our results showed that males and females adjust their parental care based on resource availability and ...
Donghui Ma, Long Ma, Jan Komdeur
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Computational Ecotoxicology

, 2022
Human society has progressed by polluting ecosystems since at least the early industrial revolution. Large amounts of harmful chemical compounds have been dispersed in soils, seas, ground waters and wildlife habitats by industrial and anthropomorphic ...
Manzetti, Sergio
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A preventive strategy for the control of aphids in sweet pepper using lacewings and micrococcinelid beetles

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Aphids pose a serious risk to horticultural crops. Current biocontrol strategies often fail due to the poor establishment of natural enemies when aphids are scarce. We evaluated the potential of two aphidophagous predators, Micromus variegatus and Scymnus interruptus, to be used as preventive biocontrol agents, released before aphid infestation.
Jesica Pérez‐Rodríguez, Reinier T. Valstar, Ada Leman, Gerben J. Messelink   +3 more
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Genetic and phenotypic variation in wood tiger moths from the Caucasus: insights into male warning color variation

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Coloration serves several fitness‐related functions, including thermoregulation, immunity, social signaling, sexual selection, and predator avoidance. Consequently, color polymorphism can have a significant impact on a species’ interactions with its environment, including its relationships with predators, prey, and potential mates. The wood tiger moth (
Juan A. Galarza, Ossi Nokelainen, Melanie N. Brien, Cristina Ottocento, Bibiana Rojas, Janne K. Valkonen, Tamar Chunashvili, Tõnis Tasane, Chris D. Jiggins, Johanna Mappes   +9 more
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Transcriptomics and Proteomics - Application to Ecotoxicology

, 2007
The Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission hosted a workshop, DNA microarray and Proteomics. Application to Ecotoxicology;, in Ispra, Italy, on May 19-20th 2005. Researchers from Europe and the USA met to discuss how to integrate gene and
CALABRESE E, CALZOLAI Luigi, CALZOLAI L, DENSLOW Nancy, ANSORGE Wilhelm, DENSLOW N, ANSORGE W, LETTIERI Teresa, PART Peter, CALABRESE Edward   +9 more
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Silencing of juvenile hormone‐related genes through RNA interference leads to molt failure and high mortality in the spongy moth

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The feasibility of using RNA interference to control the globally important quarantine pest, the spongy moth. Targeting genes related to JHs play an important role in the growth and development of insects. First, the open reading frames (ORFs) of Ldjhamt and Ldjheh were identified and characterized, and the target genes were cloned and double‐stranded ...
Wenzhuai Ji, Qing Xie, Xiaoxiao Chang, Juan Shi   +3 more
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Editorial: Microbial Ecotoxicology

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Stéphane Pesce, Jean-François Ghiglione, Edward Topp, Fabrice Martin-Laurent   +3 more
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National assessment of bioavailable contamination level using caged Gammarus fossarum (Crustacean): towards optimisation and extension of the list of monitored substances

Environmental Sciences Europe
Background Since 2018, in situ caging of Gammarus fossarum has been used by French water agencies at more than 400 river sites. This active biomonitoring tool helps meet the requirements of the Water Framework Directive by analysing priority substances ...
Vivien Lecomte, Marina Coquery, Cécile Miège, Olivier Perceval, Arnaud Chaumot, Olivier Geffard   +5 more
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Analysis of pesticide residues in tomatoes from the tomato field and markets of KPK, Pakistan and their potential risk to human health

Toxicology Reports
The study was designed to get a real time picture of pesticide residues in tomato samples from the fields of two districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the markets of Islamabad, Pakistan.
Syeda Nazish-Ali, Nazia Rafique, Touqeer Taj, Saif Ullah, Farrakh Mehboob   +4 more
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Maltase 1 regulates DENV2 infection and life history in Aedes aegypti

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Our study employed CRISPR/Cas9 to generate a MAL1 knockout strain of Aedes aegypti, demonstrating that the absence of MAL1 significantly suppresses DENV2 replication in the midgut and impairs viral transmission. The mutation also altered life‐history (hatching/pupation/emerging rates and sex‐specific survival), identifying MAL1 as a novel target for ...
Man‐Jin Li, Jin Cheng, Ya‐Ming Zou, Quan‐Chao Liu, Ding Zhu, Ce‐Jie Lan   +5 more
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