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Temperature Alters Specificity in a Host–Parasite Interaction
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2026.The Red Queen Hypothesis predicts that host–parasite coevolution maintains genetic variation through strong genetic specificity, but this specificity may be sensitive to environmental conditions. Using Meloidogyne arenaria and its parasite Pasteuria penetrans, we tested host–parasite interactions across three temperatures and found specificity at two ...
Abbey Ramirez, Amanda Gibson
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Temporal resource continuity for egg parasitoids of Dalbulus maidis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) during winter on irrigated maize crops and edge grasses. [PDF]
J Insect SciMoya-Raygoza G.
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Oviposition-Induced Volatiles Affect Electrophysiological and Behavioral Responses of Egg Parasitoids. [PDF]
Insects, 2019 Milonas PG +2 more
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figsimR: An R Package for Simulating Fig–Wasp Community Dynamics
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2026.ABSTRACT Fig–fig wasp systems represent a widely applicable but underutilized framework for community assembly research, yet their multi‐trophic structure and species interactions substantially increase the complexity of community simulation. We present figsimR, an open‐source, modular R package that implements fig wasp community simulation via a ...
Yiyi Dong, Simon T. Segar, Qingbei Weng
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The First Records of Trissolcus japonicus (Ashmead) and Trissolcus mitsukurii (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae), Alien Egg Parasitoids of Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) in Serbia. [PDF]
Biology (Basel)Konjević A, Tavella L, Tortorici F.
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Thermal Stress Has Size‐Dependent but Not Sex‐Specific Effects on Mortality in an Insect Model
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2026.Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heatwaves, posing a major risk to animal populations. We exposed male and female burying beetles of a wide range of body sizes to a simulated heatwave and found that heat stress increased mortality. Smaller individuals were especially vulnerable, but mortality did not differ between the sexes.
Isobel Grieve, Natalie Pilakouta
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Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, Volume 346, Issue 5, Page 411-421, July 2026.Illustration of the process of cellularization in Camponotus floridanus (top row) compared to Drosophila melanogaster (bottom row). Progressive direct formation of differentiating blastoderm mode is depicted using hexagons that represent energids (without borders) and cells (with borders). Colors of nuclei represent different cell types.
Nihan Sultan Milat +2 more
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Pest Management Science, Volume 82, Issue 7, Page 6740-6748, July 2026.Wheat fertilization increased plant growth, nitrogen and protein levels, influencing the wheat volatile profile and affecting female wheat midge choice to lay eggs. This could partly result from the observed changes in the VOC profile. Abstract BACKGROUND In Canada, the orange wheat blossom midge (hereafter called wheat midge), Sitodiplosis mosellana ...
Chaminda De Silva Weeraddana +6 more
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Pest Management Science, Volume 82, Issue 7, Page 6877-6889, July 2026.In Mediterranean walnut orchards, Ectomyelois ceratoniae replaces Cydia pomonella as the primary pest. Capture peaks between packing tissue brown (PTB) stage and husk dehiscence define a critical window for monitoring and early harvest to prevent kernel infestation.
Fortuna Miele +6 more
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Bacillus thuringiensis and its pest control potential as endophyte
Pest Management Science, Volume 82, Issue 7, Page 6931-6939, July 2026.Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) systemically colonizes tomato plants as endophyte, inducing midgut damage, fitness reduction and immune suppression in Spodoptera littoralis larvae feeding on Bt‐colonized leaves. The immune suppression enhances the susceptibility to Bt treatments, allowing a synergistic dual use of Bt commercial formulations, by combined ...
Maria Giovanna De Luca +8 more
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