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Evolutionary trade‐offs between beauvericin production and growth define divergent virulence strategies in Beauveria

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Two virulence strategies in Beauveria: a growth strategy characterized by rapid within‐host proliferation, and a toxin strategy involving antimicrobial activity and toxicity to insects Abstract BACKGROUND Pathogen virulence is often attributed to toxin production, yet toxins are metabolically costly and may not universally enhance fitness.
Shasha Hu, Lana L B de Carvalho, Ricardo A Polanczyk, Michael J Bidochka   +3 more
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Sex‐specific compensatory growth in the larvae of the greater wax mothGalleria mellonella [PDF]

Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2017
AbstractDeficiency of food resources in ontogeny is known to prolong an organism's developmental time and affect body size in adulthood. Yet life‐history traits are plastic: an organism can increase its growth rate to compensate for a period of slow growth, a phenomenon known as ‘compensatory growth’.
S. Kecko, A. Mihailova, K. Kangassalo, D. Elferts, T. Krama, R. Krams, S. Luoto, M. J. Rantala, I. A. Krams   +8 more
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Assessment of insecticide use practices in licensed pest control operators in North Carolina

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
A statewide survey of 105 licensed North Carolina pesticide operators found ants, mosquitoes, and aphids as top target pests, pyrethroids as the dominant insecticide class (68%), and limited resistance monitoring, establishing a baseline for future insecticide resistance management and outreach.
Kaylin Russell, Stephanie Richards, Sinan Sousan, Jo Anne Balanay   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Data_Sheet_1_The Bacterial and Fungal Gut Microbiota of the Greater Wax Moth, Galleria mellonella L. Consuming Polyethylene and Polystyrene.xlsx

, 2022
Plastic production has been increasing exponentially in the last 60 years, but plastic disposal is out of control, resulting in the pollution of all ecosystems on Earth.
Agustina Malizia (459844), Juliana M. Ruiz Barrionuevo (12997995), Eduardo Martín (2998794), M. Angelica Occhionero (12998004), Adriana Chalup (12998007), Filipa Godoy-Vitorino (5882732), Alberto Galindo-Cardona (9615545), Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (8681580), Ricardo E. de Cristóbal (12998001), A. Carolina Monmany-Garzia (9615566), Analía Alvarez (12997998)   +10 more
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NOURISHING PREFERENCES OF THE GREATER WAX MOTH WORMS (Galleria mellonella L .) WHEN THE FEEDIN [PDF]

Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture, 2008
Results of studying nourishment preference of the greater wax moth worms on wax combs that vary in their pollen, honey, and metabolic wastes of bees in addition to the appearance ( dark and white ) combs and elasticity of wax base showed that the ...
Mahdi Mohammed Salih Saeed
doaj   +1 more source

Robotics for Crop Pollination: Recent Advances and Future Direction

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is great interest in alternative pollination strategies for crop production in the face of climate change and perennial threats to the traditional pollination mechanisms. This review explores the potential of robotic pollination as a promising solution to these challenges affecting crop fertilization, agricultural sustainability, and ...
Ranjan Sapkota, Matthew D. Whiting, Dawood Ahmed, Manoj Karkee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How do insects pollinate flowers? Behaviour during visitation determines high pollination efficiency by a generalist insect

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Ecosystem services provide essential benefits to human survival and well‐being. Animal behaviour is central to the delivery of many ecosystem services, yet we know little about how behaviour drives services' provision.
Martha Fox, Lorraine Scott, Isabella Capellini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Co-Diet Supplementation on Biodegradation of Polyethylene by Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Insects
Pollution coming from plastic polymers, particularly polyethylene (PE), poses a serious threat to both humans and animals. The biodegradation of plastics facilitated by insects is a crucial and eco-friendly approach that can be employed to combat this ...
Areej Mahfooz, Muhammad Yasin, Mirza Abdul Qayyum, Asim Abbasi, Abeer Hashem, Khalid F. Almutairi, Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah, Muhammad Farhan, Muhammad Anjum Aqueel, Mishal Subhan   +9 more
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Insecticidal and repellent impacts of Lavender and Tea tree essential oils on different stages of Greater Wax Moth, Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). [PDF]

Catrina: The International Journal of Environmental Sciences
The greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella) poses a significant challenge to apiculture by damaging stored wax combs, affecting honeybee product quality, and potentially transmitting diseases.
Rasha Sakla, Hend Abdelmonem
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Innate behaviours shape generalist herbivore host choice and feeding patterns independent of plant defences

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Plant–herbivore interactions are typically examined through plant defence and herbivore performance, yet individual herbivore behavioural mechanisms underlying these interactions are rarely considered alongside plant traits.
Sara Hoefer, Xianming Yang, Cheng Song, Gaétan Glauser, Kongming Wu, Matthias Erb, Jamie M. Waterman   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source