Distribution and Host Selection of Tropical Rat Mite, Ornithonyssus bacoti, in Yunnan Province of Southwest China [PDF]
Animals, 2021 (1) Background: As a species of gamasid mite, the tropical rat mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti) is a common ectoparasite on rodents and some other small mammals. Besides stinging humans to cause dermatitis, O.
Peng-Wu Yin +7 more
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Parasite‐mediated selection on host phenology
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 The timing of seasonal activity, or phenology, is an adaptive trait that maximizes individual fitness by timing key life events to coincide with favorable abiotic factors and biotic interactions.
Hannelore MacDonald, Dustin Brisson
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Distribution and Host Selection of the Chigger Mite Leptotrombidium rupestre, a Potential Vector of Scrub Typhus, in Southwest China [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and ScienceLeptotrombidium rupestre, a chigger species, is a potential vector of scrub typhus. Based on field surveys in southwest China between 2001 and 2022, this paper retrospectively reports the distribution and host selection of L.
Rong Yu +9 more
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Virus-Infected Plants Altered the Host Selection of Encarsia formosa, a Parasitoid of Whiteflies [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2017 The sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) is one of the most invasive pest species worldwide. Q and B biotypes are the two most devastating species within the B. tabaci complex. Bemisia tabaci can vector hundreds of plant viruses that seriously
Xin Liu +5 more
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The Influence of Visual and Olfactory Cues in Host Selection for Bemisia tabaci Biotype B in the Presence or Absence of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus [PDF]
Insects, 2020 The silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, is one of the most destructive agricultural pests in the world, vectoring a large number of devastating viruses, including Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV). When selecting a host, B.
Nicholas Johnston, Xavier Martini
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DIRECTED EVOLUTION: SELECTION OF THE HOST ORGANISM
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2012 Directed evolution has become a well-established tool for improving proteins and biological systems. A critical aspect of directed evolution is the selection of a suitable host organism for achieving functional expression of the target gene.
Azadeh Pourmir, Tyler W. Johannes
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Mosquito host selection varies seasonally with host availability and mosquito density. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011 Host selection by vector mosquitoes is a critical component of virus proliferation, particularly for viruses such as West Nile (WNV) that are transmitted enzootically to a variety of avian hosts, and tangentially to dead-end hosts such as humans.
Tara C Thiemann +3 more
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Product safety aspects of plant molecular farming
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023 Plant molecular farming (PMF) has been promoted since the 1990s as a rapid, cost-effective and (most of all) safe alternative to the cultivation of bacteria or animal cells for the production of biopharmaceutical proteins.
J. F. Buyel
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Compartment Niche Shapes the Assembly and Network of Cannabis sativa-Associated Microbiome
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Interactions between plants and microbes may promote the growth of plants and regulate the production of secondary metabolites. Hemp (Cannabis sativa) is an annual herb and an important commercial crop.
Guangfei Wei +7 more
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Modeling host-associating microbes under selection [PDF]
The ISME Journal, 2021 The concept of fitness is often reduced to a single component, such as the replication rate in a given habitat. For species with complex life cycles, this can be an unjustified oversimplification, as every step of the life cycle can contribute to reproductive success in a specific way.
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