An Entomopathogenic Nematode by Any Other Name [PDF]
, 2012 Among the diversity of insect-parasitic nematodes, entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are distinct, cooperating with insect-pathogenic bacteria to kill insect hosts.
Adams, Byron J. +6 more
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Herbivory increases diversification across insect clades. [PDF]
, 2015 Insects contain more than half of all living species, but the causes of their remarkable diversity remain poorly understood. Many authors have suggested that herbivory has accelerated diversification in many insect clades. However, others have questioned
Lapoint, Richard +2 more
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Fast and robust learning by reinforcement signals: explorations in the insect brain [PDF]
, 2009 We propose a model for pattern recognition in the insect brain. Departing from a well-known body of knowledge about the insect brain, we investigate which of the potentially present features may be useful to learn input patterns rapidly and in a stable ...
Huerta, Ramón, Nowotny, Thomas
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The role of bacteria in pine wilt disease: insights from microbiome analysis. [PDF]
, 2018 Pine Wilt Disease (PWD) has a significant impact on Eurasia pine forests. The microbiome of the nematode (the primary cause of the disease), its insect vector, and the host tree may be relevant for the disease mechanism.
Alves, Marta +9 more
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BMC Genomics, 2018 Background Anopheles mosquitoes are efficient vectors of human malaria, but it is unknown why they do not transmit viruses as well as Aedes and Culex mosquitoes.
Guillaume Carissimo +3 more
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Morphological re-description and molecular identification of Tabanidae (Diptera) in East Africa
ZooKeys, 2018 Biting flies of the family Tabanidae are important vectors of human and animal diseases across continents. However, records of Africa tabanids are fragmentary and mostly cursory.
Claire M. Mugasa +5 more
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Notes on Insect Injection, Anesthetization, and Bleeding. [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) In recent years there has been a burgeoning interest in insect cytogenetics, sometimes involving in vivo cultures of haematocytes for chromosomal analysis.
de Viedma, M. G, Nelson, M. L
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Scotch Pine Deterioration in Michigan Caused by Pine Root Weevil Complex [PDF]
, 2017 Pine root tip weevil, Hylobius rhizophagus, and pine root collar weevil, H. radicis, attack certain Scotch pine stands simultaneously causing more mortality than expected from either insect alone.
Mosher, Daniel G, Wilson, Louis F
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The mitochondrial genome of Aenasius arizonensis (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) with novel gene order
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019 Aenasius arizonensis is the endoparasitoid of mealybug (Phenacoccus solenopsis) and plays an important role in biological control. We sequenced the A. arizonensis mitochondrial genome using next-generation sequencing.
Yue Ma +4 more
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Great Diversity of Insect Floral Associates May Partially Explain Ecological Success of Poison Ivy (\u3ci\u3eToxicodendron Radicans\u3c/i\u3e Subsp. \u3ci\u3eNegundo\u3c/i\u3e [Greene] Gillis, Anacardiaceae) [PDF]
, 2018 Little is known about insect floral associates of poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans, Anacardiaceae), despite the species’ ubiquity and importance in nature and society.
Senchina, David S, Summerville, Keith S
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