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Evolutionarily conserved elements in vertebrate, insect, worm, and yeast genomes.
Genome Research, 2005 We have conducted a comprehensive search for conserved elements in vertebrate genomes, using genome-wide multiple alignments of five vertebrate species (human, mouse, rat, chicken, and Fugu rubripes).
A. Siepel +15 more
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More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas
PLoS ONE, 2017 Global declines in insects have sparked wide interest among scientists, politicians, and the general public. Loss of insect diversity and abundance is expected to provoke cascading effects on food webs and to jeopardize ecosystem services.
C. Hallmann +11 more
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All Life, 2023 Ectropis dentilineata Moore, 1868 has a wide geographic distribution while its genome data are largely unknown. In this study, we collected samples of E. dentilineata from a tea plantation in Guizhou province, China.
Zhaohe Lu +5 more
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023 Genetic control strategies such as the Release of Insects Carrying a Dominant Lethal (RIDL) gene and Transgenic Embryonic Sexing System (TESS) have been demonstrated in the laboratory and/or deployed in the field.
Ying Yan +6 more
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Scientists' warning to humanity on insect extinctions
Biological Conservation, 2020 Here we build on the manifesto ‘World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity, issued by the Alliance of World Scientists. As a group of conservation biologists deeply concerned about the decline of insect populations, we here review what we know about the ...
P. Cardoso +24 more
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History of the Sterile Insect Technique
Sterile Insect Technique, 2021 During the 1930s and 1940s the idea of releasing insects of pest species to introduce sterility (sterile insect technique or SIT) into wild populations, and thus control them, was independently conceived in three extremely diverse intellectual ...
W. Klassen, C. Curtis
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International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2021 Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) is one of the most economically important invasive pests affecting horticulture production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Mango is the main host for this species and causes up to 80% yield loss.
Beatrice W. Muriithi +7 more
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Mechanisms, Applications, and Challenges of Insect RNA Interference.
Annual Review of Entomology, 2020 The RNA interference (RNAi) triggered by short/small interfering RNA (siRNA) was discovered in nematodes and found to function in most living organisms.
K. Zhu, S. R. Palli
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Scientific Reports, 2017 Venoms secreted by the venom gland (VG) of parasitoid wasp help ensure successful parasitism by host immune suppression and developmental regulation. Cotesia vestalis, a larval endoparasitoid, and Diadromus collaris, a pupal endoparasitoid, parasitize ...
Wei Zhao +5 more
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2019 A field trial was conducted in a farmer’s field by integrating biocontrol agents, a multiple insecticide tolerant strain (MITs), Trichogramma chilonis and formulation of Bacillus thuringiensis (NBAIR BtG4) with reduced insecticidal spray as a biocontrol ...
Omprakash Navik +8 more
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