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Erratum to: Composition of Anopheles mosquitoes, their blood-meal hosts, and Plasmodium falciparum infection rates in three islands with disparate bed net coverage in Lake Victoria, Kenya

Malaria Journal, 2017
After publication of the article [1], it has been brought to our attention that a funding acknowledgement has been omitted from the original article. The authors would like to include the following, “The study was undertaken as part of the Target Malaria
Edwin Ogola, Jandouwe Villinger, Danspaid Mabuka, David Omondi, Benedict Orindi, James Mutunga, Vincent Owino, Daniel K. Masiga   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increase in crop losses to insect pests in a warming climate

Science, 2018
Warming, crops, and insect pests Crop responses to climate warming suggest that yields will decrease as growing-season temperatures increase. Deutsch et al.
C. Deutsch, J. Tewksbury, M. Tigchelaar, D. Battisti, S. Merrill, R. Huey, R. Naylor   +6 more
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Biological Basis of the Sterile Insect Technique

Sterile Insect Technique, 2021
In principle, the sterile insect technique (SIT) is applicable to controlling a wide variety of insect pests, but biological factors, interacting with socio-economic and political forces, restrict its practical use to a narrower set of pest species and ...
D. Lance, D. McInnis
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Histological and Electron Microscopical Observations on the Testis and Male Accessory Glands of Poecilimon ataturki Ünal, 1999 (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae)

European Journal of Biology, 2021
Objective: The literature has many studies in the world about the morphology and histology of insect tissues, especially structures related to reproductive systems.
Damla Amutkan Mutlu, Irmak Polat, Zekiye Suludere   +2 more
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Edible Insect Farming as an Emerging and Profitable Enterprise in East Africa.

Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2021
In East Africa, insect farming is a rapidly growing business providing access to "climate-smart" protein, other nutrients, and income. With the continental drive to transform existing food systems that are becoming continuously unsustainable due to ...
C. Tanga, J. P. Egonyu, D. Beesigamukama, S. Niassy, Kimathi Emily, Henlay J O Magara, E. Omuse, S. Subramanian, S. Ekesi   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Calpain small subunit homodimerization is robust and calcium‐independent

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Calpains dimerize via penta‐EF‐hand (PEF) domains. Using single‐molecule force spectroscopy, we measured the strength and kinetics of PEF–PEF homodimer binding. The interaction is robust, shows a transient conformational step before dissociation, and remains largely insensitive to Ca2+.
Nesha May O. Andoy, Trina Dykstra‐MacPherson, Mathias A. Bell, Peter L. Davies, Ruby May A. Sullan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tumour–host interactions in Drosophila: mechanisms in the tumour micro‐ and macroenvironment

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This review examines how tumour–host crosstalk takes place at multiple levels of biological organisation, from local cell competition and immune crosstalk to organism‐wide metabolic and physiological collapse. Here, we integrate findings from Drosophila melanogaster studies that reveal conserved mechanisms through which tumours hijack host systems to ...
José Teles‐Reis, Tor Erik Rusten
wiley   +1 more source

Insect classification and detection in field crops using modern machine learning techniques

, 2020
The agriculture sector has an immense potential to improve the requirement of food and supplies healthy and nutritious food. Crop insect detection is a challenging task for farmers as a significant portion of the crops are damaged, and the quality is ...
Thenmozhi Kasinathan, Dakshayani Singaraju, Srinivasulu Reddy Uyyala   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The dissemination potential of Microsporidia MB in Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes is modulated by temperature

Scientific Reports
Microsporidia MB, a vertically transmitted endosymbiont of Anopheles mosquitoes, shows strong potential as a malaria control agent due to its ability to inhibit Plasmodium development within the mosquito host.
Fidel Gabriel Otieno, Priscille Barreaux, Affognon Steeven Belvinos, Edward Edmond Makhulu, Thomas Ogao Onchuru, Anne Wambui Wairimu, Stancy Mandere Omboye, Cynthia Nyambura King’ori, Bonoukpoè Mawuko Sokame, Anthony Kebira Nyamache, Jeremy Keith Herren   +10 more
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Rethinking plastic waste: innovations in enzymatic breakdown of oil‐based polyesters and bioplastics

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Plastic pollution remains a critical environmental challenge, and current mechanical and chemical recycling methods are insufficient to achieve a fully circular economy. This review highlights recent breakthroughs in the enzymatic depolymerization of both oil‐derived polyesters and bioplastics, including high‐throughput protein engineering, de novo ...
Elena Rosini, Nicolò Antonelli, Gianluca Molla   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source