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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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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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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Effect of intercrops and border crops on the diversity of parasitoids and predators in agroecosystem
Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2018 Diversity of parasitoids and predators in the sole cropped and intercropped, border cropped, and hedgerow cropped fields of guava (sole cropped and intercropped with cowpea), mulberry (sole cropped and border cropped with castor), and sapota (sole ...
U. Amala, T. M. Shivalingaswamy
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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
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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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DINeR: Database for Insect Neuropeptide Research [PDF]
, 2017 Neuropeptides are responsible for regulating a variety of functions, including development, metabolism, water and ion homeostasis, and as neuromodulators in circuits of the central nervous system.
Davies, Shireen-Anne +5 more
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Tree defence and bark beetles in a drying world: carbon partitioning, functioning and modelling. [PDF]
, 2020 Drought has promoted large-scale, insect-induced tree mortality in recent years, with severe consequences for ecosystem function, atmospheric processes, sustainable resources and global biogeochemical cycles.
Almuth Hammerbacher +15 more
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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 +2 more
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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 +6 more
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