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Ant nesting site selection mediated by insects frass

Journal of Ethology, 2021
Facilitation is an ecological interaction in which the presence of one species (e.g., ecosystem engineers) alters the environment in a way that enhances growth, survival or reproduction of a neighboring species. Wood-boring insects are considered facilitators for cavities-nesting ants, which experience intense intra and interspecific competition for ...
Kleber Del-Claro   +2 more
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Danielozyma pruni sp. nov., an asexual yeast species isolated from insect frass

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2023
Two strains (NYNU 218101 and NYNU 218104) of an asexual yeast species were isolated from insect frass collected in insect tunnels of red leaf plum trees in the Henan Province, central China. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the D1/D2 domain of the large subunit rRNA gene and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region showed that these two strains ...
Shan Liu   +3 more
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The ecological importance of insect frass: allelopathy in eucalypts

Oecologia, 1985
Our previously published experiments on allelopathic effects of insect frass in Eucalyptus communities (Silander et al. 1983) have been criticized on the grounds that our estimates of annual frass production were exscessive (Ohmart 1985). However, we spanned the entire array of estimates of frass fall available from eucalypt communities, and we ...
J A, Silander, L R, Fox, B R, Trenbath
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Volatile fatty acids of frass of certain omnivorous insects

Journal of Chemical Ecology, 1985
The frass of the following omnivorous insects reared on natural and artificial diets was analyzed for volatile fatty acids:Blattella germanica, Acheta domesticus, Blaberus discoidalis. Acetic, propionic, isobutyric, butyric, isovaleric, and valeric acids were identified in all frass samples. The possible significance of volatile fatty acids in frass is
J E, McFarlane, I, Alli
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Sympodiomycopsis yantaiensis sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast isolated from insect frass

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2013
Two strains (NYNU 121010Tand NYNU 121032) of a novel basidiomycetous yeast species belonging to the genusSympodiomycopsiswere isolated from insect frass collected from trunks of a pagoda tree (Sophora japonicaL.) in Yantai, Shandong province, east China.
Liang, Chen   +3 more
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Integrating insect frass biofertilisers into sustainable peri-urban agro-food systems

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 2020
The larvae of black soldier fly (BSF) have shown great promise in transforming organic wastes into a more valuable larval biomass. Importantly, after insects have been harvested the remaining by-product, comprised of the spent substrate and frass (insect faeces), has the potential to be used as a biofertiliser.
Quilliam, Richard   +5 more
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Insect Frass as a Pathway for Transmission of Bacterial Wilt of Cucurbits

Environmental Entomology, 2009
Insects that vector diseases of plants are of critical concern to agriculture, but relationships between the vectors and pathogens often are poorly understood. In this study, we present research on vector relationships between the striped cucumber beetle, Acalymma vittatum (F.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), and the pathogen that causes bacterial wilt of
Robert F, Mitchell, Lawrence M, Hanks
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Fall Armyworm Frass Induce Sorghum Defenses Against Insect Herbivores

Journal of Chemical Ecology
The fall armyworm (FAW; Spodoptera frugiperda) is a global invasive agricultural pest. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), an important monocot crop cultivated worldwide, faces significant challenges from FAW, which has become a major threat to sorghum production. Plants have evolved a wide array of defense mechanisms to combat insect assault.
Sanket Shinde   +4 more
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Home‐field advantage in decomposition of leaf litter and insect frass

Population Ecology, 2012
Abstract Home‐field advantage (HFA) hypothesis regarding litter decomposition states that litter is decomposed more rapidly in the habitat from which it is derived (i.e., home) than in other habitat (i.e., away) due to local adaptation of soil decomposers.
Hideki Kagata, Takayuki Ohgushi
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