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Polyphenol‐Inspired Materials for Agricultural Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review outlines the use of polyphenol‐inspired materials for sustainable agriculture, highlighting their molecular design, interfacial assembly, structure–property relationships, and prospects toward precision agriculture, climate resilience, ecosystem protection, and circular bioeconomy strategies.
Haofu Liu, Omid Mazaheri, Zhixing Lin, Tianzheng Wang, Jingqu Chen, Yuang Gu, Xia Liang, Deli Chen, Frank Caruso   +8 more
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Standard operating procedures for standardized mass rearing of the dengue and chikungunya vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) - I - egg quantification

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Quantification of eggs prior to rearing the immature stages of mosquitoes is an essential step in establishing a standardized mass rearing system.
Min-Lin Zheng, Dong-Jing Zhang, David D Damiens, Hanano Yamada, Jeremie RL Gilles   +4 more
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Sublethal effects of acetamiprid and afidopyropen on Harmonia axyridis: insights from transcriptomics analysis

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2023
Evaluating the sublethal effects of insecticide is crucial for protecting and utilizing natural enemies. In this study, we determined the sublethal effects of acetamiprid and afidopyropen on Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) and explored the potential molecular
Liang Zhang, Haixiang Lv, Xuchao Li, Hu Wan, Shun He, Jianhong Li, Kangsheng Ma   +6 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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The Mechanisms of Social Immunity Against Fungal Infections in Eusocial Insects

Toxins, 2019
Entomopathogenic fungus as well as their toxins is a natural threat surrounding social insect colonies. To defend against them, social insects have evolved a series of unique disease defenses at the colony level, which consists of behavioral and ...
Long Liu, Xing-Ying Zhao, Qing-Bo Tang, Chao-Liang Lei, Qiu-Ying Huang   +4 more
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Effects of Chilling and Anoxia on the Irradiation Dose-Response in Adult Aedes Mosquitoes

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022
The success of the sterile insect technique (SIT) relies on the achievement of high levels of sterility and mating success of the factory-reared sterile males and thus their biological quality, which can be enhanced by the reduction of stress factors ...
H. Yamada, H. Yamada, H. Maiga, C. Kraupa, W. Mamai, N. S. Bimbilé Somda, A. Abrahim, T. Wallner, J. Bouyer   +8 more
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RNAi in the Rhizarian Phytopathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae: The Causal Agent of Clubroot Disease in Cruciferous Crops

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study uncovers an unusual RNAi pathway in the rhizarian pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae. In the absence of Dicer, a Drosha‐like RNase III protein supports the biogenesis of predominant 21‐nt small RNAs, and two Argonaute proteins mediate small RNA‐guided silencing.
Xiong Zhang, Yupo Wu, Jiachang Hou, Lixia Gao, Longqi Pan, Cuicui Shen, Chuanji Zhao, Feng Gao, Yi Zhang, Li Ren, Xiaoping Fang, Xiaoling Dun, Shengyi Liu, Lijiang Liu   +13 more
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Mass irradiation of adult Aedes mosquitoes using a coolable 3D printed canister

Scientific Reports
In the last decade, the use of the sterile insect technique (SIT) to suppress mosquito vectors have rapidly expanded in many countries facing the complexities of scaling up production and procedures to sustain large-scale operational programs. While many
F. Balestrino, N. S. Bimbilé Somda, M. Samuel, S. Meletiou, O. Bueno, T. Wallner, H. Yamada, W. Mamai, M. J. B. Vreysen, J. Bouyer   +9 more
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Transgenic Bt rice lines producing Cry1Ac, Cry2Aa or Cry1Ca have no detrimental effects on Brown Planthopper and Pond Wolf Spider

Scientific Reports, 2017
Transgenic rice expressing cry genes from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt rice) is highly resistant to lepidopteran pests. The brown planthopper (BPH, Nilaparvata lugens) is the main non-target sap-sucking insect pest of Bt transgenic rice.
Lin Niu, Amani Mannakkara, Lin Qiu, Xiaoping Wang, Hongxia Hua, Chaoliang Lei, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Weihua Ma   +7 more
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An Artificially Selected Cytokinin‐Pathway Transcription Factor Balances Soybean Yield and Pathogen Resistance

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A cytokinin pathway transcription factor, RR2b, was artificially selected during soybean domestication and improvement based on its differential transcriptional activity, which correlates with ATT repeat polymorphisms in its promoter. RR2b balances yield and defense by fine‐tuning its expression level and offers a promising target for decoupling trade ...
Qun Ma, Yaqing Chen, Yiwen Gao, Xueting Hu, Qun Yang, Yucheng Liu, Peiyong Xin, Jijun Yan, Jinfang Chu, Lei Li, Zhixi Tian, Bo Ren   +11 more
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