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, 2018 Sex pheromones in insects are important cues for species recognition, gender identification and partner evaluation. In insects, males as well as females can be the signalers and receivers, and the pheromones can be volatile or contact chemical cues, which are integrated to reinforce or refine selection of the right mating partner.
Jacquin-Joly, Emmanuelle, Groot, Astrid
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Standards and Best Practices for Monitoring and Benchmarking Insects
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Benchmark studies of insect populations are increasingly relevant and needed amid accelerating concern about insect trends in the Anthropocene. The growing recognition that insect populations may be in decline has given rise to a renewed call for insect ...
Graham A. Montgomery +3 more
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Foods, 2021 Edible insects have been considered as either nutritious food itemsper se, or as wholesome ingredients to various dishes and components of traditional subsistence.
V. Meyer-Rochow +3 more
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Water vapor pressure deficit in Portugal and implications for the development of the invasive African citrus psyllid trioza erytreae [PDF]
, 2020 African citrus psyllid (Trioza erytreae (Del Guercio)) is a vector insect of the bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter africanus, the putative causal agent of Huanglongbing, the most devastating citrus disease in the world.
Cota, Tânia +5 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2023 Background Pathogenic viruses can be transmitted by female Aedes aegypti (Ae. aegypti) mosquitoes during blood-meal acquisition from vertebrates. Silencing of mosquito- and midgut-specific microRNA (miRNA) 1174 (miR-1174) impairs blood intake and ...
Yangrui Luo +10 more
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Insects and recent climate change
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020 Insects have diversified through more than 450 million y of Earth’s changeable climate, yet rapidly shifting patterns of temperature and precipitation now pose novel challenges as they combine with decades of other anthropogenic stressors including the ...
C. A. Halsch +6 more
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Regulatory Mechanisms of Vitellogenesis in Insects
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 Vitellogenesis is pre-requisite to insect egg production and embryonic development after oviposition. During insect vitellogenesis, the yolk protein precursor vitellogenin (Vg) is mainly synthesized in the fat body, transported by the hemolymph through ...
Zhongxia Wu +3 more
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Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Insects in 2015
Insects, 2016 The editors of Insects would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2015. [...]
Insects Editorial Office
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BMC Microbiology, 2023 Background Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Encephalitozoon spp., Cryptosporidium spp., and Giardia duodenalis (G. intestinalis) are enteric pathogens that cause diarrhea in pigs.
Samson Teweldeberhan Ghebremichael +10 more
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Factors Affecting Capture Rates of Insect Taxa by Retail Electrocutors and Eliminators in Northern Lower Michigan [PDF]
, 2018 We compare the abundance and types of insects captured at several locations, with and without a chemical attractant and in varying weather conditions using two different devices advertised to kill biting insects.
Heinen, Joel T +4 more
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