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Ozone‐driven degradation of sex pheromone in Plutella xylostella: Implications for reproductive communication and mating success

Insect Science, EarlyView.
In this study, we examined whether realistic ozone concentrations can interfere with sexual communication in the insect pest Plutella xylostella, the diamondback moth. Ozone exposure caused a degradation of pheromone components, leading to significant changes in blend composition and component ratios.
Francesco Sorrentino, Delia M. Pinto‐Zevallos, Oksana Skaldina, James D. Blande   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expression profile of miR-92a and miR-92b in third Instar larval brain.

, 2015
(A) Northern blot analysis of total RNA isolated from staged wild type flies (lanes 1–13) and miR-92–/– mutant third instar larvae (lane 14). RNA was probed for miR-92a (top), miR-92b (middle), and U6 (bottom). (B) In situ analysis of mir-92a in the wild
Fen-Biao Gao (184426), Yeliz Yuva-Aydemir (743503), Eduardo Gascon (743506), Ozkan Aydemir (743505), Yang Hong (124259), Wenke Zhou (184583), Serkan Sayin (743507), Xia-Lian Xu (743504)   +7 more
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Exploring the potential of using male‐killing endosymbionts to induce female‐biased insect populations for enhanced biomass production

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Overview of the mindset and long‐term goals with the approach suggested in this study. We provide a first proof of concept that male‐killing endosymbionts can be used to establish female biased populations with higher production efficiency than populations with a 50/50 sex ratio. This biological tool can have marked positive impact on future commercial
Stine F. Laursen, Perran A. Ross, Nadieh de Jonge, Ary A. Hoffmann, Torsten N. Kristensen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stable flies preferentially oviposit on sites offering conspecific eggs with egg‐derived bacterial semiochemicals

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Stable flies preferentially oviposit on sites offering conspecific eggs with egg‐derived airborne semiochemicals. Egg‐borne bacterial symbionts, and Serratia marcescens in particular, produce odorants which attract gravid female flies and elicit oviposition.
Emmanuel Hung, Anya Gould, Stephanie Zaborniak, Caelen Watson, Regine Gries, Sukhmani Kaur, Kyra Stephens, Augustus Negraeff, Ryan Lam, Alpha Hui, Pantea Zamani, Aryan Monfared, Gerhard Gries   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Humble beginnings of the Australian giant wood moth (Endoxyla cinereus): A century‐old mystery solved

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The Australian giant wood moth (Endoxyla cinereus) feeds within the galls of scale insects (Apiomorpha) before transitioning into its wood‐boring eucalypt larval phase. This transitionary phase may be key to its multi‐year development, at the end of which it can produce over 100 000 eggs.
Jessa H. Thurman, Lyn G. Cook, James Hereward, Andrew J. Maynard, Geoff B. Monteith   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

FIGURES 20­27. Crozetia larval structures. 20 in Crozetia Davies (Diptera: Simuliidae): redescription of Cr. crozetensis, Cr. seguyi, number of larval instars, phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography

, 2003
FIGURES 20­27. Crozetia larval structures. 20. Cr. crozetensis, LM of last instar larval hypostoma. Scale bar = 0.1 mm. 21. Cr. seguyi, SEM of last instar larval hypostoma. Image foreshortened ­ see Fig 23. Scale bar = 0.05 mm. 22. Cr. crozetensis, LM of
Craig, Douglas A. (5192305), Vernon, Philippe (5193244), Vernon, Philippe, Currie, Douglas C. (5193247), Craig, Douglas A., Currie, Douglas C.   +5 more
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Multi‐Omics Analysis Reveals Coordinated Adaptations in Genes, Metabolism, and Gut Microbiota Underpinning Herbivory in Lordiphosa Flies

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Multi‐omics analysis reveals that herbivorous adaptation in Lordiphosa flies arises from coordinated interactions across the genome, transcriptome, and gut microbiota: genomic expansions of detoxification (e.g., cytochrome P450s) and carbohydrate metabolism gene families, transcriptomic upregulation of energy pathways like lipid oxidation and ...
Run Guo, Jianjun Gao, Caixian Zhang, Zhiheng Chang, Yanbo Sun   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Matrine–Tea Saponin Synergism Involves Suppressed Detoxification and Digestion in a Leaf Beetle

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Tea saponin and matrine showed synergistic toxicity against Plagiodera versicolora. Combined exposure suppressed digestion‐ and detoxification‐related processes, while silencing the trypsin gene Pver105950 and chitinase gene Pver001190 increased larval susceptibility to tea saponin and matrine, respectively.
Owais Khan, Xiayu Li, Yanping Zhang, Runhua Han, Letian Xu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

SEM description of the first larval instar ofAchelia assimilis(Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae)

, 2011
The present paper is the first scanning electron microscope (SEM) description of a protonymphon larva of an Ammotheidae. The morphology of the first larval instar ofAchelia assimilisis described in detail and illustrated for the first time.
Roland R. Melzer, Christa Weinzierl, Tobias Lehmann   +2 more
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