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RNA Interference in the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta, Using Plastid-Encoded Long Double-Stranded RNA

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
RNA interference (RNAi) is a promising method for controlling pest insects by silencing the expression of vital insect genes to interfere with development and physiology; however, certain insect Orders are resistant to this process. In this study, we set
William G. Burke, William G. Burke, Emine Kaplanoglu, Igor Kolotilin, Rima Menassa, Rima Menassa, Cam Donly, Cam Donly   +7 more
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Manduca sexta MR data

, 2016
Original MR data acquired using a Varian 4.7T scanner to investigate the development of the alimentary canal in Manduca sexta.
Ian Rowland (2624689)
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Data for "Nociceptive sensitivity without damage in Manduca sexta"

, 2019
Data for paper "Nociceptive sensitivity without damage in Manduca ...
Shelley Adamo (7015631)
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Innate olfactory preferences for flowers matching proboscis length ensure optimal energy gain in a hawkmoth

Nature Communications, 2016
Foraging is energetically demanding for animals like hawkmoths that feed while flying. Here, Haverkamp et al. show that Manduca sexta has an innate preference for feeding on species of Nicotianawhose flower corolla length best matches the length of their
Alexander Haverkamp, Julia Bing, Elisa Badeke, Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden   +4 more
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Manduca sexta Official Gene Set v2.0

, 2019
Manduca sexta, known as the tobacco hornworm or Carolina sphinx moth, is a lepidopteran insect that is used extensively as a model system for research in insect biochemistry, physiology, neurobiology, development, and immunity.
Stephen Richards (17476059), Alexie Papanicolaou (17479230), Gary Blissard (17481417), Susan Brown (17481420), Michael Kanost (17362813), Nicolae Herndon (738020), Haobo Jiang (47337)   +6 more
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Lipid transfer from insect fat body to lipophorin: comparison between a mosquito triacylglycerol-rich lipophorin and a sphinx moth diacylglycerol-rich lipophorin

Journal of Lipid Research, 1996
Two insect lipoproteins, triacylglycerol-rich Aedes aegypti lipophorin and diacylglycerol-rich Manduca sexta lipophorin, were compared in their ability to load neutral lipid from fat body. When fat body of M.
J E Pennington, R H Nussenzveig, M C Van Heusden   +2 more
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The oxygen and pressure physiology of upper elevational range limits in insects

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Climate warming is widely expected to cause montane insects to shift upslope, and there is good evidence that some populations are doing so. Nevertheless, patterns are mixed—with evidence supporting upslope, downslope or even no movement of both lower and upper range ...
H. Arthur Woods, Parker E. Guzman, Zachary A. Cheviron   +2 more
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Silencing of juvenile hormone‐related genes through RNA interference leads to molt failure and high mortality in the spongy moth

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The feasibility of using RNA interference to control the globally important quarantine pest, the spongy moth. Targeting genes related to JHs play an important role in the growth and development of insects. First, the open reading frames (ORFs) of Ldjhamt and Ldjheh were identified and characterized, and the target genes were cloned and double‐stranded ...
Wenzhuai Ji, Qing Xie, Xiaoxiao Chang, Juan Shi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differences in nicotine metabolism of two Nicotiana attenuata herbivores render them differentially susceptible to a common native predator. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Nicotiana attenuata is attacked by larvae of both specialist (Manduca sexta) and generalist (Spodoptera exigua) lepidopteran herbivores in its native habitat. Nicotine is one of N. attenuata's important defenses. M.
Pavan Kumar, Preeti Rathi, Matthias Schöttner, Ian T Baldwin, Sagar Pandit   +4 more
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Calcitonin‐like diuretic hormone influences reproduction in adult female Rhodnius prolixus

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Highlights • CT/DH‐like immunoreactivity is present in female reproductive tissues • CT/DH receptor transcripts are expressed in the fat body and ovaries • RNAi knockdown of CT/DH receptors reduces egg number and hatching rate • Rhopr‐CT/DH increases RhoprVg1 and RhoprVgR expression in ovaries in vitro • Rhopr‐CT/DH stimulates oviduct contractions in a
Areej N. Al‐Dailami, Ian Orchard, Angela B. Lange   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source