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A Cold Stress‐Activated Endocrine Sentinel Chemical Hormone Promotes Insect Survival via Mitochondrial Adaptations Through the Adipokinetic Hormone Receptor

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Seasonal cold adaptation is vital for insect survival, yet the molecular mechanisms linking diapause to mitochondrial resilience remain largely unresolved. We identify ascaroside C9 (asc‐C9) as a key endocrine signal that enhances diapause survival during cold stress by activating the AKHR–PGC1α–UCP4 axis, thereby driving cold‐induced lipolysis and ...
Jiao Zhou, Junxian Chen, Hongxia Zhang, Lu Guo, Kevin Mai, Elijah Abraham, Dilip V. Prajapati, Yue Chang, Jing Ning, Xinchen Wang, Defeng Li, Dan‐Dan Zhang, Jianghua Sun, Rebecca A. Butcher, Lilin Zhao   +14 more
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Susceptibility of Tsetse Species to Glossina pallidipes Salivary Gland Hypertrophy Virus (GpSGHV)

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Salivary gland hytrosaviruses (SGHVs, family Hytrosaviridae) are non-occluded dsDNA viruses that are pathogenic to some dipterans. SGHVs primarily replicate in salivary glands (SG), thereby inducing overt salivary gland hypertrophy (SGH) symptoms in ...
Güler Demirbas-Uzel, Güler Demirbas-Uzel, Henry M. Kariithi, Henry M. Kariithi, Andrew G. Parker, Marc J. B. Vreysen, Robert L. Mach, Adly M. M. Abd-Alla   +7 more
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Biological Control of Agricultural Pests

The American Biology Teacher, 1955
The use of natural enemies to suppress agoricultural pests is called biological control. Its practical value was first demonstrated in California in 1889 in a very spectacular fashion. The citrus industry was then threatened with ruin from the ravages of the destructive cottony cushion scale. This insect was killing the trees and forcing the growers to
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Allelic Variation in Maize Malate Dehydrogenase 7 Shapes Promoter Methylation and Banded Leaf and Sheath Blight Resistance

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In this study maize chloroplastic malate dehydrogenase7 (ZmMDH7), is identified as a Rhizoctonia solani resistance gene in maize. ZmMDH7 is regulated by transcription factor ZmWRKY44 via pathogens challenge to elevate mitochondrial ROS and SA signaling pathway.
Luyang Wei, Junbin Chen, Chuang Liu, DanDan Liu, Meida Du, Shengfeng He, Wenyu Cheng, Vijai Bhadauria, You‐Liang Peng, Wangsheng Zhu   +9 more
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Increasing landscape heterogeneity as a win–win solution to manage trade-offs in biological control of crop and woodland pests

Scientific Reports, 2023
Agriculture and forestry cover more than 75% of Europe, and invertebrate pests are a costly challenge for these two economic sectors. Landscape management is increasingly promoted as a solution to enhance biological pest control, but little is known on ...
Axelle Tortosa, Brice Giffard, Clélia Sirami, Laurent Larrieu, Sylvie Ladet, Aude Vialatte   +5 more
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Precision Editing of NLRS Improves Effector Recognition for Enhanced Disease Resistance

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Precision engineering of plant NLR immune receptors enables rational design of enhanced pathogen resistance through mismatched pairing, domain swapping, and targeted mutagenesis. These approaches achieve multi‐fold expansion in recognition breadth while minimizing autoimmunity risks and fitness penalties.
Vinit Kumar, Vishwa I. P. W. A. Kumara, Pradeepa C. G. Bandaranayake, Dong Yawen, Yang‐Yang Gao, Junfeng Liu, Ge‐Fei Hao, Xiu‐Fang Xin   +7 more
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Lipid Droplet‐Localized Spindle Apparatus Coiled‐Coil Protein 1 Regulates Lipid Droplet Distribution

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
SPDL1‐L, a long isoform of SPDL1, is identified as a bona fide lipid droplet‐associated protein that acts as a dynein adaptor to drive perinuclear clustering of lipid droplets. By linking lipid droplets to the microtubule network, SPDL1‐L extends the function of SPDL1 beyond mitosis and contributes to lipid droplet organization and nuclear remodeling ...
Honggang Su, Huimin Pan, Yaqiang Liu, Wei Wang, Yang Jiao, Yumo Hang, Xiahe Huang, Yong E. Zhang, Yuhang Chen, Mei Ding, Xun Huang   +10 more
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BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CARROT PESTS

, 2023
Today, the effective organization of the field of plant chemistry, dressing, ensuring the quality and safety of food products, increasing the volume of exports have a very important value. The most responsible issue of the current period is to dramatically improve the provision of the population with food products and to provide an opportunity for its ...
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Plant Robotics for Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly Robots: Insights from Actuation Characteristics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Plants are promising materials for building sustainable and eco‐friendly robots due to their inherent multifunctionality, with actuation playing a crucial role. This article focuses on the physical movements of plants and, from the perspective of actuation characteristics, explores representative plant species and their behaviors, the current state of ...
Kazuya Murakami, Misao Sato, Yu Ikeda, Tatsuhiro Horii, Yukari Nagatoshi, Miki Fujita, Toshinori Fujie, Yasunari Fujita, Jun Shintake   +8 more
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High-throughput profiling of diapause regulated genes from Trichogramma dendrolimi (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

BMC Genomics, 2020
Background The parasitoid wasp, Trichogramma dendrolimi, can enter diapause at the prepupal stage. Thus, diapause is an efficient preservation method during the mass production of T. dendrolimi.
Xue Zhang, Wenmei Du, Junjie Zhang, Zhen Zou, Changchun Ruan   +4 more
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