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Advanced Science, EarlyView.The genome of Megachile rotundata, an extensively managed solitary pollination bee species, has been sequenced, covering 280.68 Mb and predicting 10 701 genes. The study reveals significant expansions of the Toll gene family and their abundant expression in diapause prepupae, highlighting enhanced immune responses during diapause. This genome serves as
Rangjun Shi +8 more
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Chaotic dynamics of the sugarcane borer-two parasitoid agroecosystem with seasonality [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Sugarcane production is a significant and profitable agribusiness sector in many countries. Nevertheless, this industry suffers significant losses from the sugarcane pests, among which the most important one is the sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis).
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.In the tripartite‐species model, Drosophila larvae stimulate lactate production through excreting digestion enzymes. S. marcescens population senses a cue of lactate and tends to diverge into virulent and reduced virulence subclusters with remarkable heterogeneity to metabolize carbon metabolism and counter colonization resistance, giving a fitness ...
Sheng Zhang +10 more
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Pareto-efficient biological pest control enable high efficacy at small costs [PDF]
arXiv, 2016 Biological pest control is increasingly used in agriculture as a an alternative to traditional chemical pest control. In many cases, this involves a one-off or periodic release of naturally occurring and/or genetically modified enemies such as predators, parasitoids, or pathogens. As the interaction between these enemies and the pest is complex and the
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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 +4 more
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Novel Bivalent mRNA‐LNP Vaccine for Highly Effective Protection against Pneumonic Plague
Advanced Science, EarlyView.The study investigates mRNA‐lipid nanoparticle vaccines targeting Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague. Combined F1+LcrV mRNA vaccination elicited robust immune responses and protected mice against virulent wild‐type and atypical strains.
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study develops a strategy to screen the active compounds from bio‐mixtures via combining transcriptomic profiling and molecular docking. The proposed method demonstrates 100% correction in three different biobased mixtures and is 3–20 times faster than traditional approaches.
Yongdong Xu +8 more
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T(w)o patch or not t(w)o patch: A novel additional food model [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 A number of top down bio-control models have been proposed where the introduced predators' efficacy is enhanced via the provision of additional food (AF). However, if the predator has a pest dependent monotone functional response, pest extinction is unattainable.
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Stability Analysis and Control Optimization of a Prey-Predator Model with Linear Feedback Control
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2018 The application of pest management involves two thresholds when the chemical control and biological control are adopted, respectively. Our purpose is to provide an appropriate balance between the chemical control and biological control.
Yaning Li, Yan Li, Yu Liu, Huidong Cheng
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.PtRuFeCoNi HEA NWs are synthesized by adjusting the metal composition and surface‐engineered with PDA to create HEA NWs@PDA nanozymes with superior catalytic activities and photothermal properties. DFT calculations confirm that self‐polymerized PDA surface engineering moderately lowers the d‐band center of the HEAs, optimizes the surface charge ...
Kunyang Feng +10 more
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