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Population-related variation in plant defense more strongly affects survival of an herbivore than its solitary parasitoid wasp [PDF]

, 2011
The performance of natural enemies, such as parasitoid wasps, is affected by differences in the quality of the host’s diet, frequently mediated by species or population-related differences in plant allelochemistry. Here, we compared survival, development
Jeffrey A. Harvey, Gols, R., Harvey, J.A., Rieta Gols   +3 more
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
wiley   +1 more source

Insect gall occurrence in savanna and forest remnant sites of Hidrolândia, GO, Brazil Central

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2018
In this study we perform an inventory of the insect galls in savanna and forest sites of Hidrolândia, Goiás, Brazil. We found 150 insect gall morphotypes, distributed on 39 botanical families and 104 plant species.
Elienai Cândida e Silva, Benedito Baptista dos Santos, Walter Santos de Araújo   +2 more
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Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flowers through insect eyes: the contribution of pollinator vision to the evolution of flower colour [PDF]

, 2010
PhDFlowers’ colours are an essential element of their ability to attract visits from pollinators. However, the colours as they appear to human observers can differ substantially from their appearance to insect pollinators, and so it is essential to ...
Arnold, Sarah Elizabeth Joan
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Flooding: another abiotic stressor to consider in plant-insect interactions

Frontiers in Plant Science
Flooding is an increasingly important plant abiotic stress that is intensifying with climate change, yet its ecological implications, particularly for plant- insect interactions remain poorly understood and synthesized.
Satinderpal Kaur, Esther Ngumbi
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Diversity of galls induced by wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini) associated with oaks (Fagaceae: Quercus) in Mexico

Botan‪ical Sciences, 2017
Background. Gall-inducing insects make up a guild of highly specialized endophagous herbivores. The cynipids (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) are highly diversified gall-inducing wasps that are largely associated with oaks (Fagaceae: Quercus).
Enrique Pascual-Alvarado, José Luis Nieves-Aldrey, Douhglas Eliseo Castillejos-Lemus, Pablo Cuevas-Reyes, Ken Oyama   +4 more
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In the tripartite combination Botrytis cinerea-Arabidopsis-Eurydema oleracea, the fungal pathogen alters the plant-insect interaction via jasmonic acid signalling activation and inducible plant-emitted volatiles. [PDF]

J Plant Res, 2021
Ederli L, Salerno G, Quaglia M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Degradable Magnetic Composites from Recycled NdFeB Magnets for Soft Actuation and Sensing

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a degradable soft magnetic composite made from recycled NdFeB particles embedded in a gelatin‐based organogel. The material is processed into magnetic sensors and soft robotic components, which can later be dissolved in a green solvent to recover NdFeB magnetic particles.
Muhammad Bilal Khan, Lin Guo, Kilian Schäfer, Eduardo Sergio Oliveros‐Mata, Xiaotao Wang, Florian Hofmann, Matthias Lutzi, Mark Suppelt, Proloy Taran Das, Jan Schmidtpeter, Imants Dirba, Stephan Rinderknecht, Mario Kupnik, Denys Makarov, Oliver Gutfleisch   +14 more
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The Impact of the Absence of Aliphatic Glucosinolates on Insect Herbivory in Arabidopsis [PDF]

, 2008
Aliphatic glucosinolates are compounds which occur in high concentrations in Arabidopsis thaliana and other Brassicaceae species. They are important for the resistance of the plant to pest insects.
Verbocht, Hans, Grandi Valentina, Schipper, Bert, Soloview, M., Aarts Mark G. M., de Vos Ric C. H., de Vos, Ric C H, Bovy, A., R. C. H. de Vos, Verbocht, H., P. Morandini, Grandi, V., van Dam, Nicole M, J. Beekwilder, Beekwilder, Jules, Valentina Grandi, Molthoff Jos W., Aarts, Mark G M, Laszlo Szabados, Soloviev, M., Morandini, P., Soloviev, Mikhail, Bertossi Monica, M. Soloviev, Nicole M van Dam, Molthoff, Jos W, Arnaud Bovy, Soloviev Mikhail, B. Schipper, Mizzi, Luca, Dam, N.M. van, Mark G M Aarts, Monica Bertossi, Vos, C.H., de, Szabados, L., W. van Leeuwen, H. Verbocht, Luca Mizzi, Bovy, Arnaud, Leeuwen van, W., Morandini, Piero, Piero Morandini, Leeuwen, W., van, Schipper Bert, Vos, R.C.H. de, Verbocht Hans, Jules Beekwilder, M. Bertossi, V. Grandi, Ric C H de Vos, Aarts, M.G.M., van Leeuwen, Wessel, Grandi, Valentina, Bovy, A.G., van Leeuwen Wessel, Leeuwen, W. van, L. Szabados, J. W. Molthoff, Schipper, B., Vos de, R.C.H., Morandini Piero, Mizzi Luca, Van Dam, N.M., Szabados, Laszlo, Beekwilder Jules, Molthoff, J.W., Jos W Molthoff, N. M. van Dam, L. Mizzi, Dam, N.M., van, Bert Schipper, Bovy Arnaud, Bertossi, M., van Dam Nicole M., Hans Verbocht, M. G. M. Aarts, A. Bovy, Mizzi, L., Beekwilder, J., Szabados Laszlo, Mikhail Soloviev, Bertossi, Monica, Wessel van Leeuwen, Beekwilder J, Verbocht H, Soloviev M, Grandi V, Aarts MG, Bertossi M, Morandini P, Mizzi L, Szabados L, Molthoff JW, de Vos RC, Bovy A, Schipper B, van Dam NM, van Leeuwen W   +97 more
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