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Sustainable and Multifunctional Natural Macromolecular Polymers for Aqueous Zn Metal Batteries

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We comprehensively review the structure‐function relationships and regulatory mechanism of natural macromolecular polymers in stabilizing zinc anodes at the microscopic and mesoscopic scales. The interactions among polymer structures, optimization strategies, and regulatory mechanisms are discussed systematically summarizing recent related research ...
Yunuo Shi, Bo Jiang, Jingcheng Zhang, Xiaodong Shao, Peixun Xiong, Lutong Shan, Shengyang Huang, Mengfang Liang, Mengyao Chang, Fangyan Liu, Wenwu Li, Baoyu Xia, Wei Ji, Ho Seok Park   +13 more
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Infochemical use in Brassica-insect interactions : a phenotypic manipulation approach to induced plant defences [PDF]

, 2008
Plants have developed a range of strategies to defend themselves against herbivore attack. Defences can be constitutive, i.e. always present independent of attack, or induced, i.e. only elicited when the plant is under attack.
Bruinsma, M.
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Performance of generalist and specialist herbivores and their endoparasitoids differs on cultivated and wild Brassica populations [PDF]

, 2008
Through artificial selection, domesticated plants often contain modified levels of primary and secondary metabolites compared to their wild progenitors.
Harvey, Jeffrey A., Marcel Dicke, Dicke, M., James M. Bullock, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Van Dam, N.M., Dicke, Marcel, Bullock, James M., Gols, R., van Dam, Nicole, Bukovinszky, Tibor, Dam, N.M. van, Nicole M. van Dam, Tibor Bukovinszky, Gols, Rieta, Harvey, J.A., Gols, G.J.Z., Bullock, J.M., Rieta Gols, Bukovinszky, T., Dam, N.M., van   +20 more
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Polyphenol‐Inspired Materials for Agricultural Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review outlines the use of polyphenol‐inspired materials for sustainable agriculture, highlighting their molecular design, interfacial assembly, structure–property relationships, and prospects toward precision agriculture, climate resilience, ecosystem protection, and circular bioeconomy strategies.
Haofu Liu, Omid Mazaheri, Zhixing Lin, Tianzheng Wang, Jingqu Chen, Yuang Gu, Xia Liang, Deli Chen, Frank Caruso   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Ionic Gating of Liquid‐Crystal‐Like Pteridine Assemblies Enables Tunable Light Scattering

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Tunable optical properties emerge through developmentally regulated ionic gating, which transforms disordered, ultraviolet (UV)‐absorbing organelles into concentrically ordered, liquid‐crystal‐like light scatterers. By integrating analyses of pteridine composition, potassium‐dependent assembly, hierarchical ultrastructure, and optical behavior, the ...
Sourabh Bera, Zohar Eyal, Yael Noy, Yuval Barzilay, Siddharth Sahoo, Srikant Moharana, Avi Baram, Tali Lerer‐Goldshtein, Neta Varsano, Bar Bader, Lothar Houben, Uwe Heinig, Iddo Pinkas, Moshe Goldsmith, Tamar Unger, Shira Albeck, Andrea Sorrentino, Maxim Itkin, Sergey Malitsky, Ziv Porat, Ido Hadar, Venkata Jayasurya Yallapragada, Dvir Gur   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Roles of herbivorous insects salivary proteins

Heliyon
The intricate relationship between herbivorous insects and plants has evolved over millions of years, central to this dynamic interaction are salivary proteins (SPs), which mediate key processes ranging from nutrient acquisition to plant defense ...
Xinyi Ma, Zhiyong Yin, Haiyin Li, Jianjun Guo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multi‐Biomimetic Structural Colors Inspired by Pearls and Bird Feathers

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A dual‐biomimetic strategy mimicking pearls and bird feathers is proposed to construct full‐gamut structural colors. By integrating a non‐strictly periodic inorganic multilayer architecture with tunable light absorbers, this facile approach circumvents the complex fabrication of traditional 1D photonic crystals, offering immense potential for cosmetics,
Zhiwei Wang, Qiuyu Cheng, Qiuyu Jin, Fu Tang, Wenbin Cao, Ayahisa Okawa, Takuya Hasegawa, Takehiro Goto, Natsumi Yamaguchi, Takumi Tanaka, Te‐Wei Chiu, Tohru Sekino, Shu Yin   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of the insect assemblage associated with two weed species in a rice-growing area [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Rice is essential to global food security, and its crops are challenged by the presence of Aeschynomene Fabaceae (jointvetch), whose control by herbicides generates environmental, health and resistance risks.
M. G. C. E. Greco, L. M. Abeijon, E. M. D. Weber, E. Silva, A. Specht, J. A. Lutinski, D. Agostinetto, F. R. M. Garcia   +7 more
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Dental Microwear Texture Analysis on Radular Teeth

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
3D microwear textures reveal how gastropod radular teeth respond to controlled abrasive contact. Distinct surface signatures distinguish regular abrasion from fracture‐dominated material removal, showing how mineralized coatings, fibrous cores, and substrate properties jointly shape wear and failure in a biological scraping interface.
Wencke Krings, Stanislav N. Gorb, Ellen Schulz‐Kornas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source