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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations

Insect Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean, Xim Cerdá, Jérôme Orivel, Frédéric Azémar, Alexander L. Wild, Bruno Corbara, Axel Touchard   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Controlling root rot and wilt diseases in faba bean (Vicia faba) using bio-filtrates and bio-stimulant substances. [PDF]

BMC Plant Biol
Almimoni NM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Adaptation of the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii to a specialized nutritional niche

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Unlike most Drosophila larvae that feed on spoiled food, Drosophila suzukii larvae thrive on ripening fruits and consequently face a low‐protein, high‐carbohydrate nutritional challenge. Comparisons of growth among D. suzukii, D. biarmipes, and D. melanogaster larvae across diets with varying protein‐to‐carbohydrate ratios demonstrate that D.
Yan Hou, Ying Zhen
wiley   +1 more source

A Pangenome Framework Reveals Conserved Pathogenicity-Associated Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Fusarium equiseti, a Root Rot Pathogen of Panax notoginseng. [PDF]

Mol Plant Pathol
Zhang X, Li X, Li X, Peng C, Wang W.
europepmc   +1 more source

Effect of the microbiome on pathogen susceptibility across four Drosophilidae species

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Four Drosophilidae species were used to investigate how variation in the host microbiome influences susceptibility to infection. Microbial composition and abundance differed among species and treatments. The effects of microbiome manipulation on host survival were both species‐ and pathogen‐specific.
Hongbo Sun, Ben Longdon, Ben Raymond
wiley   +1 more source

Core microbiota recruited by healthy grapevines enhance resistance against root rot disease. [PDF]

Genome Biol
Wang R, Zhang W, He Z, Zhou Y, Chen C, Song K, Shang Q, Wu Y, Gu P, Shu D, Zhao L.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Stable flies preferentially oviposit on sites offering conspecific eggs with egg‐derived bacterial semiochemicals

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Stable flies preferentially oviposit on sites offering conspecific eggs with egg‐derived airborne semiochemicals. Egg‐borne bacterial symbionts, and Serratia marcescens in particular, produce odorants which attract gravid female flies and elicit oviposition.
Emmanuel Hung, Anya Gould, Stephanie Zaborniak, Caelen Watson, Regine Gries, Sukhmani Kaur, Kyra Stephens, Augustus Negraeff, Ryan Lam, Alpha Hui, Pantea Zamani, Aryan Monfared, Gerhard Gries   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biocontrol mechanisms of two <i>Paenibacillus</i> strains against <i>Astragalus membranaceus</i> root rot and their effects on soil microecological structure. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Wu C, Lou Y, Wang L, Wang F, Wang X, Liu Y, Uwaremwe C, Li Z, Zhang Z, Zhu Y, Su X, Tian Y.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source