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Metatranscriptomic Analysis of the Bacterial Symbiont Dactylopiibacterium carminicum from the Carmine Cochineal Dactylopius coccus (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Dactylopiidae)

Life, 2019
The scale insect Dactylopius coccus produces high amounts of carminic acid, which has historically been used as a pigment by pre-Hispanic American cultures. Nowadays carmine is found in food, cosmetics, and textiles.
Rafael Bustamante-Brito, Arturo Vera-Ponce de León, Mónica Rosenblueth, Julio César Martínez-Romero, Esperanza Martínez-Romero   +4 more
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Developing European conservation and mitigation tools for pollination services: approaches of the STEP (Status and Trends of European Pollinators) project [PDF]

, 2011
Pollinating insects form a key component of European biodiversity, and provide a vital ecosystem service to crops and wild plants. There is growing evidence of declines in both wild and domesticated pollinators, and parallel declines in plants relying ...
Alexandra-Maria Klein, Ante Vujić, Antonio Felicioli, Bernard E Vaissière, David Kleijn, DICKS L V, EU COMMUNICATION, EU COMMUNICATION, FREEMAN S, Henrik G Smith, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Jacobus C Biesmeijer, Josef Settele, KLOTZ S, LILLELEHT V, Lyubomir D Penev, MACCAGNANI B, Markus Fischer, Martin Zobel, MATSUMURA C, Michal Woyciechowski, Montserrat Vilà, NATURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, Oliver Schweiger, Pekka Jokinen, Peter B Sørensen, Peter Neumann, Pierre Rasmont, RASMONT P, Riccardo Bommarco, Simon G Potts, SPEIGHT M C D, Stuart P M Roberts, Theodora Petanidou, William E Kunin, WILLIAMS I H   +35 more
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First record of Crypticerya brasiliensis (Hemiptera: Monophlebidae) on pequi trees (Caryocar brasiliense, Caryocaraceae) in the Brazilian Cerrado [PDF]

Revista Ceres
Crypticerya brasiliensis (Hempel, 1900) (Hemiptera: Monophlebidae) is a scale insect that has recently been observed in some native and exotic plants from the Brazilian Cerrado. This study reports for the first time the occurrence of C.
Marcelo Tavares de Castro, Sandro Coelho Linhares Montalvão, Ana Lucia Benfatti Gonzalez Peronti   +2 more
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Entomogenic Climate Change [PDF]

, 2008
Rapidly expanding insect populations, deforestation, and global climate change threaten to destabilize key planetary carbon pools, especially the Earth's forests which link the micro-ecology of insect infestation to climate.
Crutchfield, James P., Dunn, David
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The case for emulating insect brains using anatomical "wiring diagrams" equipped with biophysical models of neuronal activity

, 2018
Developing whole-brain emulation (WBE) technology would provide immense benefits across neuroscience, biomedicine, artificial intelligence, and robotics.
Collins, Logan Thrasher
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Parasitoids of \u3ci\u3eChionaspis Pinifoliae\u3c/i\u3e (Homoptera: Diaspididae) in Iowa [PDF]

, 2017
Three parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae: Aphelininae), Aphytis diaspidis, Coccobius varicornis, and Marietta pulchella, were recovered from field collections of the pine needle scale, Chionaspis pinifoliae, on Pinus sylvestris in central Iowa ...
Burden, Daniel J, Hart, Elwood R
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Advancing Research on Biomaterials and Biological Materials with Scanning Electron Microscopy under Environmental and Low Vacuum Conditions

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Herein, environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) is discussed as a powerful extension of conventional SEM for life sciences. By combining high‐resolution imaging with variable pressure and humidity, ESEM allows the analysis of untreated biological materials, supports in situ monitoring of hydration‐driven changes, and advances the functional ...
Jendrian Riedel, Lea Dierker, Antoine Eyram Kwame, Kim Nora Wagner, Jonas J. Unterholzner, Jan‐Henning Dirks, Dorothea Brüggemann   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using citizen science to monitor pollination services [PDF]

, 2015
1. Pollination by insects is a vital ecosystem service and the need for its assessment is increasing in recognition and political pressure, but there are currently no large-scale systematic monitoring schemes in place to measure the direct provision of ...
Ahrné, Bateman, Costanza, Cussans, Dickinson, Dicks, Dougherty, Drayner, Free, Free, Gallai, Garratt, Ghazoul, Goulson, Goulson, Haines-Young, Hanna, Jauker, Kendall, Klein, Kremen, Kremen, Mackechnie, Oberhauser, Osborne, Owen, Potter, Samnegård, Schmeller, Silvertown, Smith, Steffan-Dewenter, Westphal, WHO, Winfree   +34 more
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Composites of Shellac and Silver Nanowires as Flexible, Biobased, and Corrosion‐Resistant Transparent Conductive Electrodes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Shellac, a centuries‐old natural resin, is reimagined as a green material for flexible electronics. When combined with silver nanowires, shellac films deliver transparency, conductivity, and stability against humidity. These results position shellac as a sustainable alternative to synthetic polymers for transparent conductors in next‐generation ...
Rahaf Nafez Hussein, Tiago Carneiro Gomes, Eliza Ng, Simon Rondeau‐Gagné, Tricia Breen Carmichael   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Landscape and Local Drivers Affecting Flying Insects along Fennel Crops (Foeniculum vulgare, Apiaceae) and Implications for Its Yield

Insects, 2021
Agricultural landscapes are increasingly characterized by intensification and habitat losses. Landscape composition and configuration are known to mediate insect abundance and richness.
Lucie Schurr, Benoît Geslin, Laurence Affre, Sophie Gachet, Marion Delobeau, Magdalena Brugger, Sarah Bourdon, Véronique Masotti   +7 more
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