Xiqiao Shan(Mount Xiqiao)in Foshan,Guangdong Province is an aural paradise.While our modern world often feels overwhelmed by the din of electronic appliances,the air around Mount Xiqiao is filled with the distinct and...
received financial support from the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program,China(KQTD20180411143628272);the special funds for Science Technology Innovation and Industrial Development of Shenzhen Dapeng New District,China(PT202101-02)。
The oral secretions of insect herbivores are complex mixtures of organic and inorganic solutes and enzymes that are deposited onto plant tissues during the feeding process.Some specific components of insect oral secre...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant numbers 52305321 and 62273246);The Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20230496);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project(2023M732536 and 2024T170630);Jiangsu Province Excellence Postdoctoral Program(2023ZB218);The National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFB4702202);The Jiangsu Provincial Key Technology R&D Program(BE2021009-02).
Micro aerial vehicles(MAVs)have flexibility and maneuverability,which can offer vast potential for applications in both civilian and military domains.Compared to Fixed-wing/Rotor-wing MAVs,Flapping Wing Micro Robots(F...
Dear Editor,Insect-fungal symbioses are fruitful testing grounds for examining coevolutionary theories,from host specificity(Stranda&Obrycki,1996;Rohrlich et al.,2018),arms-race scenarios(Pedrini et al.,2015;Stock et ...
supported by grant P20-00139 funded by Consejería de Transformación Económica,Industria,Conocimiento y Universidades,Junta de Andalucía,and by“ERDF A way of making Europe;Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature.
The objective of this study was to investigate the combined effect of soil amendments and pest attack on plant-induced defense and their impact on a biological control agent’s behavior.The effects of olive mill waste...
support from Shanghai Rising-Star Program(24QA2710200).
Insect diversity constitutes one of the most remarkable biolog-ical phenomena on our planet,characterized by intricate and multifaceted relationships with human society.Functioning as both pollinators and decomposers,...
Fall Armyworms (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda, particularly in maize crops, is a major agricultural pest. Current control methods rely heavily on chemical pesticides, which are costly and harmful to non-target organisms....
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32172389);the Excellent Youth Foundation of Henan Province,China(232300421029);the Key Research and Development Project of Henan Province,China(221111112200)。
The insect fat body is comparable to the liver and adipose tissue in vertebrates,and plays a pivotal role in energy metabolism,nutrient storage,and reproduction.During metamorphosis,the fat body is disassembled via pr...
supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(5234031);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32200392);the State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents(IPM1914 and IPM2308).
Dear Editor,Accurately tracking multiple individuals in insect groups provides crucial information for insect collective behavior,population activity and interactions with the environment(Price et al.,201l).
CONAHCyT(Consejo Nacional de Humanidades Ciencia y Tecnologia)for scholarship support(941376).
The accelerated growth of aquaculture has encouraged the search for new techniques and inputs to increase the yield of various aquaculture species,considering the health and welfare of the organisms.Functional food de...