supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.32130090 and 32372541);the State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents(Grant No.IPM2212).
The tobacco cutworm Spodoptera litura is one of the most destructive polyphagous crop pests.Olfaction and taste play a crucial role in its host plant selection and sexual communication,but the expression profile of ch...
funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China(31972333);Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation(ZR2020MC128,ZR2020MC130);Basic Research Project of Shenzhen Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Committee(JCYJ20190813144407666).
Peptidoglycan recognition proteins(PGRPs)are a class of molecules that play a critical role in insect immunity.Understanding the function of PGRPs is important to improve the efficiency of microbial insecticides.In th...
supported by Bayer Crop Science(St.Louis,MO,USA),USDA Regional Research Project NC-246;Hatch funds from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Helicoverpa zea(Boddie)is a destructive agricultural pest species that is targeted by both Bacillus thuringiensis(Bt)maize and cotton in the United States.Cry1A.105 and Cry2Ab2 are two Bt proteins expressed in a widel...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31861133019,31672367);the Program for Science and Technology Innovation Talents in University of Henan Province(19HASTIT011);the Key Scientific and Technological Project of Henan Province of China(202102110072).
The sense of taste plays a crucial role in herbivorous insects by discriminating nutrients from complex plant metabolic compounds.The peripheral coding of taste has been thoroughly studied in many insect species,but t...
supported though grants to G.H.by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2019YFD0300102);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1904201,31822043);This study was also supported by the Pearl River S&T Nova Program of Guangzhou(201806010013 to G.-J.Q.);the Research Program for Agricultural Science&Technology Development,Rural Development Administration,Republic of Korea(PJO1500901 to G.-S.L.);FY2019 Research Program on Development of Innovative Technology of the Bio・oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution,National Agriculture and Food Research Organization of Japan(01031C to A.0.).
The fall armyworm(FAW),Spodoptera frugiperda(J.E.Smith),spread rapidly in Africa and Asia recently,causing huge economic losses in crop production.Fall armyworm caterpillars were first detected in South Korea and Japa...
This article is published with the approval of the Director of the Louisiana Agri-cultural Experiment Station as manuscript No.2020-234-34595;This project represents work supported by Bayer Crop Science(St.Louis,MO,USA),USDA Regional Research Project NC-246;Hatch funds from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
A seed blend refuge has been implemented in the U.S.Corn Belt for Bt maize resistance management.The fall armyworm,Spodoptera frugiperda(J.E.Smith),is a target pest of Bt maize in the Americas.The larvae of this pest ...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31901873 and 31727901);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2019M660896);the Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund,China(CAAS-ZDRW202007,Y2019YJ06);the National Key R&D Program of China(2019YFD0300105).
The fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda,an invasive insect pest native to the Americas,has established populations throughout eastern China.The North China Plain一a key corn-producing area in East China with a unique ...
We would like to thank Helicoverpa genome consortium for genome sequences and transcripome data.We also thank Professor Myron Zalucki of University of Queensland providing us H.armigera pupae.Dr.Wei Xu is the recipient of an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award(DECRA)(DEI 60100382).
Sensory neuron membrane proteins(SNMPs)play a critical role in insect chemosensory system.Previously,three SNMPs were identified,characterized and functionally investigated in a lepidopteran model insect,Bombyx mori.H...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31700141,31872027);Changsha Science and Technology Plan Project(kq 1901033);Double first-class construction project of Hunan Agricultural University.
Apoptosis plays critical roles in multiple biological processes in multicellular organisms.Caspases are known as important participators and regulators of apoptosis.Here,four novel caspase genes of Spodoptera exigua w...
This work was funded by a grant from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs(MARA)of China(No.2016YFD0200500).
Insect ryanodine receptors(RyRs)are the targets of diamide insecticides.Two point mutations G4946E and I4790M(numbering according to Plutella xylostella,PxRyR)in the transmembrane domain of the insect RyRs associated ...