supported by United States Department of Agriculture(USDA)-National Institute of Food and Agriculture(NIFA)2017-67013-26524 and 2021-67013-33568 grants awarded to M.V.K.
13-Lipoxygenases(LOXs)initiate the synthesis of jasmonic acid(JA),the best-understood oxylipin hormone in herbivory defense.However,the roles of 9-LOX-derived oxylipins in insect resistance remain unclear.Here,we repo...
funded byNational Natural Science Foundationof China(32072509,31725023,and 31911530234);National Key Research and Developmentt Program of China(2021YFD1400703);Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(KQTD20180411143628272);Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund(CAASZDRW202108);projects subsidized by Special Funds for Science Technology Innovation and Industrial Development of Shenzhen Dapeng New District(PT202101-02);Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program(ASTIP).
Moths possess an extremely sensitive and diverse sex pheromone processing system,in which pheromone receptors(PRs)are essential to ensure communication between mating partners.Functional properties of some PRs are con...
This research was funded by grants from the National Key R&D Program of China(No,2019YFD1002100);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31901941 and No.31970474);Natural Science Foun-dation of Guangdong Province(No.202102020966);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2020M682752).The authors are grateful for the generous gift of S.litura nucleopolyhedrovirus(SpItNPV)from Professor Kai Yang at Sun Yat-Sen University,Nomuruea rileyi(Nr06)from Professor Xusheng Liu at Central China Normal University,and Bacillus thuringiensis(WB9)from Professor Xiong Guan at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University.
Basic helix-loop-helix(bHLH)transcription factors play an important role in a wide range of metabolic and developmental processes in eukaryotes,and bHLH proteins also participate in immune responses,especially in plan...
The fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda recently invaded China,ravaging crops in many provinces.Deciphering the possible genetic basics for its successful invasion is critical for innovative and specific control for t...
The study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31330071 and 31772519)and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province,China(2017A030313210).
Fatty acid-bindi ng proteins(FABPs)are a family of lipid chaper on es,which con tribute to systemic metabolic regulati on through diverse lipid signalings.In this study,a midgut-specific FABP gene(Slfabp2)was cloned f...
supported by the Key Project of Applied Basic Research Program of Yunnan(2017FA015);the Young Academic and Technical Leader Raising Foundation of Yunnan Province(no. 2017HB063);the Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences(2018530000241002 and 2019530000241003);the Biotechnology Experimental Center at the Kunming Institute of Botany,CAS,for supporting plant cultivation.
Jasmonic acid(JA)plays important roles in plant resistance to insect herbivores.One important derivative of JA is 12-OH-JA,which is produced by two independent pathways:direct hydroxylation of JA by jasmonate-induced ...
funded by the Dept.of Botany,Maulana Azad College of Arts,Science and Commerce,Aurangabad,Maharashtra,India and Government Institute of Science,Aurangabad,Maharashtra,India。
Background:Spodoptera litura(Lepidoptera:Noctuidae),commonly known as tobacco cutworm or cotton leafworm,is a polyphagous pest which causes considerable damage to cotton(Gossypium hirsutum)and other crops.Herbivore-in...
Supported by Science and Technology Project of Taizhou City"Research,Integration and Industrial-ization Development of Broccoli Production Technology Coping with Japan’s Affirmative List System(Research and Application of Key Technologies in Promoting Broccoli Industry)"(071TG04);Taizhou Broccoli Breeding and Promotion Integration Innovation Team Project(TRCL[2014]No.7)。
[Objective]The paper was to explore the comprehensive sexual attraction control technology of main pests in broccoli,and to improve the green control technology of main pests in broccoli.[Method]The comprehensive cont...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31330071,31772519);Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Grant No. S2012010010185,2017A030313210).
Fusion of the testis occurs in most Lepidoptera insects, including Spodoptera litura, an important polyphagous pest. Testicular fusion in S. litura is advantageous for male reproduction, and the molecular mechanism of...
Insect body pigmentation and coloration are critical to adaption to the environment. To explore the mechanisms that drive pigmentation, we used the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CR...