supported by grants from National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFD1400704);the Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University(No.NAUSY-MS09).
Broflanilide is a novel meta-diamide insecticide that acts as a y-aminobutyric acid-gated chloride channel allosteric modulator.With its unique mode of action,broflanilide has no known cross-resistance with existing i...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(awards U20A2058 and 31830094).
Insect wings are subject to strong selective pressure,resulting in the evolution of remarkably diverse wing morphologies that largely determine flight capacity.However,the genetic basis and regulatory mechanisms under...
This study was funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFE0113900);Special Technical Innovation of Hubei Province(2017ABA146).
Chemosensory proteins (CSPs) have great contributions in performing diverse functions in insects. However, physiological appraisal of chemosensory protein genes still remains elusive in insects. We studied expression ...
The beet webworm, Spoladea recurvalis Fabricius, is a destructive pest on vegetable crops in tropics and subtropics; its main host plant is amaranth. It has become imperative to develop non-chemical methods to control...
Western corn rootworm (WCR, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) is highly sensitive to orally delivered double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). RNAi in WCR is systemic and spreads throughout the insect body. This raises ...
Carboxylesterases are enzymes widely distributed within living organisms. In insects, they have been mainly involved in dietary metabolism and detoxification function. Interestingly, several members of this family cal...
Insects produce silk for a range of purposes. In the Lepidoptera, silk is utilized as a material for cocoon production and serves to protect larvae from adverse environmental conditions or predators. Species in the Sa...
The susceptibility of the northern corn rootworm Diabrotica barberi (Smith & Lawrence) to mCry3A and eCry3.1Ab proteins derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) was determined using a diet bioassay. Northern corn...
The potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is the most destructive pest of potato, Solanum tuberosum L. (Solanaceae), in tropical and subtropical regions in both field an...
Developmental changes in hemolymph ecdysteroid level, ecdysteroid synthesis by prothoracic glands (PGs) in vitro, prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) activity in brain extracts, and PTTH activity in the hemolymph we...