This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC31730074).The authors de-clare that they have no conflicts of interest with the con-tents of this article.
Disruption of morphogenesis,an essential process in organismal development,can lead to disruption of biological processes,reduction in fitness,or even death of an organism.The roles of lethal giant larvae(Lgl)protein ...
This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31320103921 and 31872010)and the Graduate Outstanding Irinovation Project of Shanxi Province,China(2017 BY011).
Cytochrome b5(Cyt-b5)is a small heme protein and known to be involved in a wide range of biochemical transformations,in eluding cytochrome P450 monooxyge nase(CYP)-mediated metabolism of endoge nous and exogenous comp...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31471762);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(2018NTST03)。
Locusts are agricultural pests around the world. To cognize how locust distribution density and community structure are related to the hydrothermal and vegetation growth conditions of their habitats and thereby provid...
The migratory locust Locusta migratoria(Orthoptera,Acrididae)is one of the most important pests due to its extensive and severe damage to crops in large parts of Africa and Asia.Biodegradable and ecologically natural ...
This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Grants (Nos. 31472051, 31201710), Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province of China (2014011028-3), Fund Program for the Scientific Activities of Selected Returned Overseas Professionals in Shanxi Province, the Platform Project of Science and Technology in Shanxi Province (2015091010), and National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2012CB114102). We thank Dr. Feng Jiang for critical comments on the manuscript.
The cuticle, an essential structure for insects, is produced from cuticular proteins and chitin via a series of biochemical reactions. Tweedle genes are important members of the cuticular protein family and have four ...
financially supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31470472);the National Undergraduate“Innovation”Project and the Zhejiang Province“Xinmiao”Project
Physiological adaptation arises from several fundamental sources of phenotypic variation. Most analyses of metabolic adaptation in birds have focused on the basal metabolic rate (BMR), the lower limit of avian metab...
The authors thank Dr. David Hunter for carefully editing the manuscript. I am grateful to Prof. Hassanali Ahmed and Dr. Njagi Peter in International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, L. Zhang in China Agricultural University, Prof. C. H. Wu in Beijing University and Dr. X. B. Kong in Chinese Academy of Forestry for the suggestions and comments that improved the manuscript. This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Offer of Scientist Exchange Visit of ICIPE.
The aggregation components from fecal volatiles of the oriental mi- gratory locust, Locusta migratoria manilensis were identified with gas chromatographic/electroantennographic detector (GC-EAD), GC-MS (mass spectr...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.39430030).
The random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique was used to examine genetic divergence and interrelations of 11 geographical populations of the migratory locust in China, and the role of spatial separation in th...
The structure and function of the cercus-to-giant interneuron system,relevant to the receptionof low-frequency sound,within the terminal abdominal ganglion of the locust Locusta migratoria were revealedby using intrac...