Wang, Zhao-Yang Nie, Kai-Xiao Niu, Ji-Chen Cheng, Gong
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Insect science
Mosquito-borne viruses (MBVs) are a large class of viruses transmitted mainly through mosquito bites, including dengue virus, Zika virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, West Nile virus, and chikungunya virus, which pose a major threat to the health of people around the world. With global warming and extended human activities, the incidence of many MB...
Ming, Zhihao Chen, Zhiqiang Tong, Hao Zhou, Xia Feng, Tingting Dai, Jianfeng
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Insect science
C-type lectins (CTLs) are a family of proteins that contain 1 or more carbohydrate-recognition domains (CRDs) and bind to a broad repertoire of ligands in the presence of calcium ions. CTLs play important roles in innate immune defenses against microorganisms by acting as pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) for invading pathogens, such as bacteria...
Feng, Tingting Tong, Hao Zhang, Qianqian Ming, Zhihao Song, Zhenyu Zhou, Xia Dai, Jianfeng
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Insect science
Serine proteinase inhibitors (serpins), identified from the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis of China, play significant roles in various animal physiological processes. In this study, we showed that H. longicornis serpins (Hlserpin-a and Hlserpin-b) were induced during blood-feeding in nymph ticks and exhibited anticoagulation activity in vitro....
Fan, Jiayao Shang, Feng Pan, Huimin Yuan, Chenyang Liu, Tianyuan Yi, Long Wang, Jinjun Dou, Wei
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Insect science
Body color polyphenism is common in Diaphorina citri. Previous studies compared physiological characteristics in D. citri, but the ecological and biological significance of its body color polyphenism remains poorly understood. We studied the ecological and molecular effects of stressors related to body color in D. citri. Crowding or low temperature...
Ameline, Arnaud Karkach, Alain Denoirjean, Thomas Grondin, Martial Molinari, Florencia Turpin, Patrick Delatte, Hélène Reynaud, Bernard
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Insect science
Plant pathogens can alter the behavior of their insect vectors as well as their survival and reproduction. The African psyllid, Trioza erytreae, is one of the vectors of Huanglongbing, a citrus disease caused mainly by "Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus" (CLas). The purpose of this study was to characterize the effects of CLas on the psyllid, T. er...
Yang, Xiao-Lin Ling, Xia Sun, Quan Qiu, Pin-Pin Xiang, Kai Hong, Jun-Feng He, Shu-Lin Chen, Jie Ding, Xin Hu, Hai
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Insect science
Edison, Alitha Michelbach, Anja Sowade, Dominique Kertzel, Hanna Schmidt, Luise Schäfer, Martin Hackhausen, Maximilian Nauen, Ralf Duchen, Pablo Xu, Shuqing
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Insect science
Agricultural pests can develop behavioral resistance to insecticides by choosing to feed or oviposit on insecticide-free hosts. As young larvae have relatively low mobility, oviposition preferences from female adults may play a critical role in shaping the evolutionary trajectory of pest populations. While oviposition avoidance of insecticide-treat...
Xie, Lianjie Zeng, Xiangdong Amir, Muhammad Bilal Zou, Xiaojin Yuan, Jingfu Yu, Haizhong Lu, Zhanjun Chen, Wei
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Insect science
Guo, Jingfei Shi, Jianqin Han, Hailiang Rwomushana, Ivan Ali, Abid Myint, Yeeyee Wang, Zhenying
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Insect science
Interspecific competition is an important factor in the population dynamics and geographical distribution of insect populations. Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, an invasive species, and the Asian corn borer (ACB), Ostrinia furnacalis, a native pest species are major pests on maize in China, posing a threat to maize yield and grain quali...
Wang, Wei Ji, Linshengzhe Jing, Xinyuan Zhao, Ping Xia, Qingyou
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Insect science
MicroRNAs play critical roles in multiple developmental processes in insects. Our previous study showed that CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knock down of the microRNA let-7 in silkworms increased the size of larvae and silk glands, thereby improving the silk production capacity. In this study, we elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying of let-7 regulate...
