Yu, Qianhui Liu, Yan Liu, Shanshan Li, Shaogang Zhai, Yifan Zhang, Qingchao Zheng, Li Zheng, Hao Zhai, Yifan Wang, Xiaofei
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Bumblebees are important pollinators in agricultural ecosystems, but their abundance is declining globally. There is an urgent need to protect bumblebee health and their pollination services. Bumblebees possess specialized gut microbiota with potential to be used as probiotics to help defend at-risk bumblebee populations. However, evidence for prob...
Chen, Yaqing Lai, Yushan Liu, Runzhou Yao, Lin Yu, Xiao-Qiang Wang, Xiaoyun
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N6 -methyladenosine (m6 A) RNA is the most abundant modification of mRNA, and has been demonstrated in regulating various post-transcriptional processes. Many studies have shown that m6 A methylation plays key roles in sex determination, neuronal functions, and embryonic development in Drosophila and mammals. Here, we analyzed transcriptome-wide pr...
Chen, Dongbin Yang, Xu Yang, Dehong Liu, Yujia Wang, Yaohui Luo, Xingyu Tang, Linmeng Yi, Meiyan Huang, Yongping Liu, Yanqun
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulators of nearly all aspects of biological processes in eukaryotes. During the biogenesis of miRNAs, the RNase III enzyme Dicer processes double-strand precursor miRNAs into mature miRNAs and promotes the assembly of RNA-induced silencing complexes (RISCs). Dicer has been reported to participate in a wide range ...
Ye, Chao An, Xin Xie, Bing-Qin Ding, Bi-Yue Niu, Jinzhi Wang, Jin-Jun
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Systemic RNA interference deficient-1-like (SIL1) is considered a core component in dsRNA uptake in some insect species. Investigation related to the potential function of SIL1 in dsRNA uptake can contribute to a further understanding of RNA interference (RNAi) mechanisms in insects and agricultural pest control. However, the role of SIL1 in dsRNA ...
Bruno, Daniele Montali, Aurora Gariboldi, Marzia Wrońska, Anna Katarzyna Kaczmarek, Agata Mohamed, Amr Tian, Ling Casartelli, Morena Tettamanti, Gianluca
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In insects, the cell-mediated immune response involves an active role of hemocytes in phagocytosis, nodulation, and encapsulation. Although these processes have been well documented in multiple species belonging to different insect orders, information concerning the immune response, particularly the hemocyte types and their specific function in the...
Boss, Anja Romeis, Jörg Meissle, Michael
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Genetically engineered (GE) cotton, MON 88702, is protected against certain sucking pests, such as plant bugs and thrips, by producing mCry51Aa2, a modified protein from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). Predatory pirate bugs (Orius spp.), natural enemies contributing to biological pest control, are also sensitive to the insecticidal protein when expose...
Wang, Xingliang Shi, Tailong Tang, Ping Liu, Shengnan Hou, Bofeng Jiang, Dong Lu, Jingde Yang, Yihua Carrière, Yves Wu, Yidong
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Broflanilide is a novel meta-diamide insecticide that acts as a γ-aminobutyric acid-gated chloride channel allosteric modulator. With its unique mode of action, broflanilide has no known cross-resistance with existing insecticides and is expected to be an effective tool for the management of insecticide resistance. Establishing the baseline suscept...
Chen, Bihui Kou, Zongqing Jiang, Yuguo Luo, Xingyu Li, Peili Sun, Kaiji Wang, Weiwei Huang, Yongping Wang, Yaohui
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Sex-determination pathways are extremely diverse. Understanding the mechanism of sex determination in insects is important for genetic manipulation of the pest population and for breeding of economically valuable insects. Although sex determination has been well characterized in the model species Drosophila melanogaster, little is known about this ...
Ge, Si-Xun Li, Jia-Xing Jiang, Zhuo-Heng Zong, Shi-Xiang Ren, Li-Li
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The Japanese pine sawyer, Monochamus saltuarius, as a beetle vector of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pine wood nematode), is an economically important forest pest in Eurasia. To feed on the phloem and xylem of conifers, M. saltuarius needs to overcome various stress factors, including coping with entomopathogenic bacteria and also various plant secon...
Rhode, Clint Greenwood, Matthew P
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