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Growth substrates alter aboveground plant microbial and metabolic properties thereby influencing insect herbivore performance
The gut microbiome of plant-eaters is affected by the food they eat, but it is currently unclear how the plant metabolome and microbiome are...
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Effect of three different insect larvae on growth performance and antioxidant activity of thigh, breast, and liver tissues of chickens reared under mild heat stress
This study investigated the potential of insect-based diets to mitigate heat stress impact on broiler chickens, focusing on growth performance and...
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Insect Biorefinery
Over 1 million species of insects have been documented to date and the use of insects by humans is not new (food colorants from cochineal insects,...
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Insect Metagenomics
Through this chapter, you will come to know about insect gut metagenomics and how it is helpful for the insect to flourish whatever the condition may...
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Insect Ecology
Insect ecology is the study of how insects interact with the environment. The environment consists of both physical characteristics (abiotic) and...
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Growth performance and scale insect infestation of Shorea leprosula in a common garden experimental plot
Many tree planting programmes have long been initiated to increase forest cover to mitigate the effects of global climate change. Successful planting...
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Improving insect conservation management through insect monitoring and stakeholder involvement
In recent years, the decline of insect biodiversity and the imminent loss of provided ecosystem functions and services has received public attention...
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Geographical patterns and determinants of insect biodiversity in China
Insects play important roles in the maintenance of ecosystem functioning and the provision of livelihoods for millions of people. However, compared...
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Grip** performance in the stick insect Sungaya inexpectata in dependence on the pretarsal architecture
Insect attachment devices and capabilities have been subject to research efforts for decades, and even though during that time considerable progress...
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Host Plant Resistance to Insect Pests in Maize
Maize, a potential global crop is attacked by a wide array of insect pests. Among them, spotted stem borer, pink stem borer, fall armyworm, and shoot...
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Recent Advances in Insect Biotechnology
Insect biotechnology is the use of insects and their derivatives for agriculture, industrial and human welfare. Biotechnological tools apply to...
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Enhancing forest insect outbreak detection by integrating tree-ring and climate variables
Annual tree rings are widely recognized as valuable tools for quantifying and reconstructing historical forest disturbances. However, the influence...
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Plant characterization of insect-protected soybean
Insect-protected soybean (SIP) that produces the Cry1A.105 and Cry2Ab2 insecticidal crystal proteins has been developed to provide protection from...
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Climate Change and Forest Insect Pests
Climate change and the underlying causal factors have been thoroughly described in the scientific literature. Although well understood and documented...
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Crop insect pest detection based on dilated multi-scale attention U-Net
BackgroundCrop pests seriously affect the yield and quality of crops. Accurately and rapidly detecting and segmenting insect pests in crop leaves is...
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Advances in molecular interactions between rice and insect herbivores
To adapt to each other, plants and insect herbivores have developed sophisticated molecular interactions. Here, we summarize current knowledge about...
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Impact of intraspecific variation in insect microbiomes on host phenotype and evolution
Microbes can be an important source of phenotypic plasticity in insects. Insect physiology, behaviour, and ecology are influenced by individual...
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Progress in polystyrene biodegradation by insect gut microbiota
Polystyrene (PS) is frequently used in the plastics industry. However, its structural stability and difficulty to break down lead to an abundance of...
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Preference and performance in an herbivorous coccinellid beetle: a comparative study of host plant defensive traits, insect preference, and survival
Herbivorous insects assess and choose their potential host plants based on traits that may correlate with host suitability or quality. These traits...
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Integrating water and insect pest management in agriculture
Water and herbivory are two of the most crucial factors limiting plant growth, and their management is a critical part of crop production. However,...
