Quantification of land use threats to a flagship species and its meadow habitats within urban landscape by K. Krzosek, P. Nowicki

“…In recent decades insects have experienced severe declines worldwide, and the main threats to their populations include the loss, fragmentation and deterioration of their habitats, due to land use changes such as urbanisation, afforestation, and natural succession. …”
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Defensive Mechanisms of <i>Mikania micrantha</i> Likely Enhance Its Invasiveness as One of the World’s Worst Alien Species by David R. Clements, Hisashi Kato-Noguchi

“…It possesses potent defenses against natural enemies such as pathogenic fungi, herbivorous insects, and parasitic nematodes, and exhibits allelopathic potential against plant competitors. …”
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Transcriptomic analysis of male diamondback moth antennae: Response to female semiochemicals and allyl isothiocyanate. by Yueqin Zheng, Qianxia Liu, Houjun Tian, Hui Wei

“…By identifying antennae-specific ODEs, researchers have established the molecular foundation for odorant degradation and signal inactivation in insects. This enables further exploration of new pest control methods. …”
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Optimizing milpa agrosystems with beneficial microbes and their ecological interactions: a review by Blanca Rojas-Sánchez, Sergio de los Santos-Villalobos, Juan J. Valdez Alarcón, Ana T. Chávez-Bárcenas, Ma. del Carmen Orozco-Mosqueda, Gustavo Santoyo

“…Ecologically, milpas enhance biodiversity, improve soil physicochemical properties, and mitigate environmental harm through beneficial interactions among plants, insects, and microorganisms. This work examines these interactions, with a focus on the role of beneficial microorganisms in reversing environmental damage and revitalizing milpa systems. …”
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Arthropod bioindicators of environmental quality by Márcia Soares Spiller, Claiton Spiller, Juliana Garlet

“…The phylum Arthropoda is one of the most diverse groups under the terrestrial surface comprising different classes of insects that occupy different environments. Some groups have a close relationship with the habitat they occupy, responding significantly to changes in the environment, thus indicating the level of change in the environment by their presence or absence. …”
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Tree-Dwelling Ants: Contrasting Two Brazilian Cerrado Plant Species without Extrafloral Nectaries by Jonas Maravalhas, Jacques H. C. Delabie, Rafael G. Macedo, Helena C. Morais

“…Ants dominate vegetation stratum, exploiting resources like extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) and insect honeydew. These interactions are frequent in Brazilian cerrado and are well known, but few studies compare ant fauna and explored resources between plant species. …”
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Acoustic Characteristics of Coconut Leaf Beetle, Brontispa Longissima (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) by Ganeshwari Selvaraj, Johari Jalinas

“…Using acoustic methods could assist in evaluating the level of infestation and damaging activity of the insect pest …”
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Ecological Risk Assessment for Invasive Wildlife in Florida by Venetia Briggs-Gonzalez, Kyle Allen, Rebecca G. Harvey, Frank J. Mazzotti

“…Florida ports are the entry points for about half of the reptiles, arachnids, insects, and crustaceans imported into the United States. …”
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Reducing Postharvest Loss of Stored Grains Using Plant-Based Biopesticides: A Review of Past Research Efforts by Getachew Bezabih, Neela Satheesh, Solomon Workneh Fanta, Melaku Wale, Minaleshewa Atlabachew

“…The use of chemical pesticides to reduce grain damage by insects over the past five decades has led to a range of environmental and human health problems. …”
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GC-MS Analysis of Insecticidal Essential Oil of Aerial Parts of Echinops latifolius Tausch by Xin Chao Liu, Xianghong Hao, Ligang Zhou, Zhi Long Liu

“…The study indicates that the essential oil of E. latifolius aerial parts has a potential for development into a natural insecticide/fumigant for control of insects in stored grains.…”
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End-to-End Semantic Leaf Segmentation Framework for Plants Disease Classification by Khalil Khan, Rehan Ullah Khan, Waleed Albattah, Ali Mustafa Qamar

“…Pernicious insects and plant diseases threaten the food science and agriculture sector. …”
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Exploring the Evolution and Diverse Applications of Immobilized Glucose Oxidase: A Comprehensive Review by G. Sreenivasulu, R.Ramakoteswara Rao

“…This enzyme is naturally produced by certain species of fungi and insects and exhibits antibacterial properties in the presence of oxygen and glucose. …”
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A Swarm Robotic Exploration Strategy Based on an Improved Random Walk Method by Bao Pang, Yong Song, Chengjin Zhang, Hongling Wang, Runtao Yang

“…The random walk methods that are used most commonly are Brownian motion and Lévy flight, both of which mimic the self-organized behavior of social insects. However, both methods are somewhat limited when applied to swarm robotics, where having the robots search repeatedly can result in highly inefficient searching. …”
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Comparative analysis of the ftness of Drosophila virilis lines contrasting in response to stress by E. K. Karpova, I. Yu. Rauschenbach, N. E. Gruntenko

“…The juvenile hormone (JH) acts as a gonadotropic hormone in adult insects controlling the development of the ovaries, inducing vitellogenesis and oviposition. …”
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Repellent Effectiveness of Permot Leaf Ethanol Extract (Passiflora Foetida Linn.) against Aedes Aegypti Adult Mosquitoes by David Mohamad Qadafi, Poedji Hastutiek, Lilik Maslachah, Endang Suprihati, Muhammad Hambal

“…An example of a vector that can carry diseases is a mosquito. Mosquitoes are insects that live side by side with humans buy act as vectors of disease. …”
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CALENDARIO POLÍNICO DE ESPECIES POTENCIALMENTE ALERGÓGENAS Y SU RELACIÓN CON PARÁMETROS METEOROLÓGICOS EN VILLA VENTANA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES by Graciela M. Benedetti, Barbara S. Sastre, Alicia M. Campo

“…The plants should be mainly anemophilous (although under certain conditions the pollen that is carried by insects also produce allergy); must be located around human habitats; and the pollen must be capable of being transported easily in the wind. …”
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Chromosome–level genome assembly of the seasonally polyphenic scorpionfly (Panorpa liui) by Jiuzhou Liu, Yuetian Gao, Shuangmei Ding, Shuai Zhan, Ding Yang, Xiaoyan Liu

“…Abstract Mecoptera is a small relict order of insects within the Holometabola. Panorpidae is the most speciose family in Mecoptera. …”
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The Piesberg: A NW-German site of international importance for the Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous) by Angelika Leipner, Tobias Fischer, Patrick Chellouche

“…Piesberg quarry is famous for its Upper Carboniferous plant and arthropod fossils, including several holotypes of flying insects. The high degree of maturity of the Piesberg strata, such as the presence of anthracitic coal, quartzite, and large quartz crystals, led to controversies over a possible underlying thermal anomaly. …”
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Mimosa diplotricha (Fabaceae) Recruits Native Pollinators, But Does it Matter? by I.N. Egbon, O.P. Nzie, J. Rotimi

“…Using diversity indices, non-parametric species estimators, Whittaker and Bray Curtis similarity indices, the composition and diversity of floral visiting bees and allied insects were reported. Thirteen insect taxa were encountered from a total of 1548 individuals in three Orders, albeit of low diversity in which the majority of floral visitors (or pollinators) were hymenopterans: the main being Chalicodoma species, followed by Xylocopa species, X. senior, and Apis mellifera. …”
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Sugarcane leaf-derived metabolites play important role in Saccharum officinarum–Spodoptera frugiperda interactions by Liangyinan Su, Chunyu Hu, Chaoqi Wang, Baoshan Chen, Yang Zhao

“…Secondary metabolites play important roles in the interactions between plants and insects. Given the complexities in these interactions, the role of secondary metabolism in plant-insect interaction is not fully understood. …”
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