Species diversity of saprophagous flies (Diptera) in hospital grounds of Tehran, Iran by Abbas Ali Mirzakhanlou, Mansoureh Shayeghi, Hassan Vatandoust, Arman Izadian, Zahra Karimi, Kamran Akbarzadeh

“…The sampling process for this cross-sectional study was carried out every two weeks on the grounds of four hospitals in Tehran, using bottle traps and insect nets from March 2020 to February 2021. The population data has been transformed by calculating square root due to huge variations among community data, and data was analyzed with Kruskal-Wallis test to estimate the temporal and spatial variation. …”
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Ecological and biological features of Gentiana septemfida in the south of Western Siberia by Alexey S. Prokopyev, Tatjana N. Kataeva, Mikhail S. Yamburov

“…However, in some areas seed productivity significantly reduced due to annual damage of fruits by insect pests. The lowest level of the reproductive potential was in Seminsky Ridge coenopopulation. …”
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Enjeux sociaux récents liés au développement de l’élevage : une revue bibliographique by Mohamed Taher Srairi, Kenza Bouiflane, Yassine Dahmani, Iliass El Ghazrani, Assitan Modibo Keita, Abderrahaman Ziane

“…Dans cet article, nous dressons à partir d’une bibliographie sélective un état des lieux des avancées du savoir par rapport aux enjeux sociaux de l’élevage, en lien à cinq principaux thèmes identifiés comme prioritaires : i) l’élevage et innovation sociale, ii) la gestion de la contrainte travail en élevage, iii) le bien-être animal, iv) les insectes comme source d’aliments pour les animaux d’élevage et pour les humains, et v) les rôles des aliments d’origine animale dans la diète humaine.…”
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Farmer’s Knowledge on Thaumatotibia Leucotreta (Meyrick) an Economic Pest of Avocado Production in Tanzania by Juliana G. Shikoshi, Angela G. Mkindi, Patrick A. Ndakidemi, Ernest R. Mbega, Kelvin M. Mtei

“…The findings revealed that 56.1% (n = 330) of the farmers had no idea about any insect pests infesting avocado fruits, while 77.6% (n = 456) of farmers were unaware of T. leucotreta, presence; however, only 22.4% (n = 132) confirmed to have seen damage symptoms caused by the pest on avocado fruits. …”
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<i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i> Cry1A Insecticidal Toxins and Their Digests Do Not Stimulate Histamine Release from Cultured Rat Mast Cells by Hisashi Ohto, Mayumi Ohno, Miho Suganuma-Katagiri, Takashi Hara, Yoko Egawa, Kazuya Tomimoto, Kosuke Haginoya, Hidetaka Hori, Yuzuri Iwamoto, Tohru Hayakawa

“…Public acceptance of genetically modified crops engineered with <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i> (Bt) insecticidal protein genes (BT-GMCs), which confer resistance to various lepidopteran insect pests, is generally lacking. As a major concern over BT-GMCs is the allergenicity of insecticidal proteins, alleviating safety concerns should help increase public acceptance. …”
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Freezing Treatments for Ectomyelois ceratoniae Mortality and Maintenance of Deglet Noor Palm Date Quality by Rihab Ben-Amor, María Dolores de Miguel-Gómez, Dhouibi Mohamed Habib, Hermi Nouha, Encarna Aguayo

“…Background. Insect infestation caused by Ectomyelois ceratoniae or carob moth is one of the main postharvest problems that can lead to a decrease of the marketable quality of dates. …”
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Genomic Characterization of <i>Laodelphax striatellus</i> Permutotetra-like Virus and Self-Cleavage Function of Viral Capsid Protein by Jun Piao, Jiarui Zhang, Lujie Zhang, Jingai Piao, Haitao Wang, Yilin Xie, Shuo Li

“…<i>Laodelphax striatellus</i> permutotetra-like virus (LsPLV) is a novel insect virus identified via small RNA deep sequencing. …”
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One hundred and eighty years of Saga pedo (Pallas, 1771) (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) findings in Italy diachronically revisited by P. Brandmayr, A. Mazzei, T. Bonacci, S. Surdo, B. Massa

“…We put together 174 occurrence records of this insect in Italy between 1855 and 2023, dividing them into three periods: (1) before 1970; (2) 1971–1999; and (3) 2000–2023. …”
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Microbial biopesticides: A one health perspective on benefits and risks by Panqin Cai, George Dimopoulos

“…Controlling insect pests that destroy crop and spread diseases will become increasingly crucial for addressing the food demands of a growing global population and the expansion of vector-borne diseases. …”
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A comprehensive review of the impacts of climate change on agriculture in Thailand by Muhammad Waqas, Adila Naseem, Usa Wannasingha Humphries, Phyo Thandar Hlaing, Muhammad Shoaib, Sarfraz Hashim

“…Various climate-related extremes, such as droughts, heat waves, unpredictable rainfall patterns, storms, floods, and an increase in insect pests, have adversely affected farmers' livelihoods. …”
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Quantifying spectral information about source separation in multisource odour plumes. by Sina Tootoonian, Aaron C True, Elle Stark, John P Crimaldi, Andreas T Schaefer

“…For example, mice are able to distinguish correlated and anti-correlated odour fluctuations at frequencies up to 40 Hz, while insect olfactory receptor neurons can resolve fluctuations exceeding 100 Hz. …”
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Effectiveness extract of Crataeva nurvala leaves as insecticide against Spodoptera litura by Hastini Ma'rufah, L. Hartanto Nugroho, Sukirno Sukirno

“…Spodoptera litura Fabricius, an insect pest, is known to be highly detrimental to farmers for having a variety of host plants. …”
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Pollinator species richness and abundance across diverse habitat-types on Terceira Island (Azores, Portugal) by Mário Boieiro, Raúl Oliveira, Ricardo Costa, Paulo Borges

“…Nevertheless, despite these efforts, a key functional group - the pollinators - remains poorly known in Azores, including their occurrence in different habitat-types and islands. Insect pollinators play a key ecological role and a valuable ecosystem service being crucial to having basic information on their abundance, distribution and ecology and a good knowledge on the status of their populations, if we aim to ensure the long-term sustainability of terrestrial ecosystems. …”
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Analysis of the Neurogenesis: Prepattern gene network сontrolling the first stage in Drosophila melanogaster bristle pattern development by D. P. Furman, T. A. Bukharina

“…The external insect chitinous skeleton is unable to respond to stimuli; the external signals are received by specialized receptors. …”
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Enhanced silk production and pupal weight in Bombyx mori through CRISPR/Cas9-mediated circadian Clock gene disruption. by Daniel J Brady, Alessio Saviane, Matteo Battistolli, Irene Varponi, Federica Barca, Kunihiro Shiomi, Silvia Cappellozza, Federica Sandrelli

“…Beyond traditional silk production, the growing demand for insect larvae in cosmetics, biomedical products, and animal feed underscores the need to enhance B. mori productivity. …”
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A comprehensive dataset of tomato leaf images for disease analysis in BangladeshMendeley Data by Mangsura Kabir Oni, Tabia Tanzin Prama

“…This research presents a dataset of leaves from tomato plants that are both insect-damaged and healthy. Our dataset contains 1,028 images of tomato leaves collected in Bangladesh, including 482 images of healthy leaves and 546 images of diseased leaves. …”
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Aphid resistance in potato by E. E. Radchenko

“…It is expected that association between the trichome conditioned insect resistance of S. berthaultii and undesirable agronomic traits could be overcome with the use of molecular genetic methods. …”
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Phlebotomus perniciosus response to volatile organic compounds of dogs and humans. by Marcos Antonio Bezerra-Santos, Valeria Zeni, Onofrio Marco Pistillo, Stefano Bedini, Ilaria D'Isita, Giovanni Benelli, Giacinto Salvatore Germinara, Petr Volf, Domenico Otranto

“…The olfactory response of insect vectors such as phlebotomine sand flies is a key facet for investigating their interactions with vertebrate hosts and associated vector-borne pathogens. …”
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Rural Household Perception of Drought Occurrence and Its Influence on Livelihood Strategy in Northeast Ethiopia by Sisay Demeke Molla, Menberu Teshome Zeleke, Sisay Misganaw Tamiru

“…It increased water stress, livestock morbidity and mortality, insect invasions, fire outbreaks, grazing resource depletion, abnormal migration, school dropout rates, and human health problems. …”
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Environmental and geographic study of betanin accumulation in promising red beet accessions from the VIR collection by D. V. Sokolova

“…The negative impact of these factors would smooth down the crop’s varietal polymorphism. Diseases and insect pests have led to slowing and stopping the accumulation of betanin. …”
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