Insects are the most widespread group of organisms and more than one million species
have been described. These animals have significant ecological functions, for example they …

Apitherapy promises cures for diseases in human folk medicine, but the effects of honeybee
produced and foraged compounds on bee health are less known. Yet, hive products should …

Employing the clear, student-friendly style that made previous editions so popular, Insect
Physiology and Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents an engaging and authoritative guide …

Insect cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs), the evolutionary products of aquatic hexapod
ancestors expanding to terrestrial environment, are deposited on the surface of insect …

In integrated pest management program (IPM), the compatibility of mycoinsecticides with
bioactive fungicides [eg, unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs)] has attracted more and more …

Fatty acids as components of cuticular lipids of insects play a significant role in antifungal in
protection against fungal infection. The chemical composition of cuticular and internal …

Full-fat and defatted superworm Zophobas morio larvae meals were used in a feeding trial of
540 gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata, juveniles (3.4 g initial weight) in order to assess their …

The food flavour additive octanoic acid (C8: 0) is also a metabolite of the entomopathogenic
fungus Conidiobolus coronatus, which efficiently infects and rapidly kills Galleria mellonella …

The relationship between insect pathogenic fungi and their insect hosts is a classic example
of a co-evolutionary arms race between pathogen and target host: parasites evolve towards …

Mycoses are a global problem that affects humans and animals. In the present study, the
entomopathogenic soil fungus Conidiobolus coronatus (Entomophthorales), infecting in …