Identification of salivary proteins in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci by transcriptomic and LC–MS/MS analyses

HJ Huang, ZX Ye, G Lu, CX Zhang, JP Chen… - Insect …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The whitefly Bemisia tabaci is a notorious agricultural pest of many crops worldwide.
Although it is thought that B. tabaci secretes saliva into the host plant to counter plant …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of Riptortus pedestris Salivary Proteins and Their Roles in Inducing Plant Defenses

HJ Huang, XT Yan, ZY Wei, YZ Wang, JP Chen, JM Li… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The bean bug, Riptortus pedestris (Fabricius) is a notorious pest of
soybean crops in Asia. During the feeding process, the bug secretes a mixture of salivary …

The immune system of triatomines

N Salcedo-Porras, C Lowenberger - Triatominae-The Biology of Chagas …, 2021 - Springer
All insects rely on an innate immune system to eliminate potentially lethal parasites and
pathogens. In kissing bugs, this immune system comprises a plethora of elements that first …

[HTML][HTML] The role of saliva in arthropod-host-pathogen relationships

L Tirloni, E Calvo, S Konnai… - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hematophagous arthropods can transmit various pathogens causing diseases to humans,
including malaria, Chagas disease, filariasis, leishmaniosis, dengue, Lyme disease …