Research progress of triazole derivatives in the discovery of agricultural chemicals

H Song, S Wang, Q Cai, J Chen - Journal of Heterocyclic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Triazole groups play an important role in the construction of agricultural bioactive molecules,
often acting as linking units to organically graft different pharmacophore groups, so as to …

Life history traits of the Pentatomidae (Hemiptera) for the development of pest management tools

E Pal, JD Allison, BP Hurley, B Slippers, G Fourie - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Knowledge of the biology of a pest is essential for building sustainable management
programmes. Pentatomidae have a hemimetabolous life cycle with egg, nymphal, and adult …

A chromosome-level assembly of the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus genome with annotation of its repetitive elements

G Arnqvist, I Westerberg, J Galbraith… - G3: Genes …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Callosobruchus maculatus is a major agricultural pest of legume crops worldwide and an
established model system in ecology and evolution. Yet, current molecular biological …

Transcriptomic investigation of the molecular mechanisms underlying resistance to the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam and the pyrethroid lambda‐cyhalothrin in …

EC Lira, ARB Nascimento, C Bass… - Pest Management …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Laboratory‐selected resistant strains of Euschistus heros to thiamethoxam
(NEO) and lambda‐cyhalothrin (PYR) were recently reported in Brazil. However, the …

A radiation of Psylliodes flea beetles on Brassicaceae is associated with the evolution of specific detoxification enzymes

MW Gikonyo, SJ Ahn, M Biondi, F Fritzlar, Y Okamura… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Flea beetles of the genus Psylliodes have evolved specialized interactions with plant
species belonging to several distantly related families, mainly Brassicaceae, Solanaceae …

A Horizontally Transferred Plant Fatty Acid Desaturase Gene Steers Whitefly Reproduction

C Gong, Z Guo, Y Hu, Z Yang, J Xia, X Yang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are essential nutrients for all living organisms. PUFA
synthesis is mediated by Δ12 desaturases in plants and microorganisms, whereas animals …

[HTML][HTML] Different myrosinases activate sequestered glucosinolates in larvae and adults of the horseradish flea beetle

J Körnig, K Ortizo, T Sporer, ZL Yang… - Insect Biochemistry and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract β-Glucosidases play an important role in the chemical defense of many insects by
hydrolyzing and thereby activating glucosylated pro-toxins that are either synthesized de …

Horizontally transferred glycoside hydrolase 26 may aid hemipteran insects in plant tissue digestion

HK Walt, SJ Ahn, FG Hoffmann - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2024 - Elsevier
Glycoside hydrolases are enzymes that break down complex carbohydrates into simple
sugars by catalyzing the hydrolysis of glycosidic bonds. There have been multiple instances …

Spray performance of flexible shield canopy opener and rotor wind integrated boom‐sprayer application in soybean: effects on droplet deposition distribution

S Yu, L Cui, H Cui, X Liu, J Liu, Z Xin… - Pest Management …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Canopy density is high during mid‐to‐late soybean growth as a result of
dense planting to improve yield, which seriously affects the control of pests and diseases …

CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated knockout of scarlet gene produces eye color mutants in the soybean looper, Chrysodeixis includens

S Lee, SJ Ahn - Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The CRISPR/Cas9 technology has greatly progressed research on non‐model organisms,
demonstrating successful applications in genome editing for various insects. However, its …