Food intake is an essential animal activity, regulated by neural circuits that motivate food
localization, evaluate nutritional content and acceptance or rejection responses through the …

Native to Africa, the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari)(Coleoptera:
Curculionidae: Scolytinae), has gradually invaded most coffee-growing areas worldwide …

In addition to the economic losses because of insect pests, a significant part of insect pests
can instantly lead to the deterioration and mildew of agricultural products, which all have …

Coffee production is a global industry valued at approximately 173 billion US dollars. One of
the main challenges facing coffee production is the management of the coffee berry borer …

This study examined the biochemical characteristics of α‐amylase and hormonal
(adipokinetic hormone: AKH) stimulation of α‐amylase activity in the cockroach (Periplaneta …

Post-harvest insect infestation of stored grains makes them unfit for human consumption and
leads to severe economic loss. Here, we report functional and structural characterization of …

Studies on molecular characteristics and modulation of expression of α-amylase and trypsin
in the hepatopancreas of intertidal euryhaline crabs are lacking. In this work, we cloned and …

Genetic transformation of coffee (Coffea spp.), the second most traded commodity
worldwide, is an alternative approach to introducing features that cannot be introgressed by …

Insects are animal of extraordinary ecological and economic importance. In these ones,
digestive glycosidases are to play a key physiological role in maintenance, survival and …

Albumins or water soluble proteins (wsp) in wheat are important as nutrients containing high
content of essential amino acids such as lysine, tryptophan, methionine, and also …