Because food proteins are crucial for insect survival, growth, and fecundity, enzymes
involved in their digestion have attracted the attention of fundamental entomologists …

Publisher Summary The aim of this chapter is to review the recent and spectacular progress
in the study of insect digestive biochemistry. It tries to establish uniform parameters for …

The present study aims to provide new in vitro and in vivo biochemical information about a
novel Kunitz trypsin inhibitor purified from Piptadenia moniliformis seeds. The purification …

The cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is the most destructive cotton insect pest in
Brazil. The endophytic habit of this insect makes difficult its chemical control. Chitin synthase …

The cotton boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis, is an economically important pest of cotton in
tropical and subtropical areas of several countries in the Americas, causing severe losses …

While technological advancements have recently led to a steep increase in genomic and
transcriptomic data, and large numbers of protease sequences are being discovered in …

The boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman, is one of the most historically
impactful insects due to its near destruction of the US cotton industry in the early 20th …

Few lineages of insects are able to feed on keratin (hair, feathers) and it remains unknown
which genes enable this metabolism and what is their evolutionary origin. We conducted a …

Plant biomass is the most abundant resource in terrestrial communities, and terrestrial green
plants and the herbivorous (phytophagous) insects that feed on them account for more than …

Simple Summary The boll weevil is a destructive pest of commercial cotton throughout the
Americas. An eradication program in the United States has removed the boll weevil from …