Pests not only attack field crops during the growing season, but also damage grains and
other food products stored in granaries. Modified or controlled atmospheres (MAs or CAs) …

Tea is a very popular and healthy nonalcoholic beverage worldwide. As an evergreen
woody plant, the cultivation of tea plants (Camellia sinensis) is challenged by biotic stresses …

The tea plant (Camellia sinensis L.) is vulnerable to the geometrid Ectropis oblique;
although microRNAs (miRNAs) are important for plant growth, development and stress …

The production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is a normal consequence of the aerobic
cell metabolism. Despite their high and potentially detrimental reactivity with various …

MicroRNAs play a central role in responses to biotic stressors through their interactions with
their target mRNAs. Tea plant (Camellia sinensis L.), an important beverage crop, is …

Complete insect metamorphosis requires substantial metabolic and physiological
adjustments. Although oxidative stress has been implicated in metamorphosis, details on …

Rhyzopertha dominica is one of the most important stored grain pests that seriously damage
rice and wheat. At present, the method of controlling stored grain pests mainly relies on …

India is the major producer and exporter of castor oil in the world. Castor semilooper,
Achaea janata is one of the main castor crop pests, which causes serious economic loss of …

Host plays an important role in influencing virulence of a pathogen and efficacy of a
biopesticide. The present study was aimed to characterize the possible factors present in …

A microarray developed on the basis of 2895 unique transcripts from larval gut was used to
compare gut gene expression profiles between a laboratory-selected Cry1Ab-resistant (R) …