In human and veterinary medicine, serum proteins are considered to be useful biomarkers
for assessing the health and nutritional status of the organism. Honeybee hemolymph has a …

BACKGROUND The white‐backed planthopper (WPH), Sogatella furcifera (Horváth), is a
destructive rice pest with strong reproductive capacity. To gain insights into the roles of …

The complex stripes and patterns of insects play key roles in behavior and ecology.
However, the fine-scale regulation mechanisms underlying pigment formation and …

Many lepidopteran larvae produce silk secretions to build feeding tubes and cocoons that
play important protective roles in their lives. Recent research on the silk of bombycoid and …

The imaginal disc growth factor (IDGF), belonging to the glycoside hydrolase 18 family,
plays an important role in various physiological processes in insects. However, the detail …

This study reports the first successful use of oral feeding dsRNA technique for functional
characterization of imaginal disc growth factors (IDGFs) genes (IDGF1, IDGF3_1, IDGF4_0 …

Abstract Background Protease S (PrtS) from Photorhabdus laumondii belongs to the group
of protealysin-like proteases (PLPs), which are understudied factors thought to play a role in …

Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti are mosquito species that are distributed worldwide
and transmit diverse arboviruses of medical importance, such as those causing yellow fever …

Simple Summary The Mexican bean weevil Zabrotes subfasciatus is a major insect pest of
stored beans. We have previously reported that the PF2 lectin, which is a protein found in …

Shakil Ahmad orcid. org/0000-0003-2383-0798 This study reports the first successful use of
oral feeding dsRNA technique for functional characterization of imaginal disc growth factors …