Ecdysone Control of Developmental Transitions: Lessons from Drosophila ResearchAnnual Review of Entomology - Tập 58 Số 1 - Trang 497-516 - 2013
Naoki Yamanaka, Kim Rewitz, Michael B. O’Connor
The steroid hormone ecdysone is the central regulator of insect developmental transitions. Recent new advances in our understanding of ecdysone action have relied heavily on the application of Drosophila melanogaster molecular genetic tools to study insect metamorphosis. In this review, we focus on three major aspects of Drosophila ecdysone biology: (a) factors that regulate the timing of...... hiện toàn bộ
Insect Response to Plant Defensive Protease InhibitorsAnnual Review of Entomology - Tập 60 Số 1 - Trang 233-252 - 2015
Keyan Zhu‐Salzman, Rensen Zeng
Plant protease inhibitors (PIs) are natural plant defense proteins that inhibit proteases of invading insect herbivores. However, their anti-insect efficacy is determined not only by their potency toward a vulnerable insect system but also by the response of the insect to such a challenge. Through the long history of coevolution with their host plants, insects have developed sophisticated...... hiện toàn bộ
The Sublethal Effects of Pesticides on Beneficial ArthropodsAnnual Review of Entomology - Tập 52 Số 1 - Trang 81-106 - 2007
Nicolas Desneux, Axel Decourtye, Jean‐Marie Delpuech
Traditionally, measurement of the acute toxicity of pesticides to beneficial arthropods has relied largely on the determination of an acute median lethal dose or concentration. However, the estimated lethal dose during acute toxicity tests may only be a partial measure of the deleterious effects. In addition to direct mortality induced by pesticides, their sublethal effects on arthropod p...... hiện toàn bộ
Non-Bee Insects as Visitors and Pollinators of Crops: Biology, Ecology, and ManagementAnnual Review of Entomology - Tập 65 Số 1 - Trang 391-407 - 2020
Romina Rader, Saul A. Cunningham, Brad G. Howlett, David W. Inouye
Insects other than bees (i.e., non-bees) have been acknowledged as important crop pollinators, but our understanding of which crop plants they visit and how effective they are as crop pollinators is limited. To compare visitation and efficiency of crop-pollinating bees and non-bees at a global scale, we review the literature published from 1950 to 2018 concerning the visitors and pollinato...... hiện toàn bộ
FOLSOMIA CANDIDA(COLLEMBOLA): A “Standard” Soil ArthropodAnnual Review of Entomology - Tập 50 Số 1 - Trang 201-222 - 2005
Michelle T. Fountain, Stephen p. Hopkin
▪ Abstract Folsomia candida Willem 1902, a member of the order Collembola (colloquially called springtails), is a common and widespread arthropod that occurs in soils throughout the world. The species is parthenogenetic and is easy to maintain in the laboratory on a diet of granulated dry yeast. F. candida has been used as a “standard” test organism for more than 40 years for estimating t...... hiện toàn bộ
The Juvenile Hormone Signaling Pathway in Insect DevelopmentAnnual Review of Entomology - Tập 58 Số 1 - Trang 181-204 - 2013
Marek Jindra, Subba Reddy Palli, Lynn M. Riddiford
The molecular action of juvenile hormone (JH), a regulator of vital importance to insects, was until recently regarded as a mystery. The past few years have seen an explosion of studies of JH signaling, sparked by a finding that a JH-resistance gene, Methoprene-tolerant (Met), plays a critical role in insect metamorphosis. Here, we summarize the recently acquired knowledge on the capacity ...... hiện toàn bộ
Nutritional Interactions in Insect-Microbial Symbioses: Aphids and Their Symbiotic BacteriaBuchneraAnnual Review of Entomology - Tập 43 Số 1 - Trang 17-37 - 1998
Angela E. Douglas
▪ Abstract Most aphids possess intracellular bacteria of the genus Buchnera. The bacteria are transmitted vertically via the aphid ovary, and the association is obligate for both partners: Bacteria-free aphids grow poorly and produce few or no offspring, and Buchnera are both unknown apart from aphids and apparently unculturable. The symbiosis has a nutritional basis. Specifically, bacter...... hiện toàn bộ
Insecticide Resistance in Insect Vectors of Human DiseaseAnnual Review of Entomology - Tập 45 Số 1 - Trang 371-391 - 2000
Janet Hemingway, Hilary Ranson
▪ Abstract Insecticide resistance is an increasing problem in many insect vectors of disease. Our knowledge of the basic mechanisms underlying resistance to commonly used insecticides is well established. Molecular techniques have recently allowed us to start and dissect most of these mechanisms at the DNA level. The next major challenge will be to use this molecular understanding of resi...... hiện toàn bộ