“Insect herbivores have long been known to accumulate plant defense metabolites from their diet as defenses against their own enemies,” she said in a study recently published in PNAS. “However, as ...
Texas A&M AgriLife entomologist Alisson Santana targets invasive crop pests with integrated management research in South Texas.
With insect farming projected to produce millions of tons of insects in the coming years, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment ...
When it comes to powering aircraft, jet engines need dense, energy-packed fuels. Right now, nearly all of that fuel comes ...
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of ...
Abstract: Insects exhibit remarkable sensory capabilities, including keen vision, sensitive olfaction, and tactile receptors, enabling them to navigate and interact with their surroundings ...
The video examines an insect native to Australia that delivers one of the most extreme venom reactions recorded in the natural world. Its venom mechanism is analyzed through observed behavior, ...
Abstract: Developing a controller that enables a walking robot to autonomously adapt its locomotion to navigate unknown complex terrains is difficult, and the methods developed to address this problem ...
Microbial control of insects is based on the rational use of pathogens to maintain environmentally balanced pest population levels, and Metarhizium anisopliae has been the most studied and most ...