Browsing by Department "Entomology"
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(2018-08-09)Background: In 2012, the United States experienced the largest outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV), with the majority of cases and deaths occurring in Texas. Texas reported 1,024 cases of WNV fever, 844 cases of WNV neuroinvasive ...
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(2022-06-13)Drought, insect pests, and diseases pose serious threats to maize production globally. Risks associated with drought are being addressed through the constant breeding of new drought-tolerant maize cultivars. However, under ...
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(2019-04-23)While distinct meanings between sex and gender have been known to the anthropological community for some time, the presence of trans-exclusive language in academic writing is still a problem. With the current violent climate ...
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(2022-12-12)The occurrence of invasive insect pests has increased as temperatures and trade increase globally. Invasive pests are spread from large countries like the United States and are spread to these large countries. Invasive ...
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(2020-12-04)Due to the worldwide prevalence of pesticide resistance in disease vectors, novel targets and corresponding reagents for alternative pest control are needed. Invertebrate neuropeptide G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) ...
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(2009-05-15)Diapriids (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) are small parasitic wasps. Though found throughout the world they are relatively unknown. A framework for advancing diapriid systematics is developed by introducing a new web-based ...
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(2022-07-27)Melanaphis sorghi is an invasive aphid pest of sorghum, which damages plants and reduces yields. An important aspect of sorghum IPM, a complex of natural enemies has been found suppressing M. sorghi. Densities of this aphid ...
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(2014-10-06)Estimating the post mortem interval of human remains is extremely important in death scene investigations. Currently, the rate of decomposition is gaged by a number of techniques, such as insect development, a function in ...
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(2020-10-29)The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a highly polyphagous agricultural pest native to the Western Hemisphere. This species is comprised of two morphologically identical, but genetically distinct strains, commonly ...
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(2018-11-29)In this dissertation, we used a population genomics approach to improve the management of two insect cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) pests, the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and the ...
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(2013-08-23)Aquaporin is a family of major intrinsic proteins found in every living organism which play a vital role in channeling water through cellular membranes. These “water channels” have many roles within insects, some of which ...
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(2016-01-14)AGO4, one of the ten AGO proteins in Arabidopsis, is involved in gene silencing at transcriptional level. The general objective of this research is to understand whether AGO4 protein plays a defense role against Myzus ...
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(2015-08-11)Desiccation is the greatest risk to maximum survivorship during the off-host phase of ixodid tick (Acari: Ixodidae) life cycles. Ixodid tick development, survivorship and population responses have typically been assessed ...
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(2022-01-31)When invasive species arrive to new locations, they do not arrive alone. Invasive species come with a symbiotic entourage and can establish new interactions involving both microscopic and macroscopic organisms in their ...
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(2017-07-21)Honey bees (Apis mellifera) have been experiencing an ongoing decline in population over the last half century despite their tremendous importance to agriculture. A variety of environmental pressures have been implicated ...
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(2022-11-07)Helicoverpa zea is a target pest of Bt transgenics with resistance to the Cry proteins produced in these crops. Evolved resistance to Cry proteins may accelerate selection for resistance against Vip3Aa, considered the only ...
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(2012-07-16)The association of olfactory information with a resource is broadly known as olfactory-based associative learning. From an ecological perspective, associative learning can reduce search time for resources and fine tune ...
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(2021-08-04)Lyme disease and Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis (HGA) are the two most reported tick-borne diseases in the US. Nevertheless, what happens locally at the skin during transmission of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, the causative ...
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(2017-05-03)Nutritional ecology provides a novel framework linking biotic factors, such as life-history traits of an animal, to abiotic factors, such as nutrients. Carrion serves as a nutrient-rich and ephemeral environment attracting ...
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(2015-05-13)In ecological restoration, habitat managers intervene in a degraded ecosystem to aid its recovery. To assess a restored habitat, one or more characteristics such as biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and community structure ...