the larvae of the tephritidae, known as fruit flies, feed on the fruits and cause decaying and reducing their market-friendliness. in this study, the adults were collected once a week using common entomological net as well as malaise traps during 2009-2010 in horand region, east azerbaijan. thirteen species belonging to seven genera of subfamily tephritinae were identified. all these species ar...

Com a pandemia da Covid-19, o setor farmacêutico teve maior evidência por sua importância ao combate do vírus. O mercado financeiro relacionado às indústrias farmacêuticas obteve uma variação significativa durante esse período. Para comprovar se houve impacto nas empresas aqui estudadas, foram observados os índices de rentabilidade selecionados das três ramo listadas na B3, que são elas: Hypera...

In the eusocial worker bees, portions of the epithelium of the abdominal epidermis may become hypertrophied and glandular, and produce the wax used to build the brood alveoli. In meliponine bees, the presence of similar epithelium was already observed in the queens, but its function is still unknown. Would this epithelium have homologous function in the workers? May the queens display other fun...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Increasing soil salinity poses a major plant stress in agro-ecosystems worldwide. Surprisingly little is known about the quantitative effect of elevated salinity on secondary metabolism in many agricultural crops. Such salt-mediated changes in defence-associated compounds may significantly alter the quality of food and forage plants as well as their resistance against pests....