Stingless social bees live in perennial colonies whose longevity is influenced by various ecological factors. This study analyzed the influence of habitat anthropization and native forest regeneration stage on natural at landscape scale. Random sampling 25x25m plots, totaling 30ha per type, located monitored 118 nests 14 species 105 six anthropic habitat. Significant differences colony were obs...

Organophosphorus pesticides such as chlorpyrifos are often used in agriculture due to their broad spectrum of action. However, this insecticide and acaricide is considered highly toxic the environment can cause toxicity nontarget insects bees. In addition adult individuals, immature also be exposed residues by larval food. Thus, we investigated effects concentrations on development stingless be...

Aims: This study was conducted to determine the phytoplasma diseases of pepper plants in Hatay province between 2016 and 2019.Methods Results: Samples (Capsicum annuum), sesame (Sesamum indicum), basil (Ocimum basilicum), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) which had typical symptoms insect (Cicadellidae spp.) samples were collected from fields. Empoasca sp., Cicadulin...

Insect allatotropin upregulates the biosynthesis of juvenile hormones by the corpus allatum. We raised two rabbit antisera against the allatotropin of Manduca sexta (Mas AT) using a synthetic, multiple-antigenic-peptide that contains a branching heptalysine core and eight Mas AT molecules. Both antisera recognized specifically the same neurons in the larval brain, frontal ganglion and terminal ...