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Symbiotic relations are present in the nature and can contribute to success of organisms involved. Endophytic fungi live within leaf tissues without causing any harm host plant, some them be a defense mechanism against attack by leaf-cutting ants. Ants genus Atta known as ants have an obligatory association with fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, cutting pieces leaves bringing back colony fung...

Pest Management ScienceVolume 77, Issue 5 p. 2591-2592 ErratumFree Access Erratum: Zoophytophagous mites can trigger plant-genotype specific defensive responses affecting potential prey beyond predation: the case of Euseius stipulatus and Tetranychus urticae in citrus This article corrects following: Joaquín Cruz-Miralles, Marc Cabedo-López, Meritxell Pérez-Hedo, Víctor Flors, Josep A Jaques, V...

Protein microarrays constitute a significant tool for studying biomolecular interactions either by employing labels (e.g. fluorescence, radioisotope) or by label-free detection methods (SPRi, AFM, EIS, MS–SELDI-MALDI) [1]. They consist of spatially arranged protein spots immobilized usually on planar surfaces. The most common industrially accessible fabrication method of protein microarrays is ...

Light reflectance in five wavebands of the spectrum was measured from broccoli (Brassicae oieracea var. botrytis [L].) interplanted with leguminous cover crops (cover crop background) or broccoli grown as monoculture (bare soil background), and fertilized with compost or synthetic fertilizer. Alate Brevicoryne brassicae (L.) and Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Homoptera: Aphididae) were monitored in y...

Ornamental horticulture is a very important economic aspect of horticulture and plays a fundamental part in the way humans interact with and modify the environment. Floriculture is in turn a dominant sector of ornamental horticulture. Now, thousands of varieties of cut-flowers, pot plants, hanging plants, bedding plants, shrubs, lawn and turf, ornamental tree and aquatic plants are available to...

A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article. The importance carnivorous arthropods in shaping plant-herbivore interactions has been well investigated (Abdala-Roberts et al., 2019; Price 1980). By “carnivorous”, we mean habit feeding on other animals, which includes omnivores that feed both plants and animals as intraguild predators (Boitani & Pow...

Heterogeneity and complexity of hydrological processes offer substantial challenges to the hydrological modeller. Some hydrologists try to tackle this problem by introducing more and more detail in their models, or by settingup more and more complicated models starting from basic principles at the smallest possible level. As we know, this reductionist approach leads to ever higher levels of equ...

Odorant-dependent behaviors in insects are triggered by the binding of odorant ligands to variable subunits heteromeric olfactory receptors. Previous studies have shown, however, that specific odor ORco, common subunit receptor heteromers, may allosterically alter function and profoundly affect subsequent behavioral responses. Using an insect cell–based screening platform, we identified charact...