Deciphering plant-insect interactions at the molecular level is one of the major topics of interest in contemporary plant biology research. In the last few years, various aspects of the plant response to insect damage have been investigated, including the characterization of direct and indirect responses, the regulation of gene expression resulting from insect attack and the signal transduction...

Although plant–insect interactions can be traced back to the Silurian, little is known from Upper Jurassic mid-Cretaceous ecosystems. In Morrison Formation, evidence limited insect body fossils and trace in mostly wood. However, until now, multitrophic have not been reported Formation. Here we describe a complex web of interrelationships between an ancient tree, fungi, wood-boring Formation wit...

Flying insect detection, identification, and counting are the key components of agricultural pest management. Insect identification is also one most challenging tasks in image processing. With aid machine vision learning, traditional (manual) can be automated. To achieve this goal, a particular data acquisition device an accurate recognition algorithm (model) necessary. In work, we propose new ...

1.Adams and Zhang recently published one of the best studies so far of patterns of insect folivory along a latitudinal (climatic) gradient. They show clear negative trends in foliage loss in relation to temperature for certain groups of insect herbivores.2.Although their suggestion that the plant-herbivore interaction may be more important in cooler climates could be valid, they did not bring u...

posium in his honor should cover a wide variety of topics in insect biochemistry and physiology. Therefore, this book contains two major sections. The first (Symposium on Insect Endocrinology) includes discussions of (1) Neuroendocrine regulation of a number of tissues and processes including endocrine glands, ecdysis, pupation, and diapause; (2) developmental response to juvenile hormone; and ...

The principal means of dissemination of phytoplasmas is by insect vectors. The interactions between phytoplasmas and their insect vectors are, in some cases, very specific, as is suggested by the complex sequence of events that has to take place and the complex form of recognition that this entails between the two species. The commonest vectors, or at least those best known, are members of the ...