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Potential roles of selected forage grasses in management of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) through companion cropping (2021)
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Khan, Z. R., Cheruiyot, D., Chiriboga Morales, X., Chidawanyika, F., & Bruce, T. J. A. (2021). Potential roles of selected forage grasses in management of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) through companion cropping. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 169(10), 966-974. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.13083

Production of maize, Zea mays L. (Poaceae), in sub-Saharan Africa is threatened by a new invasive pest, fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). To mitigate this threat, push-pull companion cropping, a system or... Read More about Potential roles of selected forage grasses in management of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) through companion cropping.

The Pupal Parasitoid Trichopria drosophilae Is Attracted to the Same Yeast Volatiles as Its Adult Host. (2021)
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(2021). The Pupal Parasitoid Trichopria drosophilae Is Attracted to the Same Yeast Volatiles as Its Adult Host. Journal of Chemical Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-021-01295-6

There is increasing evidence that microorganisms, particularly fungi and bacteria, emit volatile compounds that mediate the foraging behaviour of insects and therefore have the potential to affect key ecological relationships. However, to what extent... Read More about The Pupal Parasitoid Trichopria drosophilae Is Attracted to the Same Yeast Volatiles as Its Adult Host..

Mating behaviour, mate choice and female resistance in the bean flower thrips (Megalurothrips sjostedti) (2021)
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Kirk. (2021). Mating behaviour, mate choice and female resistance in the bean flower thrips (Megalurothrips sjostedti). Scientific reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93891-5

Many species of thrips (Thysanoptera) in the family Thripidae form mating aggregations, but the adaptive significance of these aggregations and the extent of male and female mate choice is poorly understood. We studied the mating behaviour of the bea... Read More about Mating behaviour, mate choice and female resistance in the bean flower thrips (Megalurothrips sjostedti).

Repeated training of homing pigeons reveals age dependent idiosyncrasy and visual landmark use. (2021)
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Griffiths, C., Schiffner, I., Price, E., Charnell-Hughes, M., Kishkinev, D., & Holland, R. A. (2021). Repeated training of homing pigeons reveals age dependent idiosyncrasy and visual landmark use. Animal Behaviour, 159-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.05.004

Recent research into the navigational strategies of homing pigeons (Columba livia) inthe familiar area has highlighted the phenomenon of route fidelity – birds formingidiosyncratic flight paths to which they are loyal over multiple releases from the... Read More about Repeated training of homing pigeons reveals age dependent idiosyncrasy and visual landmark use..

The measurement and full statistical analysis including Bayesian methods of the aluminium content of infant vaccines. (2021)
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(2021). The measurement and full statistical analysis including Bayesian methods of the aluminium content of infant vaccines. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 1- 7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtemb.2021.126762

BACKGROUND: Aluminium salts are the most common adjuvants in infant vaccines. The aluminium content of a vaccine is provided by the manufacturer and is indicated on the patient information leaflet. There is no independent verification, for example by... Read More about The measurement and full statistical analysis including Bayesian methods of the aluminium content of infant vaccines..

A genetically encoded anti-CRISPR protein constrains gene drive spread and prevents population suppression (2021)
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Taxiarchi, C., Beaghton, A., Illansinhage Don, N., Kyrou, K., Gribble, M., Shittu, D., …Crisanti, A. (2021). A genetically encoded anti-CRISPR protein constrains gene drive spread and prevents population suppression. Nature communications, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24214-5

CRISPR-based gene drives offer promising means to reduce the burden of pests and vector-borne diseases. These techniques consist of releasing genetically modified organisms carrying CRISPR-Cas nucleases designed to bias their inheritance and rapidly... Read More about A genetically encoded anti-CRISPR protein constrains gene drive spread and prevents population suppression.

Endocytosis and the Participation of Glycosaminoglycans Are Important to the Mechanism of Cell Death Induced by β-Hairpin Antimicrobial Peptides (2021)
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Buri, M. V., Sperandio, L. P., de Souza, K. F. S., Antunes, F., Rezende, M. M., Melo, C. M., …Paredes-Gamero, E. J. (2021). Endocytosis and the Participation of Glycosaminoglycans Are Important to the Mechanism of Cell Death Induced by β-Hairpin Antimicrobial Peptides. ACS Applied Biomaterials, 4(8), 6488--6501. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.1c00390

The cytotoxic mode of action of four antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) (gomesin, tachyplesin, protegrin, and polyphemusin) against a HeLa cell tumor model is discussed. A study of cell death by AMP stimulation revealed some similarities, including annexi... Read More about Endocytosis and the Participation of Glycosaminoglycans Are Important to the Mechanism of Cell Death Induced by β-Hairpin Antimicrobial Peptides.

Diagnosis of Chikungunya Virus in Febrile Patients From a Malaria Holoendemic Area (2021)
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(2021). Diagnosis of Chikungunya Virus in Febrile Patients From a Malaria Holoendemic Area. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 247 - 252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.06.043

Accurate diagnosis of chikungunya (CHIK) is essential for effective disease management and surveillance. In a cohort of febrile Congolese patients, available diagnostic methods widely used in CHIK diagnosis were evaluated. In addition, plasma cytokin... Read More about Diagnosis of Chikungunya Virus in Febrile Patients From a Malaria Holoendemic Area.

Exploiting Thrips Aggregation Pheromones to Develop a Lure-and-Kill Strategy for the Management of the Bean Flower Thrips (2021)
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Pope, T., Niassy, S., Subramanian, S., Drijfhout, F., Akinyemi, A., Tamiru, A., …Campbell, H. (2021). Exploiting Thrips Aggregation Pheromones to Develop a Lure-and-Kill Strategy for the Management of the Bean Flower Thrips. Agronomy, https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11071269

The potential of semiochemicals to lure insect pests to a trap where they can be killed with biopesticides has been demonstrated as an eco-friendly pest management alternative. In this study, we tested two recently characterized male-produced aggrega... Read More about Exploiting Thrips Aggregation Pheromones to Develop a Lure-and-Kill Strategy for the Management of the Bean Flower Thrips.

Resolving the identification of weak-flying insects during flight: a coupling between rigorous data processing and biology (2021)
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Hassall, K. L., Dye, A., Potamitis, I., & Bell, J. R. (2021). Resolving the identification of weak-flying insects during flight: a coupling between rigorous data processing and biology. Agricultural and forest entomology, 23(4), 489-505. https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12453

Bioacoustic methods play an increasingly important role for the detection of insects in a range of surveillance and monitoring programmes. Weak-flying insects evade detection because they do not yield sufficient audio information to capture wingbeat... Read More about Resolving the identification of weak-flying insects during flight: a coupling between rigorous data processing and biology.

Eave and swarm collections prove effective for biased captures of male Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes in Uganda (2021)
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Birungi, K., Mabuka, D. P., Balyesima, V., Namukwaya, A., Chemoges, E. W., Kiwuwa-Muyingo, S., …Kayondo, J. K. (2021). Eave and swarm collections prove effective for biased captures of male Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes in Uganda. Parasites and Vectors, 14(1), Article ARTN 281. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04770-x

BACKGROUND: Traditional malaria vector sampling techniques bias collections towards female mosquitoes. Comprehensive understanding of vector dynamics requires balanced vector sampling of both males and females. Male mosquito sampling is also necessar... Read More about Eave and swarm collections prove effective for biased captures of male Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes in Uganda.

Evolving origin-of-transfer sequences on staphylococcal conjugative and mobilizable plasmids—who’s mimicking whom? (2021)
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(2021). Evolving origin-of-transfer sequences on staphylococcal conjugative and mobilizable plasmids—who’s mimicking whom?. Nucleic Acids Research, 5177 - 5188. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab303

Abstract In Staphylococcus aureus, most multiresistance plasmids lack conjugation or mobilization genes for horizontal transfer. However, most are mobilizable due to carriage of origin-of-transfer (oriT) sequences mimicking those of conjugative plasm... Read More about Evolving origin-of-transfer sequences on staphylococcal conjugative and mobilizable plasmids—who’s mimicking whom?.

Improvement of water quality for mass anopheline rearing: evaluation of the impact of ammonia-capturing zeolite on larval development and adult phenotypic quality. (2021)
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(2021). Improvement of water quality for mass anopheline rearing: evaluation of the impact of ammonia-capturing zeolite on larval development and adult phenotypic quality. Parasites and Vectors, 268 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04763-w

BACKGROUND: Malaria vector control approaches that rely on mosquito releases such as the sterile insect technique (SIT) and suppression or replacement strategies relying on genetically modified mosquitoes (GMM) depend on effective mass production of... Read More about Improvement of water quality for mass anopheline rearing: evaluation of the impact of ammonia-capturing zeolite on larval development and adult phenotypic quality..

Genetic Technologies for Sustainable Management of Insect Pests and Disease Vectors (2021)
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Grilli, S., Galizi, R., & Taxiarchi, C. (2021). Genetic Technologies for Sustainable Management of Insect Pests and Disease Vectors. Sustainability, 5653 - 5653. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105653

Recent advancements in genetic and genome editing research, augmented by the discovery of new molecular tools such as CRISPR, have revolutionised the field of genetic engineering by enabling precise site-specific genome modifications with unprecedent... Read More about Genetic Technologies for Sustainable Management of Insect Pests and Disease Vectors.

Host microbiota can facilitate pathogen infection (2021)
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J. Stevens, E., A. Bates, K., & C. King, K. (2021). Host microbiota can facilitate pathogen infection. PLoS Pathogens, 17(5), Article e1009514. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009514

Animals live in symbiosis with numerous microbe species. While some can protect hosts from infection and benefit host health, components of the microbiota or changes to the microbial landscape have the potential to facilitate infections and worsen di... Read More about Host microbiota can facilitate pathogen infection.

Apolipoprotein E Binding Drives Structural and Compositional Rearrangement of mRNA-Containing Lipid Nanoparticles (2021)
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Sebastiani, F., Arteta, M. Y., Lerche, M., Porcar, L., Lang, C., Bragg, R. A., …Cardenas, M. (2021). Apolipoprotein E Binding Drives Structural and Compositional Rearrangement of mRNA-Containing Lipid Nanoparticles. ACS nano, 15(4), 6709 - 6722. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c10064

Emerging therapeutic treatments based on the production of proteins by delivering mRNA have become increasingly important in recent times. While lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are approved vehicles for small interfering RNA delivery, there are still chal... Read More about Apolipoprotein E Binding Drives Structural and Compositional Rearrangement of mRNA-Containing Lipid Nanoparticles.