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Nan Liu, Yulu Yan, Longwei Yang, Yufei Xu, Huiyan Jiang, Zhihao Ye, Hao Wang, Junyi Gai and Guangnan Xing
Clanis bilineata tsingtauica Mell (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae, CBT), as a traditional edible insect, is becoming popular in China due to its high nutritional value, but production needs to be improved to meet the expanding market. In the present study, CBT ...
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Ruixin Ma, Donggui Li, Chen Peng, Shuangyan Wang, Yaping Chen, Furong Gui and Zhongxiang Sun
The remarkable biological and evolutionary adaptations of insects to plants are largely attributed to the powerful chemosensory systems of insects. The tomato leaf miner (Tuta absoluta) is a destructive invasive pest with a global distribution that poses...
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Bin Xu, Dapeng Li, Kaijin Wei, Xiangyun Zhu, Jin Xu and Baoshan Ma
Due to a sharp decline in resources, Schizothorax waltoni Regan and Percocypris retrodorslis have been listed as wildlife under second-class protection in China. Under culture conditions, the early development and allometric growth patterns of S. waltoni...
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Xuesheng Li, Shucheng Liao, Jiangan Hou, Wenjie Zhang, Guoqiang Yi and Haolin Li
Juvenile hormones (JHs) play a crucial role in the development of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, with varying types and concentrations observed at different stages. However, the interplay between JHs and 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) in co-ordinati...
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Ricardo Luís, Ricardo José, João Castro and Carlos Andrade
Sea urchins play an important role in coastal marine ecosystems and are an economically valuable resource for their gonads (roe or uni). Increased demand by Asian and European countries caused overfishing of wild stocks resulting in a sharp decline of se...
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Maissa Gharbi, Francesca Glaviano, Serena Federico, Bruno Pinto, Anna Di Cosmo, Maria Costantini and Valerio Zupo
Paracentrotus lividus gonads, often referred to as ?roe? or ?uni? for gastronomical purposes, are among the most appreciated seafood delicacies in the Mediterranean area and worldwide. However, the increasing demand for human consumption has caused a gro...
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Francesca Cima
The colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri possesses an innate immunity, which plays fundamental roles in its survival, adaptability, worldwide spread and ecological success. Three lines of differentiation pathways of circulating haemocytes are known to ...
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Matthew N. George, Michael J. O?Donnell, Michael Concodello and Emily Carrington
Bivalves frequently withstand shell damage that must be quickly repaired to ensure survival. While the processes that underlie larval shell development have been extensively studied within the context of ocean acidification (OA), it remains unclear wheth...
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Simone Baldanzi, Ignacio T. Vargas, Francisco Armijo, Miriam Fernández and Sergio A. Navarrete
Maritime enterprises have long sought solutions to reduce the negative consequences of the settlement and growth of marine biofouling (micro- and macro-organisms) on virtually all surfaces and materials deployed at sea. The development of biofouling cont...
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Il-Kweun Oh and Seung-Woo Lee
Deiratonotus japonicus (D. japonicus) inhabits isolated locations and upstream brackish waters from Kanagawa Prefecture to Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. This species faces the threat of extinction because of changing habitat conditions. Our previous studi...
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