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Which biomechanical measurements should be taken into considerations while studying the similarities between lumbar 5th and axis vertebrae?

I would like to conduct a study which aims the functional, biomechanical and radiographic measurements to show if there are any similarities between lumbar five and second cervical vertebra (...

06 October 2019 7,537 0 View

Insecticidal activity by Contact?

I need good experimental protocole for testing the insecticidal activity of some essential oils EO by contact; I read some works that used acetone, ethanol or Tween 80 to diluate the EO in water...

17 September 2019 3,198 0 View

Can anyone help me about the effects of luminance on the efficiency of light trapping of nocturnal flying insects?

Luminance is the amount of reflected light on a given environment. Artificial high (or low) luminance (or illumination??) has any effect on the capture of nocturnal flying insects with light...

17 September 2019 9,810 4 View

Mouse spinal cord myelin protein staining?

Hello everyone, I am having trouble in myelin protein staining in mouse spinal cord section. I am following the protocol as following; 1- Anesthetize the mouse using isoflurane 2- Cardiac...

17 September 2019 5,544 3 View

Did you have any experiences on effect of leaf anatomy/ structure on feeding of the phloem feeding leaf hoppers/insects?

At the moment I am working on relationship between leaf anatomy/ phloem structure ( distance to phloem, thickness of phloem fiber layer and etc) on feeding of the leaf hoppers. If you have any...

09 September 2019 1,825 3 View

Insecticidal activity by Contact?

I need good experimental protocole for testing the insecticidal activity of some essential oils EO by contact; I read some works that used acetone, ethanol or Tween 80 to diluate the EO in water...

09 September 2019 10,050 2 View

Can anyone help me about the effects of luminance on the efficiency of light trapping of nocturnal flying insects?

Luminance is the amount of reflected light on a given environment. Artificial high (or low) luminance (or illumination??) has any effect on the capture of nocturnal flying insects with light...

09 September 2019 4,878 3 View

Need suggestions on evaluation of different types of chromosomal aberrations induced mitosis root tips due to genotoxicity article or references ?

root tips are used to evaluate genotoxicity caused due to different agents like silver nano and industrial effluents.

23 August 2019 9,045 0 View

Can Ochrobactrum spp. cause root rot disease of sugar beet?

Genus Ochrobactrum include versatile alphaproteobacteria with ability to colonize wide variety of habitats, such as soil, to water, plants, nematodes, insects, animals, and humans . Some species...

08 August 2019 3,123 3 View

Is there any report of insect resistance against Isoclast in insects?

Resistance in sap feeding insects in field conditions.

08 August 2019 5,181 3 View

What do you think about zero-waste lifestyle and a stable development of urban ecosystems? How this can influence on biota of natural habitats?

I'm interested in some thoughts on the questions. Especially on the impact of this lifestyle and reduce of emissions of plastic waste on insect communities. Because now we are using long-term...

08 August 2019 4,100 7 View

Role of endophytes in insect pest management; Is any work on borers ?

I am working on management of tree borers and bark feeding insects and I wish to know that is there any work on use of endophytes on insect borer of tree species control. r�m

08 August 2019 2,858 7 View

What do you think about zero-waste lifestyle and a stable development of urban ecosystems? How this can influence on biota of natural habitats?

I'm interested in some thoughts on the questions. Especially on the impact of this lifestyle and reduce of emissions of plastic waste on insect communities. Because now we are using long-term...

01 August 2019 3,893 8 View

Has anyone used fogging to sample insects from individual tree branches?

Can the effects of the insecticide be contained to one branch?

07 July 2019 6,666 4 View

I need sources for how to breed Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758; for use as pest predators. Is there anyone who works in this field?

Coccinella septempunctata is a useful predator. It can be used in plastic houses to control soft insects such as Aphis. Therefore I am now very interested in studying and developing them to...

07 July 2019 4,695 6 View

I need sources for how to breed Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758; for use as pest predators. Is there anyone who works in this field?

Coccinella septempunctata is a useful predator. It can be used in plastic houses to control soft insects such as Aphis. Therefore I am now very interested in studying and developing them to...

02 July 2019 6,438 5 View

What kind of insects are these nymphs?

Please identify the species ...

06 June 2019 2,423 15 View

Is there a vaccine against disease and parasite killing bees Possible to "make a vaccine against bee declines" memory effect "immune system?

Nobody had so far thought of developing a vaccine against the disease. And for good reason: unlike mammals, insects do not make antibodies. The latter, however, are central to the principle of...

06 June 2019 3,671 1 View

How to identify which functional group an insect belongs to?

One of my recent experiment refered to insect species, now the identification (to family level) has been done. In the following, I want to compare the differences in species richness and...

06 June 2019 7,428 7 View

Is there a vaccine against disease and parasite killing bees Possible to "make a vaccine against bee declines" memory effect "immune system?

Nobody had so far thought of developing a vaccine against the disease. And for good reason: unlike mammals, insects do not make antibodies. The latter, however, are central to the principle of...

01 June 2019 7,713 1 View

Which parameters one should consider when characterising the ecological nests of edible insects ?

Apart from Temperature, humidity, and plant host. Thank you for your response JI

24 May 2019 8,021 6 View

Method for the extraction of insect melanin?

Dear colleagues, does anyone know a reliable method for the extraction of melanin (from both cuticle and formed by immune activated phenoloxidase in the body cavity) from whole insects? Thank...

05 May 2019 2,627 3 View

How can I determine the feeding strategy of an animal?

There are several animal species whose feeding strategy vary between the gender or life cycle. For instance, predatory wasps use different spider or insect species to feed their offspring but as...

05 May 2019 6,802 5 View

Why do we classify insects?

At first Aristotle tried to name and classify organisms based on structural similarities, and described ~520 species of animals. He believed that a name should reflect hidden reality or essence,...

05 May 2019 6,414 4 View

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