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Please identify the species ...
06 June 2019 2,533 15 View
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 3,771 1 View
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 7,552 7 View
01 June 2019 7,798 1 View
Hello! After coming across your publication on PubMed I was interested to learn if the algorithm utilized for growth prediction was available for other research. We would be very interested to see...
28 May 2019 6,125 0 View
3 of the top 10 causes of death are #infectiousdiseases and can be acquired through #healthcarefacilities. Which are most affected countries?
27 May 2019 9,942 1 View
Apart from Temperature, humidity, and plant host. Thank you for your response JI
24 May 2019 8,092 6 View
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 2,719 3 View
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 6,901 5 View
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 6,538 4 View
Apart from Temperature, humidity, and plant host. In order to make easy edible insects rearing we need to understand their ecological requirements, reason why we're asking this question. Thank you...
05 May 2019 5,252 7 View
Insects came first of the earth of any human being. It is natural but pest is created/coined by the human being for their own interest. 75% of the world's animal species are insects.
05 May 2019 6,328 14 View
I have some bacterial specimens isolated from insects and I want to work on their cell-free supernatant. How can I calculate the CFU/ml of each specimen?
05 May 2019 6,145 1 View
I have made many DNA CTAB extractions on insects but never with animal tissues. I would like to know if it is possible to store at 4 °C tissues in CTAB without lysing for a month or (I prefere) do...
05 May 2019 2,926 1 View
To reformulate the question: are aphid colonies more distributed on the apical or the basal part (or indifferently along the whole tree) of an orchard-tree (like Prunus sp.)? Are there any...
09 April 2019 6,666 2 View
These were found in large numbers on nutmeg plants in a region.
04 April 2019 1,891 7 View
The facultative symbiont is not essential for the insects' survival, but what benefit does it provide on a molecular level?
04 April 2019 8,363 2 View
The maintenance of beneficial insect fauna ( parasitoids like Chalcidae, Eulophidae, Tachinidae, Braconidae wasps etc.) are important in crops for the biological control of pests. Which family of...
04 April 2019 5,766 6 View
Immunohistochemical protocol in insects specially red cotton bugs
04 April 2019 5,358 2 View
I want to use some insecticides on Cydia molesta Busck and measure its oxidative stress after treatment.
04 April 2019 5,358 5 View
A number of insects were released in a cage with two different genotypes of plant (resistant and susceptible). At four time points (8 hours, 1 day, 2 day, 3 day), the number of insects on each...
04 April 2019 8,098 4 View
A broiler (Gallus gallus domesticus) is any chicken that is bred and raised specifically for meat production. It neither have a taste nor the broiler can move from it's place due to it's...
04 April 2019 3,201 31 View
we have problems with vmp1 characterization in BN infected insects and weeds : help!
04 April 2019 971 2 View
Hello, Anyone who experienced problems with freshly thawed epithelial cells from ATCC?With ATCC recommended medium with GF kit. Pictures 24 hours after thawing. Thank you very much, Sarah
12 March 2019 3,965 5 View