Stage of bloom and floral parts preferred To clarify how flower bud development affects susceptibility to JB feeding, we collected similar-sized umbels in different stages of bloom (closed green bud, pink bud, or with open flowers; see Supplementary Fig. S1), confined them individually with five...
Adult activity of native green June beetles, Cotinis nitida L., and invasive Japanese beetles, Popillia japonica Newman, peaked in late July in Kentucky coincident with later stages of veraison in early- and midseason ripening grape (Vitis spp.) cultivars. Most C. nitida feeding aggregations sam...
This extremely rare discovery provides clues on the cultivation and distribution of chestnuts, food in the Jomon era, and the spirituality of ancient Japanese people. Maize weevils are beetles of the Dryophthorinae subfamily, and are destructive pests of stored rice and grains. By 2003, Jomon-...
The growth rate of mandible length between two successive instars was significantly different according to instars (Table3, F = 131.0;df = 3, 109;P < 0.001), and it decreased significantly between later instars; resulting in no difference between the growth rates of the third ...
Morphological shapes of the larval clypei of seven Cybister diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from Japan-namely C. brevis Aube =, 1838; C. chinensis Motschulsky, 1854; C. lewisianus Sharp, 1873; C. limbatus (Fabricius, 1775); C. rugosus (Macleay, 1825); C. tripunctatus lateralis...
IMPORTANT NOTE:Plant safety is an important consideration when using insecticides in a greenhouse. However, it is not possible to evaluate the phytotoxicity of Pyganic Specialty on numerous plant varieties that may react differently to insecticides in different growth stages or under varying environmental...
Together, our results indicate that infection of JPS beetles by JEF-197 induces the expression of immune-related genes. Keywords: bioinformatics; Metarhizium anisopliae; mode of action; Monochamus alternatus; RNA se- quencing Publisher's Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims ...