Diatomaceous earth (DE) is a natural inert dust used to control insect pests in stored grain as an alteative to synthetic residual insecticides. Various DE form
We report the thermotolerance of new bivoltine silkworm, Bombyx mori strains NB4D2, KSO1, NP2, CSR2 and CSR4 and differential expression of heat shock proteins
Microsatellite loci were isolated for Ceratosolen solmsi, pollinator of the dioecious Ficus hispida. We developed nine polymorphic microsatellite loci based on
A new putative transposon was identified in the tobacco budworm, Hellothis virescens. This transposon was characterized as a full length CORE-SINE (65 bp of "CO
We investigated geographical variations in thtee fitness-related traits(body melanisation,ovariole number and fecundity)in laboratory-reared offspring of 10 pop