A5044780701- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Agricultural and Biological Research
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Research on scale insects
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Genetically Modified Organisms Research
- Plant and animal studies
- Synthesis and Biological Activity
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
2022-2024
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
2024
Pest management has entered a new era with the emergence of three innovative antisense technologies: RNAi, CUAD, and CRISPR/Cas. These technologies, which operate through sequence-specific nucleic acid duplex formation guided nuclease activity, offer unprecedented potential for targeted pest control. While RNA-guided systems such as RNAi CRISPR/Cas were initially discovered in non-insect models fundamental biological mechanisms (primarily antiviral defense), DNA-guided CUAD system was first...
The Indian lac insect, Kerria lacca (Kerr) (Coccoidea: Tachardiidae) is a commercially important phytosuccivorous and sessile scale insect. Lac insects are cultured on suitable host plants in India some Southeast Asian countries to produce lac. insect harbours number of endosymbionts. Isolation culturable microbial endosymbionts their identification through 16S rRNA has revealed sex host-related differences species. Bacillus boroniphilus, Enterobacter cloacae Staphylococcus sp. were found...
Insects being poikilotherms rely on external temperatures to regulate their body heat that making them vulnerable climate change as temperature fluctuations directly impact growth, reproduction and survival well control metabolic physiological processes. Many insect species are in danger global increasing since they cannot physiologically adapt themselves for long exposure high temperatures. This vulnerability is especially pronounced have not evolved mechanisms endure extreme heat, leading...
Sex ratios in insect populations are critical shaping their reproductive dynamics, genetic diversity, and ecological interactions. While factors often determine sex, abiotic have emerged as important influencers of sex insects. The influence on insects is scientific interest holds practical implications for conservation management. As environmental conditions change due to global warming, understanding how respond these changes can aid predicting population dynamics designing effective...
Forests are complex ecosystems essential for human well-being and environmental sustainability, providing timber, fuelwood, fiber, non-wood products while combating desertification, safeguarding watersheds, maintaining biodiversity, sequestering carbon dioxide. However, these face significant threats from insect pests diseases, particularly bark beetles (Dendroctonus spp.), which disrupt forest health functionality. Bark beetles, part of the Scolytinae subfamily, attack stressed or weakened...
The agriculture industry faces a challenge in balancing the need for pest management and environmental protection. This review describes DNA insecticides, composed of small, single-stranded oligonucleotides that are environment-friendly target pests efficiently specifically insecticide stems from discovery coevolution between baculo viruses insects, where virus exploit inhibitors apoptosis (IAPs) genes to stop insect-induced apoptosis. Historically, journey started by targeting IAP genes....
Insects, the most diverse group of animals on Earth, exhibit a bewildering array reproductive strategies. Among their many fascinating characteristics, mechanisms governing sex determination have long captivated researchers. In vast and world insects, an individual's is phenomenon. While can vary greatly across different species, recent research has shed light significant role endosymbionts in this process. This article explores intriguing relationship between highlighting findings...