Lepidopteran insects are one of the most widespread and speciose lineages on Earth, with
many common pests and beneficial insect species. The evolutionary success of their …

Microbes that live inside insects play critical roles in host nutrition, physiology and behavior.
Although Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) are one of the most diverse insect taxa, their …

Bombyx mori, the domesticated silkworm, is of great importance as a silk producer and as a
powerful experimental model for the basic and applied research. Similar to other animals, …

Organophosphate insecticides that are heavily used in agriculture for pest control have
caused growing environmental problems and public health concerns worldwide. Ironically, …

In order to develop the plant-derived active substance vanillin, 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin
was used to encapsulate vanillin, and a chitosan-based edible coating: vanillin-HPβCD/…

BACKGROUND Microsporidia, a group of obligate intracellular fungal‐related parasites, have
been used as efficient biocontrol agents for agriculture and forestry pests due to their host …

Chicken MDA5 (chMDA5), the sole known pattern recognition receptor for cytoplasmic viral
RNA in chickens, initiates type I interferon (IFN) production. Infectious bursal disease virus (…

Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) is a major insect order including important pollinators
and agricultural pests, however their microbiomes are little studied. Here, using next-…

The complex gut microbiome is a malleable microbial community that can undergo remodeling
in response to many factors, including the gut environment and microbial properties. …

Insects constitute the most abundant and diverse animal class and act as hosts to an
extraordinary variety of symbiotic microorganisms. These microbes living inside the insects play …