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Weihua Zhao, Weijie Guo, Liangyuan Zhao, Qingyun Li, Xiaohuan Cao and Xianqiang Tang
Many studies have investigated the influence of hydropower stations on macroinvertebrate communities, but few have clarified the influence of different types of hydropower stations. A total of 133 samples obtained from seven rivers, on which 45 hydropowe...
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Xiang Liu, Jin Zhang, Wenqing Shi, Min Wang, Kai Chen and Li Wang
Understanding the drivers of macroinvertebrate community structure is fundamental for adequately controlling pollutants and managing ecosystems under global change. In this study, the abundance and diversity of benthic macroinvertebrates, as well as thei...
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Mariastela Vrontaki, Christina Adamaki-Sotiraki, Christos I. Rumbos, Anastasios Anastasiadis and Christos G. Athanassiou
Amidst the escalating global demand for protein-rich livestock feed, there?s an urgent call to explore innovative alternatives. Insects, renowned for their rich protein, lipid, and nutrient profiles, offer a sustainable solution. Integrating agricultural...
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Bojana Tubic, Stefan Andjus, Katarina Zoric, Bo?ica Vasiljevic, Katarina Jovicic, Jelena Canak Atlagic and Momir Paunovic
The aim of the study was to test the significance of the EPT index in the water quality assessment of three types of water bodies in hilly and mountainous region of Serbia. The aquatic macroinvertebrate community was dominated by the group of insects, of...
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Dorys T. Chirinos, Fernando Sánchez-Mora, Freddy Zambrano, Jessenia Castro-Olaya, Gregorio Vasconez, Galo Cedeño, Kevin Pin, Jeison Zambrano, Viviana Suarez-Navarrete, Vicente Proaño, Julio Mera-Macias and Carlos Vasquez
Corn (Zea mays L.) is an important cereal for food sovereignty, extensively planted due to its adaptation to various agroecological conditions. Climatic conditions and pests can affect its production. Concerning the latter, natural enemies could be consi...
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Ruixin Ma, Donggui Li, Chen Peng, Shuangyan Wang, Yaping Chen, Furong Gui and Zhongxiang Sun
The remarkable biological and evolutionary adaptations of insects to plants are largely attributed to the powerful chemosensory systems of insects. The tomato leaf miner (Tuta absoluta) is a destructive invasive pest with a global distribution that poses...
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Yuanyuan Zhang, Youxin Yu, Meiqi Xu, Jingyan Liao, Chenjia Shao, Liran Fu, Mingshi Qian, Gang Xu and Guoqing Yang
The rice stripe virus (RSV) is transmitted by the small brown planthopper Laodelphax striatellus in a persistent and circulative?propagative manner. During the last few decades, RSV has caused serious disease outbreaks in rice fields in China. The result...
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Changyao Shan, Xinyue You, Li Li, Xin Du, Yonglin Ren and Tao Liu
Ethyl formate (EF), a naturally occurring fumigant, has attracted widespread attention owing to its low toxicity in mammals. Here, Direct Immersion Solid-Phase Microextraction (DI-SPME) was employed for sample preparation in mass spectrometry-based untar...
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Ane?ka Kopecká, Lenka Kourimská, Petra ?kvorová, Michal Kurecka and Martin Kulma
The nutritional quality of insects is related to many factors, including their rearing conditions. In this study, the effects of temperature on the contents of crude protein, lipids, ash, and amino acids and the body size and weight of Tenebrio molitor l...
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Daniel Soto-Guerrero, José Gabriel Ramírez-Torres and Eduardo Rodriguez-Tello
Insects are good examples of ground locomotion because they can adapt their gait pattern to propel them in any direction, over uneven terrain, in a stable manner. Nevertheless, replicating such locomotion skills to a legged robot is not a straightforward...
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