Fen Zhu

TL;DR: Repellent and fumigant activity of the essential oil of mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris, against the stored-product insect pest, Tribolium castaneum was investigated and it was confirmed that the Percentage of larvae reaching the pupal stage and the percentage of pupae that reached the adult stage, decreased significantly with increase in dosage concentration.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used Aspergillus oryzae larvae for bioconversion of maize straw, which can convert separate or mixed waste, i.e., manure, kitchen waste and straw, into biomass rich in protein and fat.

TL;DR: The data indicate that JH acts through Met to facilitate development of the reproductive system by upregulating Vg expression while inhibiting diapause by suppressing lipid synthesis and stress tolerance in the cabbage beetle.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the absence of JH-Met induces FAS2 expression, thereby promoting lipid storage in diapause-destined female beetles, and demonstrate that fat reserves regulate stress tolerance genes expression and water content, but have no significant effect on the duration of diapsause preparation or the incidence of diAPause.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors found that the long day-induced drop in the concentration of the steroid hormone ecdysone is essential for the preparation of photoperiodic reproductive diapause in Colaphellus bowringi, an economically important cabbage beetle.