Extensive use of chemical insecticides adversely affects both environment and human
health. One of the most popular biological pest control alternatives is bioinsecticides based …

Simple Summary Insect cell lines have often been employed in pest management, where
they have been used as tools to evaluate the activity and explore the toxic mechanisms of …

The digestive tract constitutes an important interface between an animal's internal and
external environment. In insects, available gut transcriptome studies are mostly exploratory …

Dendrolimus kikuchii Matsumura (D. kikuchii) is a serious pest of coniferous trees. Bacillus
thuringiensis (Bt) has been widely studied and applied as a biological control agent for a …

Anticarsia gemmatalis is one of the main defoliators of soybean in Brazil. Bacillus
thuringiensis (Bt) transgenic crops are used for their management. In this paper we used …

A dead-end trap plant is a plant species that is highly attractive for oviposition and other
activities of target pests, but on which they cannot complete their development, reproduction …

Larvae of most lepidopteran insect species are known to be voracious feeders and important
agricultural pests throughout the world. Achaea janata larvae cause serious damage to …

The midgut of lepidopteran larvae is a multifunctional tissue that performs roles in digestion,
absorption, immunity, transmission of pathogens and interaction with ingested various …

Abstract Background Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) utilization as a biological control agent is
highly recommended due to its safety, specificity, and efficiency. Importance of the …

Peptidase inhibitors (PIs) are plant proteins that are found to be effective against various
digestive peptidases of insects. The present study isolated and characterized a trypsin …