The insect equivalent of taste buds are gustatory sensilla, which have been found on
mouthparts, pharynxes, antennae, legs, wings, and ovipositors. Most gustatory sensilla are …

The ability to transition between different behavioural stages is a widespread phenomenon
across the animal kingdom. Such behavioural adaptations are often linked to changes in the …

As a native honeybee species in East Asia, Apis cerana is essential for the stability of local
agricultural and plant ecosystems by its' olfactory system for searching nectar and pollen …

We studied the expression profile and ontogeny (from the egg stage through the larval
stages and pupal stages, to the elderly adult age) of four OBPs from the silkworm moth …

Apolygus lucorum (Hemiptera: Miridae), one of the main insect pests, causes severe
damage in cotton and many other economic crops. As is well-known, legs play important …

Bradysia odoriphaga is an agricultural pest insect affecting the production of Chinese chive
and other liliaceous vegetables in China, and it is significantly attracted by sex pheromones …

Simple Summary Ophraella communa Lesage is a specific biological control agent of the
invasive weed Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. Understanding the molecular mechanism by which …

Two OBP genes, BodoOBP1 and BodoOBP2, were cloned from Bradysia odoriphaga, a
major agricultural pest of Chinese chives. The amino acid sequence alignment of both …

Simple Summary The chemosensory system plays an important role in insect behavior, such
as foraging, mating, host-seeking, oviposition, and so on. In contrast with the transcriptome …

Odorant binding proteins (OBPs) are a group of soluble proteins functioning as odorant
carriers in insect antennae, mouth parts and other chemosensory organs. However, multiple …