Identification of ingested plant species using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based
methods is an increasingly useful yet challenging approach to accurately determine the diet …

Although a significant proportion of plant tissue is located in roots and other below-ground
parts of plants, little is known on the dietary choices of root-feeding insects. This is caused by …

Insect populations are declining due to a multitude of causes. One major cause is the loss of
suitable habitat. Recently, green roofs have been investigated for their potential to mitigate …

We sequenced 665bp of the Cytochrome C Oxidase I (COI) barcoding marker for 257
specimens and 482bp of Elongation Factor 1-α (EF1-α) for 237 specimens belonging to the …

Background In a recent study using DNA barcoding, we identified the plants fed upon by four
Afro-tropical mosquito species that vector dengue, malaria, and Rift Valley fever. Herein, we …

DNA-based techniques have proved to be very useful methods to study trophic relationships
between pests and their natural enemies. However, most predators are best defined as …

There are three commonly used assays to identify plant material in insect guts: the cold
anthrone test for fructose, the cellulose staining test for visualizing plant tissue and gas …

The polyphagous mirid bug Apolygus lucorum (Heteroptera: Miridae) has more than 200
species of host plants and is an insect pest of important agricultural crops, including cotton …

The present study aimed to perform molecular identification of lepidopteran larvae from
canopy fogging including gut-content analyses. A total of 130 lepidopteran larvae were …

The sugar feeding of Aedes albopictus was studied. In outdoor cages they fed avidly on
carob (Ceratonia siliqua L., Caesalpiniaceae) seed pods soiled with sugary exudates …