Highlights•Insect saliva plays an important role in host plant–insect dynamics.•Genomic
studies have begun to unravel specific roles of Lepidoptera saliva in herbivory.•The …

The larvae of Hermetia illucens are among the most promising agents for the bioconversion
of low-quality biomass, such as organic waste, into sustainable and nutritionally valuable …

Callosobruchus sp. is the major cause of damage to stored pulses. Recent advances in
nanotechnology have provided us a promising tool for the management of insect pest of …

Insect pests belonging to the genus Callosobruchus are the major cause of damage to
stored pulse crops. Recently, nanotechnology has emerged as a promising tool for pest …

Aphid salivary proteins mediate the interaction between aphids and their host plants.
Moreover, these proteins facilitate digestion, detoxification of secondary metabolites, as well …

Some concerns, especially environmental ones, lead the researchers to find new avenues of
insect control in agriculture. Considering negative effects of synthetic pesticides especially …

In the present study, we reported the biological control of stored product insect pest,
Callosobruchus maculatus using the entomopathogenic bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis. A …

Our previous studies had identified that both crude extracts and total alkaloid from
Chelidonium majus exerted a significant antifeeding and larval lethality on Lymantria dispar …

In many animals, drastic changes are observed during sexual maturation characterized by
the reproductive system development concomitantly to the sexual behavior ontogenesis …

Lipases have key roles in insect lipid acquisition, storage, and mobilization and are also
fundamental to many physiological processes in insects. Lipids are an important component …