Insect pests cause significant agricultural and economic losses to crops worldwide due to
their destructive activities. Pesticides are designed to be poisonous and are intentionally …

Insects are highly successful in colonizing a wide spectrum of ecological niches and in
feeding on a wide diversity of diets. This is notably linked to their capacity to get from their …

Red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, was first found in Taiwan province of China in
2003. To prevent transboundary expansion, the Chinese government has formulated …

Insect biological invasion causes great ecological and economic damage to invaded areas.
The insect invasion process can be influenced by many biotic and abiotic factors. In recent …

Coevolution—reciprocal evolutionary change between interacting lineages (Thompson,
1994; see Glossary)—is thought to have played a profound role in the evolution of Life on …

Host-associated microbes facilitate diverse biotic and abiotic interactions between hosts and
their environments. Experimental alterations of host-associated microbial communities …

Insects nurture a panoply of microbial populations that are often obligatory and exist
mutually with their hosts. Symbionts not only impact their host fitness but also shape the …

Communities of bacteria, especially symbionts, are vital for the growth and development of
insects and other arthropods, including Bemisia tabaci Mediterranean (MED), a destructive …

Wolbachia is a widespread genus of maternally transmitted endosymbiotic bacteria that
often manipulates the reproductive strategy and life history of its hosts to favor its own …

The invasive red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii is present in most of the Portuguese
rivers with well-known economic and environmental impacts, being also an important …