RNA interference (RNAi), the sequence-specific suppression of gene expression, offers
great opportunities for insect science, especially to analyze gene function, manage pest …

The insect pests are big threat in meeting the food demands for future generation. The
present pest control strategies, including the existing transgenic approaches show certain …

The increased urbanization of a growing global population makes imperative the
development of sustainable integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for urban pest …

Lipid metabolism is fundamental to life. In insects, it is critical, during reproduction, flight,
starvation, and diapause. The coordination center for insect lipid metabolism is the fat body …

Maintenance of biological functions under negative energy balance depends on
mobilization of storage lipids and carbohydrates in animals. In mammals, glucagon and …

Lipids are the primary storage molecules and an essential source of energy in insects during
reproduction, prolonged periods of flight, starvation, and diapause. The coordination center …

This review focuses on the state of the art on neuropeptide receptors in insects. Most of
these receptors are G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and are involved in the regulation …

Insects, like all heterotrophic organisms, acquire from their food the nutrients that are
essential for anabolic processes that lead to growth (larval stages) or reproduction (adult …

The viviparous tsetse fly utilizes proline as a hemolymph-borne energy source. In tsetse,
biosynthesis of proline from alanine involves the enzyme alanine-glyoxylate …

More than a third of the world population is at constant risk of contracting some insect-
transmitted disease, such as Dengue fever, Zika virus disease, malaria, Chagas' disease …