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 …

Synthetic compounds that mimic the action of juvenile hormones (JHs) are founding
members of a class of insecticides called insect growth regulators (IGRs). Like JHs, these …

Our highly seasonal world restricts insect activity to brief portions of the year. This feature
necessitates a sophisticated interpretation of seasonal changes and enactment of …

Diapause, a programmed developmental arrest primarily induced by seasonal
environmental changes, is very common in the animal kingdom, and found in vertebrates …

Insects are arguably the most successful group of animals in the world in terms of both
species numbers and diverse habitats. The sesquiterpenoids juvenile hormone, methyl …

Arthropod molting and reproduction are precisely controlled by the levels of
sesquiterpenoids, a class of C15 hormones derived from three isoprene units. The two major …

The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway is a well-conserved
intracellular signal transduction pathway, and has important roles in mammalian …

Juvenile hormone (JH) and ecdysteroids represent equally important nonpeptide signals
governing insect reproduction and development. For a considerable time, understanding of …

The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), has invaded
many countries in Africa and Asia since 2016, posing a major threat to world food security …

Improved knowledge on the regulation of reproductive diapause in Coccinella
septempunctata, an important predator of aphids, is crucial for improving shelf-life and mass …