A special issue “Molecular Insights into Insect Physiological Systems” led by Umut in Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology is now online:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15206327/2020/103/3
The special issue is composed of 9 articles including 4 micro-reviews, 3 research articles and 2 short communications:
– Microreview: “The juvenile hormone receptor as a target of juvenoid insect growth regulators” by Marek Jindra and Lenka Bittova
– Microreview: “Krüppel homolog 1 and E93: The doorkeeper and the key to insect metamorphosis” by Xavier Belles
– Microreview: “Developing CRISPR‐based sex‐ratio distorters for the genetic control of fruit fly pests: A how to manual” by Konstantina T. Tsoumani, Angela Meccariello, Kostas D. Mathiopoulos, Philippos Aris Papathanos
– Microreview: “Antiviral defense against Cypovirus 1 (Reoviridae) infection in the silkworm, Bombyx mori” by Luc Swevers, Min Feng, Feifei Ren, Jingchen Sun
– Research article: “Inhibition of histone acetylation and deacetylation enzymes affects longevity, development, and fecundity in the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum)” by Phillipp Kirfel, Marisa Skaljac, Jens Grotmann, Tobias Kessel, Maximilian Seip, Katja Michaelis, Andreas Vilcinskas
– Research article: “Protection of rice against Nilaparvata lugens by direct toxicity of sodium selenite” by Freja Scheys, Kristof De Schutter, Kondeti Subramanyam, Els J. M. Van Damme, Guy Smagghe
– Research article: “Changes in emergence phenology, fatty acid composition, and xenobiotic‐metabolizing enzyme expression is associated with increased insecticide resistance in the Colorado potato beetle” by Justin Clements, Jake M. Olson, Benjamin Sanchez‐Sedillo, Benjamin Bradford, Russell L. Groves
-Short communication: “Optimization of dietary RNA interference delivery to western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis and onion thrips Thrips tabaci” by Awawing A. Andongma, Carolyn Greig, Paul J. Dyson, Natasha Flynn, Miranda M. A. Whitten
-Short communication: “Development of efficient RNAi in Nezara viridula for use in insecticide target discovery” by Maria Riga, Shane Denecke, Ioannis Livadaras, Sven Geibel, Ralf Nauen, John Vontas
