BackgroundThe cabbage beetle Colaphellus bowringi Baly is a serious insect pest of crucifers and undergoes reproductive diapause in soil. An understanding of the molecular mechanisms of diapause regul
Seasonal photoperiodism is responsable in aphid for the switch from asexual to sexual reproduction. In order to identify genes regulating the photoperiodic response, a cDNA microarray from the pea aph
This study describes, for the first time, that a DSB embedded within the large block of 70 bp repeats in the active BES are not productive for VSG switching and that the position of a DSB in the activ
Ostrinia furnacalis is an important economic insect of corn , sugarcane, millet, sorghum, etc. in Asian to western Pacific lands. Due to its phenotypic plasticity in voltinism, ACB can survival in eit
