Works (414)
Updated: November 7th, 2024 12:45
2024 article
Bed bugs, <i>Cimex lectularius</i>: Undercover agents in forensic investigations
Meiklejohn, K. A., Schal, C., & Lodhi, K. M. (2024, October 14). JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES, Vol. 10.
author keywords: bed bugs; DNA profile; DNA testing; human blood; human male DNA; RSID blood testing; short tandem repeats (STR); Y-STR loci
open access via doi.org (publisher)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
10. Reduced Inequalities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: October 15, 2024
2024 article
Genetic Underpinnings of Cuticular Hydrocarbon Biosynthesis in the German Cockroach, <i>Blattella germanica</i> (L.): Progress and Perspectives
Pei, X.-J., Schal, C., & Fan, Y.-L. (2024, May 10). JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, Vol. 5.
author keywords: Cockroach; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Biosynthesis; Sex pheromone; Sexual dimorphism
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: May 28, 2024
2024 journal article
Glucose aversion: a behavioral resistance mechanism in the German cockroach
CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE, 63.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: May 20, 2024
2024 article
Lethal disruption of the bacterial gut community in Eastern subterranean termite caused by boric acid
Ashbrook, A. R., Schwarz, M., Schal, C., & Mikaelyan, A. (2024, October 14). (C. Husseneder, Ed.). JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, Vol. 10.
Ed(s): C. Husseneder
author keywords: boric acid; termite control; gut microbiome; dysbiosis; wood protectants
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 22, 2024
2024 article
Repellency of N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (DEET) during host-seeking behavior of bed bugs (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) in binary choice olfactometer assays
Hayes, C. C., & Schal, C. (2024, June 6). (Z. Syed, Ed.). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, Vol. 6.
Ed(s): Z. Syed
author keywords: bed bug; DEET; repellency; insecticide resistance; behavior
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: June 8, 2024
2024 journal article
Review on the impacts of indoor vector control on domiciliary pests: good intentions challenged by harsh realities
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 1, 2024
2024 journal article
Solving the 250-year- old mystery of the origin and global spread of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 121(22).
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: May 22, 2024
2024 article
Two sex pheromone receptors for sexual communication in the American cockroach
Li, N., Dong, R., Zeng, H., Zhang, Y., Huang, R., Liu, W., … Li, S. (2024, March 22). SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES, Vol. 3.
author keywords: sex pheromone; odorant receptor; sexual attraction; sex differentiation; cockroach
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: April 8, 2024
2024 article
Vitellin/Vitellogenin Is an Important Allergen in German Cockroach
Hadiwinarta, C., Blank, A., Somers, J., Schal, C., Bronzert, C., Sharma, K., … Slater, J. E. (2024, January 22). INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY, Vol. 1.
author keywords: Allergens; Asthma; Allergic rhinitis; Cockroach; ImmunoCAP; Indoor allergens; Allergen sources
TL;DR:
This study affinity-purified Vg/Vn and demonstrated that Vg/Vn-specific IgE antibody is a major component of GCr-specific IgE.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: February 12, 2024
2023 journal article
A cuticular protein, BgCPLCP1, contributes to insecticide resistance by thickening the cockroach endocuticle
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES, 254.
author keywords: Cuticular protein; Pyrethroids; Penetration resistance; Blattella germanica
TL;DR:
It is demonstrated that BgCPLCP1, the first CPLCP (cuticular proteins of low complexity with a highly repetitive proline-rich region) family cuticular protein in order Blattodea, contributes to insecticide penetration resistance.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 11, 2023
2023 journal article
A mosaic of endogenous and plant-derived courtship signals in moths
CURRENT BIOLOGY, 33(16).
TL;DR:
It is shown that two olfactory receptors in female antennae are tuned to MeSA, which facilitates female acceptance of the male, and males appear to exploit the female's preadapted sensory bias in courtship.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 2, 2023
2023 article
Cockroaches as Trojan Horses for Control of Cockroach Aggregations With Baits
Hamilton, J. A., Wada-Katsumata, A., & Schal, C. (2023, February 3). (A. Appel, Ed.). JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, Vol. 2.
Ed(s): A. Appel
author keywords: secondary mortality; tertiary mortality; quaternary mortality; horizontal transfer; gel bait
MeSH headings : Female; Animals; Insecticides; Cockroaches; Blattellidae; Nymph; Insect Control
TL;DR:
Whether horizontal transfer can go beyond secondary, to tertiary and quaternary effects, and to compare various gel baits with different active ingredients remains to be determined in field populations of the German cockroach.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 15, 2023
2023 journal article
Diet-derived male sex pheromone compounds affect female choice in a noctuid moth
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 13(1).
TL;DR:
The effect of larval diet and adult feeding on MeSA and δ-decalactone content in hairpencils is investigated and whether these compounds are involved in female choice is determined.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 16, 2024
2023 journal article
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Pest Management Science.
Source: ORCID
Added: July 2, 2023
2023 journal article
Glucose- and disaccharide-containing baits impede secondary mortality in glucose-averse German cockroaches
Journal of Economic Entomology.
Ed(s): C. Lee
MeSH headings : Female; Animals; Blattellidae; Glucose / pharmacology; Disaccharides / pharmacology; Maltose / pharmacology; Insecticides / pharmacology; Cockroaches; Sucrose; Nymph; Fructose / pharmacology
TL;DR:
It is cautioned that baits containing glucose or glucose-containing oligosaccharides may impede cockroach interventions; while GA adults and large nymphs avoid ingesting such baits, first instars reject the glucose- containing feces of any WT cockroaches that consumed the bait.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 2, 2023
2023 journal article
Gustatory polymorphism mediates a new adaptive courtship strategy
author keywords: German cockroach; gustation; aversion; courtship; evolution; nuptial gift
MeSH headings : Animals; Humans; Female; Male; Sexual Behavior, Animal / physiology; Courtship; Maltose; Copulation; Glucose
TL;DR:
Results suggest that the two courtship traits emerged in response to the altered sexual behaviour of GA females and independently of the male's GA trait, and compensatory behavioural evolution can correct these sensory discrepancies.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 29, 2023
2023 article
Histamine excretion in common indoor and hematophagous arthropods
Principato, S., Romero, A., Lee, C.-Y., Campbell, K., Choe, D.-H., Schal, C., & DeVries, Z. (2023, August 24). (W. Booth, Ed.). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, Vol. 8.
Ed(s): W. Booth
author keywords: bed bug; histamine; hemipteran; feces; indoor environment
TL;DR:
The results indicate that histamine excretion is limited to hematophagous hemipterans (bed bugs, bat bugs, tropical bed bugs, and kissing bugs), suggesting that indoor histamine contamination in the United States can be primarily linked to bed bugs.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 25, 2023
2023 article
Nonanal, a new fall armyworm sex pheromone component, significantly increases the efficacy of pheromone lures
Saveer, A. M., Hatano, E., Wada-Katsumata, A., Meagher, R. L., & Schal, C. (2023, April 11). PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, Vol. 4.
author keywords: Spodoptera frugiperda; fall armyworm; sex pheromone; nonanal; lures; trapping
TL;DR:
The addition of nonanal to pheromone lures should improve surveillance, monitoring and control of FAW populations.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 20, 2023
2023 journal article
Pharmacokinetics of fluralaner as a systemic drug to control infestations of the common bed bug, <i>Cimex lectularius</i>, in poultry facilities
PARASITES & VECTORS, 16(1).
author keywords: Cimex; Bed bugs; Fluralaner; Pharmacokinetics; Poultry; Ectoparasites
TL;DR:
Fluralaner appears to be a promising candidate for bed bug control in poultry farms, with a treatment effect lasting at least 28 days, and quantifiable in the hens’ plasma for at least28 days post-treatment.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 22, 2023
2023 journal article
Spatial distribution of histamine in bed bug-infested homes
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 880.
author keywords: Environmental contaminants; Insects; Asthma; Cimex lectularius; Respiratory health
MeSH headings : Humans; Animals; Insect Control / methods; Bedbugs; Histamine
TL;DR:
Results indicate that the bedroom should be the primary focus of histamine mitigation efforts, although histamine can be found throughout the home, and histamine quantified from homes without active bed bug infestations suggests that histamine from previous infestation can persist following pest eradication.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: May 30, 2023
2022 article
A single gene integrates sex and hormone regulators into sexual attractiveness
Chen, N., Liu, Y.-J., Fan, Y.-L., Pei, X.-J., Yang, Y., Liao, M.-T., … Li, S. (2022, July 4). NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, Vol. 7.
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / genetics; Female; Juvenile Hormones / genetics; Juvenile Hormones / metabolism; Juvenile Hormones / pharmacology; Male
TL;DR:
It is shown that wild-type males prefer to court cockroaches with higher CYP4PC1 expression and CSP production in a dose-dependent manner, regardless of their sex, shed light on how sex-specific and high sexual attractiveness is conferred in insects.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: July 11, 2022
2022 journal article
Bacterial Isolates Derived from Nest Soil Affect the Attraction and Digging Behavior of Workers of the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren
INSECTS, 13(5).
author keywords: Solenopsis invicta; bacterial isolates; behavioral responses; digging behavior
TL;DR:
The research results indicate that soil bacteria may mediate ant nest expansion or relocation and foraging tunnel construction and identification of bacterial metabolites that affect RIFA digging behavior merits additional research.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: May 9, 2022
2022 journal article
Behavioral interactions of bed bugs with long-lasting pyrethroid-treated bed nets: challenges for vector control
PARASITES & VECTORS, 15(1).
author keywords: Cimex lectularius; Malaria; Long-lasting insecticide nets; Resistance evolution; Insect behavior
MeSH headings : Animals; Humans; Insecticides / pharmacology; Bedbugs; Insecticide Resistance; Mosquito Control; Anopheles / physiology; Mosquito Vectors; Insecticide-Treated Bednets; Pyrethrins / pharmacology; Malaria
TL;DR:
Commonly used new LLINs failed to prevent the passage of susceptible and pyrethroid-resistant bed bugs in host- and aggregation-seeking bioassays and were shown to have the potential in selecting for resistant secondary pest populations.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 26, 2022
2022 journal article
Comparative Efficacy of a Fungal Entomopathogen with a Broad Host Range against Two Human-Associated Pests
INSECTS, 13(9).
author keywords: bed bugs; German cockroaches; Beauveria bassiana; entomopathogens; bioassays
TL;DR:
Different techniques to expose bed bugs and German cockroaches to Beauveria bassiana, a fungal pathogen that only infects insects, to test their susceptibility to infection reveal that they were highly susceptible to fungal infections, no matter how they were exposed to the pathogen.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 30, 2022
2022 article
Decade long upsurge in mutations associated with pyrethroid resistance in bed bug populations in the USA
Lewis, C. D., Levine, B. A., Schal, C., Vargo, E. L., & Booth, W. (2022, April 20). JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, Vol. 4.
author keywords: Cimex lectularius; Knockdown resistance; Voltage-gated sodium channel; Urban evolution
TL;DR:
The findings suggest that the persistent use of pyrethroid insecticides over the past decade continues to impose strong selection pressure on C. lectularius populations, driving the proliferation of kdr -associated mutations.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: April 21, 2022
2022 journal article
Effects of Wolbachia elimination and B-vitamin supplementation on bed bug development and reproduction
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 12(1).
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs; Dietary Supplements; Female; Nymph; Reproduction; Vitamin B Complex / pharmacology; Wolbachia
TL;DR:
In aposymbiotic bed bugs that were fed B-vitamins-supplemented blood, nymph development time, adult survivorship and hatch rate recovered to control levels, but adult size and egg number only partially recovered.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(OpenAlex)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: June 18, 2022
2022 article
Histamine Excretion by the Common Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
Gaire, S., Principato, S., Schal, C., & DeVries, Z. C. (2022, September 10). (M. Rust, Ed.). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, Vol. 9.
Ed(s): M. Rust
author keywords: bed bug; blood-sucking pest; aggregation pheromone; histamine; allergen
MeSH headings : Animals; Female; Male; Bedbugs / metabolism; Feeding Behavior; Histamine / metabolism; Nymph; Pheromones
TL;DR:
It is demonstrated that bed bugs excrete histamine across all feeding life stages, populations, and at various times after feeding, and that histamine excretion is directly related to blood feeding.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 11, 2022
2022 article
Multiple Mechanisms Confer Fipronil Resistance in the German Cockroach: Enhanced Detoxification and Rdl Mutation
Gonzalez-Morales, M. A., DeVries, Z. C., Santangelo, R. G., Kakumanu, M. L., & Schal, C. (2022, August 9). (W. Booth, Ed.). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, Vol. 8.
Ed(s): W. Booth
author keywords: urban IPM; German cockroach; Blattella germanica; fipronil; insecticide resistance; Rdl; target site insensitivity
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / genetics; Insecticide Resistance / genetics; Insecticides / pharmacology; Mutation; Pyrazoles
TL;DR:
Evaluated five populations of German cockroaches and found that all field-collected strains are homozygous for a mutation that substitutes serine for an alanine in Rdl, and confers low resistance to fipronil, indicating little change in fipronsil resistance over the past 20 yr.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 10, 2022
2022 journal article
Nutritional condition affects tergal gland secretion and courtship success of male cockroaches
PLOS ONE, 17(8).
Ed(s): R. Borges
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / physiology; Courtship; Exocrine Glands / physiology; Female; Male; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Reproduction; Sexual Behavior, Animal; Wings, Animal
TL;DR:
The results suggest that the quality of the tergal gland secretions, and by association mating success, are dependent on the nutritional condition of the male.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 4, 2022
2022 journal article
Rapid evolution of an adaptive taste polymorphism disrupts courtship behavior
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY, 5(1).
MeSH headings : Animals; Courtship; Female; Glucose; Humans; Male; Sexual Behavior, Animal; Sugars; Taste
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: May 13, 2022
2022 journal article
Systemic veterinary drugs for control of the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius, in poultry farms
PARASITES & VECTORS, 15(1).
author keywords: Cimex lectularius; Fluralaner; Ivermectin; Systemics; Poultry; Chicken
MeSH headings : Animals; Humans; Bedbugs; Ivermectin / pharmacology; Farms; Poultry; Veterinary Drugs; Chickens; Ectoparasitic Infestations / drug therapy; Ectoparasitic Infestations / prevention & control; Ectoparasitic Infestations / veterinary
TL;DR:
The findings suggest that systemic ectoparasitic drugs have great potential for practical use to control bed bug infestations in poultry farms and demonstrate the efficacy of fluralaner (and potentially other isoxazolines) as a potent new active ingredient for bed bug control.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 5, 2022
2021 chapter
Behaviour and chemical ecology of the German cockroach
In C. Wang, C.-Y. Lee, & M. K. Rust (Eds.), Biology and Management of the German Cockroach. Clayton VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
Ed(s): C. Wang, C. Lee & M. Rust
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: February 6, 2021
2021 journal article
Comparison of Diet Preferences of Laboratory-Reared and Apartment-Collected German Cockroaches
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 114(5), 2189–2197.
Ed(s): A. Appel
author keywords: German cockroach; nutrition; urban; ecology
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae; Diet; Female; Laboratories; Male; Nymph
TL;DR:
Findings suggest that females, males, and nymphs within apartments adapt to the local conditions and convergently prefer similar amounts of food of similar dietary protein content, suggesting that factors beyond temporary food scarcity influence diet choice.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: July 15, 2021
2021 article
Decade Long Upsurge In Target Site Pyrethroid Resistance In Bed Bug Populations In The United States
Lewis, C. D., Levine, B. A., Schal, C., Vargo, E. L., & Booth, W. (2021, October 26).
TL;DR:
The results suggest that the persistent use of pyrethroid insecticides over the past decade continues to impose strong selection pressure on C. lectularius populations, driving the proliferation of kdr-associated mutations.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: October 27, 2021
2021 journal article
Experimental evidence for female mate choice in a noctuid moth
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 179, 1–13.
author keywords: courtship behaviour; female mate choice; pheromone; sexual selection; Chloridea (Helothis) virescers
TL;DR:
It is observed that females determined the outcome of courtship by moving away from the male (avoidance) or by facilitating copulation with an abdominal bend (acceptance), and it is discovered that tactile sensory stimuli may be involved during courtship.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 27, 2021
2021 journal article
Human skin triglycerides prevent bed bug (Cimex lectularius L.) arrestment
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1).
MeSH headings : Adult; Animals; Bedbugs / metabolism; Bedbugs / pathogenicity; Cues; Feeding Behavior; Female; Host-Parasite Interactions; Humans; Locomotion; Male; Middle Aged; Odorants; Pheromones / metabolism; Skin / metabolism; Skin / parasitology; Triglycerides / metabolism
TL;DR:
Results provide strong evidence that the complex of human skin compounds serve as multifunctional semiochemicals for bed bugs, with some odorants attracting host-seeking stages, and others (TAGs and possibly other compounds) preventing bed bug arrestment.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 10, 2022
2021 journal article
Hygiene-Eliciting Brood Semiochemicals as a Tool for Assaying Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colony Resistance to Varroa (Mesostigmata: Varroidae)
JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE, 21(6).
Ed(s): M. Simone-Finstrom
author keywords: hygienic behavior; social immunity; chemical communication; alkene; unhealthy brood odor
MeSH headings : Animals; Beekeeping; Bees / chemistry; Bees / parasitology; Pheromones; Varroidae
TL;DR:
The hypothesis that hygienic response to a mixture of semiochemicals associated with Varroa-infested honey bee brood can serve as an improved tool for predicting colony-level VarroA resistance is tested.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: November 2, 2021
2021 journal article
Mating and starvation modulate feeding and host-seeking responses in female bed bugs, Cimex lectularius
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1).
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs / pathogenicity; Bedbugs / physiology; Copulation / physiology; Ectoparasitic Infestations / parasitology; Feeding Behavior / physiology; Female; Fertility / physiology; Humans; Reproduction / physiology; Sexual Behavior, Animal / physiology
TL;DR:
Results indicate that by adaptively and coordinately expressing behaviors based on the internal physiological state, females maximize their survival and reproductive fitness.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 22, 2021
2021 article
Metarhizium anisopliae is a valuable grist for biocontrol in beta-cypermethrin-resistant Blattella germanica (L.)
Zhang, X. C., Jiang, M., Zang, Y. N., Zhao, H. Z., Liu, C. X., Liu, B. R., … Zhang, F. (2022, January 11). PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, Vol. 1.
author keywords: German cockroach; beta-cypermethrin; Metarhizium anisopliae; susceptibility; microbiota; immunity
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / genetics; Blattellidae / microbiology; Insecticide Resistance / genetics; Metarhizium / genetics; Pyrethrins / pharmacology
TL;DR:
Results confirmed that insecticide resistance may enhance cockroach susceptibility to fungi by altering intestinal flora and gene expression, and fungi have high utilization value in pest control and insecticides resistance management strategies.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 18, 2022
2021 journal article
Modulation of fatty acid elongation in cockroaches sustains sexually dimorphic hydrocarbons and female attractiveness
PLOS BIOLOGY, 19(7).
Ed(s): R. Benton
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / genetics; Blattellidae / metabolism; Blattellidae / physiology; Fatty Acids / metabolism; Female; Genes, Insect; Hydrocarbons / metabolism; Sex Attractants / metabolism; Sex Characteristics; Sex Differentiation / genetics; Sexual Behavior, Animal
TL;DR:
A novel molecular mechanism responsible for the formation of sexually dimorphic hydrocarbons in the German cockroach Blattella germanica is revealed and evidence on shaping of the SDHCs by sexual selection is provided, as females use them to generate high levels of contact sex pheromone.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: July 28, 2021
2021 article
Modulation of fatty acid elongation sustains sexually dimorphic hydrocarbons and female attractiveness in Blattella germanica (L.)
Pei, X.-J., Fan, Y.-L., Bai, Y., Bai, T.-T., Schal, C., Zhang, Z.-F., … Liu, T.-X. (2021, March 5). (Vol. 3). Vol. 3.
TL;DR:
A novel molecular mechanism responsible for the formation of sexually dimorphic hydrocarbons in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica is revealed, and evidences on shaping of the SDHCs by sexual selection are provided, as females use them to generate high levels of contact sex pheromone.
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Source: ORCID
Added: March 8, 2021
2021 article
Olfactory Learning Supports an Adaptive Sugar-Aversion Gustatory Phenotype in the German Cockroach
Wada-Katsumata, A., & Schal, C. (2021, July 30). (Vol. 7). Vol. 7.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 2, 2021
2021 journal article
Olfactory Learning Supports an Adaptive Sugar-Aversion Gustatory Phenotype in the German Cockroach
INSECTS, 12(8).
Contributors: A. Wada-Katsumata n & n
author keywords: gustation; sugar aversion; German cockroach; olfactory learning; memory; foraging
TL;DR:
The results reveal that specific tastants can serve as potent reward or punishment in olfactory associative learning, which reinforces gustatory food preferences in cockroaches.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(OpenAlex)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 14, 2021
2021 journal article
Optimization of a Diet for the Greater Wax Moth (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Using Full Factorial and Mixture Design
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 114(3), 1091–1103.
Ed(s): L. Neven
author keywords: diet optimization; design of experiments; rearing
MeSH headings : Animals; Diet; Larva; Lepidoptera; Moths
TL;DR:
This study demonstrates the importance and efficiency of statistical DOE in guiding the optimization of insect diets to improve traits that represent the quality and fitness of the reared insects.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: April 7, 2021
2021 article
Pheromone antagonism in Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus) by sex pheromones of two sympatric noctuid moths
Wang, F.-M., Shen, Z.-J., Schal, C., Zhu, J. J., Zhou, G.-X., Wang, Y.-L., … Wan, N.-F. (2021, October 2). PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, Vol. 10.
author keywords: pheromone antagonism; antennal response; Plutella xyloslella; mating disruption; sympatry; semiochemical
MeSH headings : Animals; Brassica; Male; Moths; Pheromones; Sex Attractants / pharmacology; Spodoptera
TL;DR:
The uni-directional pheromone antagonism by ZE-9,11-14:OAc and ZE,9,12-14-OAc suggests innovative semiochemical-based strategies for the management of P. xyloslella and other economically important pests in Brassica fields.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: October 12, 2021
2021 journal article
Plasticity in Oviposition Site Selection Behavior in Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in Relation to Adult Density and Host Distribution and Quality
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 114(4), 1517–1522.
Ed(s): N. Papadopoulos
author keywords: sociality; reproductive plasticity; population ecology; invasive species
MeSH headings : Animals; Choice Behavior; Drosophila; Oviposition; Rubus; Seasons
TL;DR:
The effects of adult crowding and spatial resource variation on oviposition rate in the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) are explored to help researchers and crop managers better understand in-field population dynamics as population densities change.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: June 12, 2021
2021 chapter
Public health and veterinary importance of the German cockroach
In C. Wang, C.-Y. Lee, & M. K. Rust (Eds.), Biology and Management of the German Cockroach. Clayton VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
Ed(s): C. Wang, C. Lee & M. Rust
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: February 6, 2021
2021 journal article
Resistance to Fipronil in the Common Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 58(4), 1798–1807.
Ed(s): L. Hribar
author keywords: bed bugs; Cimex lectularius; fipronil; insecticide resistance; synergist
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs / drug effects; Bedbugs / genetics; Insect Proteins / genetics; Insecticide Resistance / genetics; Insecticides / pharmacology; Mutation; Pyrazoles / pharmacology; Pyrethrins / pharmacology; Receptors, GABA-A / genetics
TL;DR:
Investigating the potential of fipronil resistance in bed bugs found that highly resistant populations were also highly resistant to deltamethrin, suggesting that metabolic enzymes that are responsible for pyrethroid detoxification might also metabolize fipronsil.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: April 7, 2021
2021 article
Salivary Digestion Extends the Range of Sugar-Aversions in the German Cockroach
Wada-Katsumata, A., & Schal, C. (2021, March 2). (Vol. 3). Vol. 3.
Source: ORCID
Added: March 3, 2021
2021 journal article
Salivary Digestion Extends the Range of Sugar-Aversions in the German Cockroach
INSECTS, 12(3).
Contributors: A. Wada-Katsumata n & n
author keywords: taste; sugar-aversion; German cockroach; glucose; saliva; salivary digestion; feeding behavior; bait; pest control
TL;DR:
Salivary digestion protects the cockroach from ingesting toxic chemicals and thus could support the rapid evolution of behavioral and physiological resistance in cockroach populations, and is suggested to support an extended aversion phenotype that includes glucose-containing oligosaccharides.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 22, 2021
2021 journal article
Social signals mediate oviposition site selection in Drosophila suzukii
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1).
MeSH headings : Animals; Drosophila / physiology; Female; Fruit; Larva / genetics; Larva / physiology; Oviposition / physiology; Social Behavior
TL;DR:
It is found that the presence of larvae and host marking, but not egg density, influenced oviposition behavior and that the two factors interacted over time and are the first behavioral evidence for a host marking pheromone in a species of Drosophila.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: February 18, 2021
2021 journal article
Sphingobacterium phlebotomi sp. nov., a new member of family Sphingobacteriaceae isolated from sand fly rearing substrate
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 71(5).
Contributors: M. Kakumanu n, B. Marayati*, A. Wada-Katsumata n , G. Wasserberg *, n , C. Apperson n, L. Ponnusamy n
author keywords: 16S rRNA gene; Polyphasic analysis; Sphingobacterium phlebotomi sp. nov.
MeSH headings : Animals; Bacterial Typing Techniques; Base Composition; DNA, Bacterial / genetics; Fatty Acids / chemistry; Fatty Acids / metabolism; Phlebotomus / microbiology; Phosphatidylethanolamines / metabolism; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Sphingobacterium / classification; Sphingobacterium / genetics; Sphingobacterium / isolation & purification; Sphingobacterium / metabolism
TL;DR:
On the basis of the results of this polyphasic taxonomic analysis, the bacterial isolate represents a novel species within the genus Sphingobacterium, for which the name SphingOBacterium phlebotomi sp.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: May 7, 2021
2020 journal article
Bed bugs shape the indoor microbial community composition of infested homes
Science of The Total Environment.
author keywords: Bed bug; Cimex lectularius; Indoor microbiome; Pest; Infestation; Microbiota; Household dust; Environmental intervention
MeSH headings : Aged; Animals; Bedbugs; Hot Temperature; Housing; Humans; Microbiota; Poverty
TL;DR:
After bed bugs were eliminated, the microbial community gradually shifted toward the community composition of uninfested homes, strongly implicating bed bugs in shaping the dust-associated environmental microbiome.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
1. No Poverty
(OpenAlex)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: July 8, 2020
2020 journal article
Boric acid enhances Metarhizium anisopliae virulence in Blattella germanica (L.) by disrupting the gut and altering its microbial community
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, 152.
author keywords: Blattella germanica; Metarhizium anisopliae; Boric acid; Gut microbiota; Synergism
TL;DR:
It is concluded that two major mechanisms underlie this synergism: boric acid facilitates the penetration of M. anisopliae by physically and chemically disrupting the midgut, and by altering the gut microbiome, boric Acid promotes survival and virulence of M.'sopliae in the harsh gut environment.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 19, 2021
2020 chapter
Cockroach and other inhalant insect allergens
In R. Lockey & D. Ledford (Eds.), Allergens and Allergen Immunotherapy: Subcutaneous, Sublingual and Oral (6th ed., pp. 237–255,). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
Ed(s): R. Lockey & D. Ledford
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 20, 2020
2020 journal article
Cuticular pheromones stimulate hygienic behavior in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 10(1).
MeSH headings : Animals; Bees / physiology; Behavior, Animal; Pheromones / physiology
TL;DR:
Biological activity of (Z)-6-pentadecene is confirmed and revealed as a novel hygiene trigger, which support development of improved tools for honey bee colony monitoring and hygienic selection, and thus may accelerate development of honey bee stocks with greater resistance to Varroa and associated pathogens.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 7, 2020
2020 journal article
Effects of Antibiotics on the Dynamic Balance of Bacteria and Fungi in the Gut of the German Cockroach
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 113(6), 2666–2678.
author keywords: Blattella germanica; antibiotic; gut bacteria; fungi; interaction; niche
MeSH headings : Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology; Bacteria; Blattellidae; Fungi; Gastrointestinal Microbiome
TL;DR:
Network analysis showed that antibiotic treatment made the interaction between bacteria and fungi closer and stronger in the cockroach gut during the recovery of gut microorganisms, helping to explore gut microbes' colonization and interaction with insects.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: February 1, 2021
2020 journal article
Effects of novaluron ingestion and topical application on German cockroach (Blattella germanica) development and reproduction
Pest Management Science, 77(2), 877–885.
Contributors: J. A Hamilton n, A. Wada-Katsumata n , A. Ko & n
author keywords: insect growth regulator; chitin synthesis inhibitor; novaluron; cockroach; reproduction; sterility
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae; Cockroaches; Eating; Female; Insecticides; Male; Phenylurea Compounds; Reproduction
TL;DR:
Novaluron caused mortality in nymphs and interfered with ootheca production in adult females, but only before they formed an oothecas, and has potential to be incorporated in cockroach baits.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: September 20, 2020
2020 journal article
Environmental decomposition of olefinic cuticular hydrocarbons of Periplaneta americana generates a volatile pheromone that guides social behaviour
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1921), 20192466.
Contributors: E. Hatano n, A. Wada-Katsumata n & n
author keywords: Periplaneta americana; American cockroach; cuticular hydrocarbons; environmental reaction; habitat selection; pro-semiochemicals
MeSH headings : Alkenes / metabolism; Animals; Behavior, Animal / physiology; Hydrocarbons / metabolism; Periplaneta / physiology; Pheromones / metabolism; Social Behavior; Volatile Organic Compounds
TL;DR:
It is demonstrated that air, water vapour and ultraviolet (UV) radiation break down unsaturated cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) of Periplaneta americana (American cockroach), resulting in the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 26, 2020
2020 journal article
Gene content evolution in the arthropods
GENOME BIOLOGY, 21(1).
author keywords: Arthropods; Genome assembly; Genomics; Protein domains; Gene content; Evolution; DNA methylation
MeSH headings : Animals; Arthropods / classification; Arthropods / genetics; DNA Methylation; Evolution, Molecular; Genetic Speciation; Genetic Variation; Phylogeny
TL;DR:
Using 76 whole genome sequences representing 21 orders spanning more than 500 million years of arthropod evolution, this work documents changes in gene and protein domain content and provides temporal and phylogenetic context for interpreting these innovations.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 2, 2020
2020 journal article
Genetic Basis of Natural Variation in Spontaneous Grooming in Drosophila melanogaster
G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, 10(9), 3453–3460.
Contributors: A. Yanagawa *, W. Huang*, A. Yamamoto n, A. Wada-Katsumata n , n & T. Mackay *
author keywords: Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel; genome wide association analysis; RNA interference; behavioral genetics
MeSH headings : Animals; Drosophila melanogaster / genetics; Epistasis, Genetic; Female; Genetic Variation; Genome-Wide Association Study; Grooming
TL;DR:
Although grooming behavior is highly correlated between males and females, significant sex by genotype interactions are observed, indicating that the genetic basis of spontaneous grooming is partially distinct in the two sexes.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: October 5, 2020
2020 journal article
Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Ingested Hydroprene and Methoprene on Development and Fecundity of the Common Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
Journal of Medical Entomology, 57(4), 1199–1206.
Ed(s): M. Rust
author keywords: Urban IPM; bed bugs; Cimex; juvenile hormone analog; insect growth regulator
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs; Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; Fertility / drug effects; Insect Control; Juvenile Hormones; Methoprene
TL;DR:
Evaluated the potential of hydroprene and methoprene to be incorporated into an ingestible bait, with dose–response studies on fifth-instar male and female bed bugs.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 26, 2020
2020 article
Mating and starvation modulate feeding and host-seeking responses in female bed bugs,Cimex lectularius
Saveer, A. M., DeVries, Z. C., Santangelo, R., & Schal, C. (2020, November 1).
Source: ORCID
Added: November 2, 2020
2020 journal article
Measurement of German cockroach allergens and their isoforms in allergen extracts with mass spectrometry
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY, 50(6), 741–751.
author keywords: allergens and epitopes; regulatory aspects; venom and insect allergy
MeSH headings : Allergens / chemistry; Animals; Blattellidae / chemistry; Chromatography, Liquid; Complex Mixtures / chemistry; Insect Proteins / chemistry; Mass Spectrometry
TL;DR:
Allergen extracts are the primary tool for diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases, but in the United States, most allergen Extracts are non‐standardized.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: June 1, 2020
2020 journal article
Oviposition-Site Selection of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) Sand Flies: Attraction to Bacterial Isolates From an Attractive Rearing Medium
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 58(2), 518–527.
Ed(s): R. Johnson
author keywords: Phlebotomus papatasi; sand flies; leishmaniasis; dose-response bioassay; semiochemical
MeSH headings : Animals; Appetitive Behavior / drug effects; Bacteria / chemistry; Bacteria / isolation & purification; Culture Media; Female; Microbiota; Oviposition; Phlebotomus; Volatile Organic Compounds / pharmacology
TL;DR:
This study confirms the important role of saprophytic bacteria, gut bacteria, or both, in guiding the oviposition-site selection behavior of sand flies and identifies the specific attractive semiochemical cues that they produce that could lead to development of an attractive lure for surveillance and control ofSand flies.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 6, 2020
2020 journal article
Recent Detection of Multiple Populations of the Tropical Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) Exhibiting kdr-Associated Mutations in Hawaii
Journal of Medical Entomology, 2.
Ed(s): R. Pereira
author keywords: Cimex hemipterus; voltage-gated sodium channel; knockdown resistance; insecticide resistance; introduced species
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs / genetics; Female; Hawaii; Insect Proteins / genetics; Insecticide Resistance / genetics; Introduced Species; Male; Mutation; Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels / genetics
TL;DR:
The first report of the detection and likely establishment of C. hemipterus in Honolulu, Hawaii is presented, from samples collected in 2009 and 2019, and through partial sequencing of the voltage-gated sodium channel, the presence of kdr-associated mutations in all samples is reported.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2020
2020 journal article
Reproductive compatibility among populations and host‐associated lineages of the common bed bug (Cimex lectularius L.)
Ecology and Evolution.
author keywords: Cimexlectularius; host-associated differentiation; reproduction; speciation; Wolbachia
TL;DR:
Results indicate that while the HA and BA populations of C. lectularius represent genetically differentiated host‐associated lineages, possibly undergoing sympatric speciation, this is in its incipient stage as they remain reproductively compatible.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: October 8, 2020
2020 journal article
The Role of Antennae in Heat Detection and Feeding Behavior in the Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 113(6), 2858–2863.
Ed(s): A. Appel
author keywords: bed bug; heat detection; feeding behavior; antennae; radiant heat
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs; Ectoparasitic Infestations; Feeding Behavior; Hot Temperature
TL;DR:
It is found that the distal tip of the terminal antennal segment is responsible for orientation toward a heat source, suggesting redundancy in sensory cues that drive feeding in bed bugs.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: November 1, 2020
2020 journal article
The egg and larval pheromone dodecanoic acid mediates density-dependent oviposition of Phlebotomus papatasi
Parasites & Vectors, 13(1).
author keywords: Leishmaniasis; Oviposition behavior; Sand flies; Semiochemicals; Dose-response bioassay; Oviposition regulation; Allee effect; Isovaleric acid
MeSH headings : Animals; Behavior, Animal / drug effects; Female; Hemiterpenes / analysis; Larva / chemistry; Larva / drug effects; Lauric Acids / pharmacology; Male; Oviposition / drug effects; Ovum / chemistry; Ovum / drug effects; Pentanoic Acids / analysis; Pheromones / pharmacology; Phlebotomus / drug effects; Phlebotomus / physiology; Pupa / drug effects
TL;DR:
Investigation of the attraction and oviposition preference of the Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis vector, Phlebotomus papatasi, to young and old conspecific stages, including eggs and the effect of a semiochemical associated with eggs and neonate larvae corroborated the hypothesis that gravid sand flies should prefer early colonized Oviposition sites as indicators of site suitability but avoid sites containing older stages as indicator of potential competition.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: June 4, 2020
2019 journal article
Antennal grooming facilitates courtship performance in a group-living insect, the German cockroach Blattella germanica
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9(1).
Contributors: A. Wada-Katsumata n & n
MeSH headings : Animals; Arthropod Antennae / physiology; Blattellidae / physiology; Courtship; Grooming / physiology; Lipids; Sex Attractants / metabolism; Sexual Behavior, Animal / physiology
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
5. Gender Equality
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 11, 2019
2019 journal article
Diel periodicity and visual cues guide oviposition behavior in Phlebotomus papatasi, vector of old-world cutaneous leishmaniasis
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13(3), e0007165.
Ed(s): F. Oliveira
MeSH headings : Animals; Circadian Clocks; Color; Female; Humans; Insect Control; Insect Vectors / anatomy & histology; Insect Vectors / physiology; Leishmaniasis / transmission; Oviposition; Phlebotomus / anatomy & histology; Phlebotomus / physiology; Photoperiod; Sex Attractants
TL;DR:
It is shown, for the first time, that visual cues in the form of oviposition-site color, lighting level, and photoperiod are important in guiding the Oviposition behavior of phlebotomine sand flies.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref, ORCID
Added: April 29, 2019
2019 journal article
Effects of Carrion Relocation on the Succession of Newly Arriving Adult Necrophilous Insects
Journal of Medical Entomology, 57(1), 164–172.
Ed(s): C. Geden
author keywords: sampling; biodiversity; ecology and behavior; forensic entomology
MeSH headings : Animals; Biodiversity; Cadaver; Diptera / physiology; Forensic Entomology; North Carolina; Postmortem Changes
TL;DR:
It is demonstrated that translocating a decomposing body to a new, but geographically and ecologically similar location continues the predicted insect succession, albeit with greater variance, based on olfactory cues alone.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 30, 2019
2019 journal article
Exposure risks and ineffectiveness of total release foggers (TRFs) used for cockroach control in residential settings
BMC Public Health, 19(1).
author keywords: Bug bomb; German cockroach; Pesticide residues; Pesticide exposure; Pyrethroids; Total release aerosols
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / drug effects; Environmental Exposure / adverse effects; Fumigation; Housing; Humans; Insect Control / methods; Insecticide Resistance; Insecticides / adverse effects; Pesticide Residues / analysis; Risk Assessment
TL;DR:
The high risks of pesticide exposure associated with TRFs combined with their ineffectiveness in controlling German cockroach infestations call into question their utility in the marketplace, especially because similarly priced and much safer bait products are highly effective in the indoor environment.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
1. No Poverty
(OpenAlex)
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: February 11, 2019
2019 journal article
Hemimetabolous insects elucidate the origin of sexual development via alternative splicing
ELife, 8.
Contributors: J. Wexler *, E. Delaney *, X. Belles *, n , A. Wada-Katsumata n , M. Amicucci *, A. Kopp *
MeSH headings : Alternative Splicing; Animals; Cockroaches / genetics; Cockroaches / physiology; Hemiptera / genetics; Hemiptera / physiology; Insect Proteins / biosynthesis; Insect Proteins / genetics; Phthiraptera / genetics; Phthiraptera / physiology; Protein Isoforms / biosynthesis; Protein Isoforms / genetics; Sexual Development; Transcription Factors / biosynthesis; Transcription Factors / genetics
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: September 23, 2019
2019 journal article
Lack of influence by endosymbiont Wolbachia on virus titer in the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius
Parasites & Vectors, 12(1).
author keywords: Cimex lectularius; Wolbachia; Endosymbiont; Cimicidae; Virus suppression; ssRNA
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs / microbiology; Bedbugs / virology; Calicivirus, Feline / growth & development; Calicivirus, Feline / isolation & purification; Microbial Interactions; Viral Load; Wolbachia / growth & development
TL;DR:
It is suggested that other mechanisms are involved in virus suppression within bed bugs, independent of the influence of Wolbachia, and the need for future research is underscore.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: September 30, 2019
2019 chapter
Neuroendocrine regulation of pheromone synthesis and release in cockroaches
In I. Huber, B. R. Rao, & E. P. Masler (Eds.), Cockroaches as Models for Neurobiology: Applications in Biomedical Research: Vol. II (pp. 179–200).
Ed(s): I. Huber, B. Rao & E. Masler
TL;DR:
Introduction Neurohormones and Neurotransmitters Metabolic Control Sense Organs, Plasticity and Behavior, and how these properties affect human physiology and behavior is explained.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 7, 2020
2019 journal article
Pervasive Resistance to Pyrethroids in German Cockroaches (Blattodea: Ectobiidae) Related to Lack of Efficacy of Total Release Foggers
Journal of Economic Entomology, 112(5), 2295–2301.
Ed(s): M. Rust
author keywords: cypermethrin; do-it-yourself pest control; kdr; topical application
MeSH headings : Animals; Biological Assay; Blattellidae; Cockroaches; Insecticide Resistance; Insecticides; Pyrethrins
TL;DR:
Investigating insecticide resistance of apartment-collected cockroaches from homes where TRFs failed suggested pyrethroid resistance is a major factor contributing to the failure of TRFs, which were recently shown to be ineffective at reducing German cockroach infestations.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: October 21, 2019
2019 journal article
Queen and king recognition in the subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes: Evidence for royal recognition pheromones
PLOS ONE, 14(5), e0209810.
Ed(s): F. Nascimento
MeSH headings : Animals; Behavior, Animal; Female; Isoptera / physiology; Male; Pheromones / metabolism; Photoperiod; Recognition, Psychology; Reproduction
TL;DR:
The striking response to reproductives and their cuticular extracts suggests that royal-specific cuticular compounds act as recognition pheromones and that shaking behavior is a clear and measurable queen and king recognition response in this termite species.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: June 17, 2019
2019 journal article
Role of Cuticular Hydrocarbons in German Cockroach (Blattodea: Ectobiidae) Aggregation Behavior
Environmental Entomology, 48(3), 546–553.
Contributors: J. Hamilton n, A. Wada-Katsumata n & n
author keywords: hydrocarbons; aggregation; pheromone
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae; Cockroaches; Feces; Female; Humans; Hydrocarbons; Nymph; Pheromones
TL;DR:
It is asserted that CHCs play a minor, if any, role in the aggregation behavior of German cockroaches, contesting previous reports that fecal CHCs serve as aggregation pheromone.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 12, 2019
2019 journal article
Variability in German Cockroach Extract Composition Greatly Impacts T Cell Potency in Cockroach-Allergic Donors
Frontiers in Immunology, 10.
author keywords: German cockroach; T cells; allergen extract; cytokines; respiratory allergy
MeSH headings : Allergens / immunology; Animals; Blattellidae / chemistry; Blattellidae / immunology; Cytokines / biosynthesis; Humans; Hypersensitivity / diagnosis; Hypersensitivity / immunology; Hypersensitivity / metabolism; Immunoglobulin E / immunology; Leukocytes, Mononuclear / immunology; Leukocytes, Mononuclear / metabolism; Lymphocyte Activation / immunology; Skin Tests; T-Lymphocytes / immunology; T-Lymphocytes / metabolism; Tissue Donors; Tissue Extracts / chemistry; Tissue Extracts / immunology
TL;DR:
Dramatic variations in T cell reactivity were observed to the different cockroach extract batches, potentially dependent on the donor-specific T cell allergen immunodominance pattern and the aller gen content of the extract tested.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: March 11, 2019
2018 journal article
A Novel Passive Sampling Technique for Collecting Adult Necrophilous Insects Arriving at Neonate Pig Carcasses
Environmental Entomology, 47(6), 1573–1581.
author keywords: sampling; biodiversity; ecology & behavior; forensic entomology
MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Newborn; Cadaver; Coleoptera; Cues; Diptera; Entomology / methods; Forensic Sciences / methods; Odorants; Swine
TL;DR:
The vented-chamber method collected significantly more necrophilous flies, representing a greater diversity, than the sweep net, Nevertheless, this approach caught few beetles, and hand collections must be used as well to most effectively sample beetle diversity.
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Added: February 11, 2019
2018 journal article
Alcohol Contributes to Attraction of Heliothis (= Chloridea) virescens Males to Females
Journal of Chemical Ecology, 44(7-8), 621–630.
author keywords: Heliothis virescens; Chloridea virescens; Sex pheromone; Volatile collection; (Z)-11-Hexadecen-1-ol; Rubber septa; Behavior
MeSH headings : Animal Communication; Animals; Fatty Alcohols / analysis; Fatty Alcohols / metabolism; Female; Male; Moths / chemistry; Moths / physiology; Sex Attractants / analysis; Sex Attractants / metabolism; Sexual Behavior, Animal; Volatile Organic Compounds / analysis; Volatile Organic Compounds / metabolism
TL;DR:
Using a short section of thick film megabore column, in combination with derivatization and GC-CI-SIM-MS, it is determined that Z11–16:OH is emitted from the sex pheromone gland during calling, and should be considered a component of thesex phersomone of H. virescens females.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 30, 2019
2018 journal article
Allergen content in German cockroach extracts and sensitization profiles to a new expanded set of cockroach allergens determine in vitro extract potency for IgE reactivity
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 143(4), 1474–1481.e8.
author keywords: Cockroach allergy; non-standardized extracts; cockroach allergen components; immunotherapy; diagnosis
MeSH headings : Allergens / immunology; Animals; Blattellidae / immunology; Female; Humans; Hypersensitivity / etiology; Hypersensitivity / immunology; Immunoglobulin E / immunology; Insect Proteins / immunology; Male
TL;DR:
The in vitro potency of German cockroach extracts for IgE reactivity depends on allergen content and allerGEN‐specific IgE titers of patients with cockroach allergy, relevant for selection of potent extracts to be used for immunotherapy and for the design and interpretation of data from immunotherapy trials.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: April 22, 2019
2018 journal article
Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) Attraction to Human Odors: Validation of a Two-Choice Olfactometer
Journal of Medical Entomology, 56(2), 362–367.
author keywords: host odor; host attraction; behavior; olfaction; chemotaxis
MeSH headings : Animals; Appetitive Behavior; Bedbugs; Female; Humans; Male; Nymph; Odorants; Olfactometry / instrumentation
TL;DR:
It is shown that bed bugs can respond and orient towards human odors, independently of all other host cues, and the validated olfactometer should enable rapid and efficient evaluations of bed bug behavioral responses to semiochemicals.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: March 25, 2019
2018 journal article
Changes in the Peripheral Chemosensory System Drive Adaptive Shifts in Food Preferences in Insects
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 12.
Contributors: A. Wada-Katsumata n , H. Robertson *, J. Silverman n & n
author keywords: chemoreception; gustation; sensilla; nutrient sensing; glucose-aversion
TL;DR:
The peripheral gustatory neural mechanisms of glucose-aversion are reviewed and how the rapid emergence of taste polymorphisms can impede pest control efforts and affect foraging and mate-choice in adapted cockroach populations are discussed.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref, ORCID
Added: October 19, 2018
2018 journal article
Comparison of Techniques for Sampling Adult Necrophilous Insects From Pig Carcasses
Journal of Medical Entomology, 55(4), 947–954.
author keywords: biodiversity; ecology and behavior; forensic entomology; Calliphoridae; Sarcophagidae
MeSH headings : Animals; Cadaver; Coleoptera / physiology; Diptera / physiology; Entomology / methods; Postmortem Changes; Sus scrofa / parasitology
TL;DR:
To maximize insect collections from neonate pigs, the method used to sample must vary by decomposition day, and repeated sampling during the noon to 18:00 hours period was most effective to obtain the maximum diversity of trapped insects.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2018 journal article
Ecological succession of adult necrophilous insects on neonate Sus scrofa domesticus in central North Carolina
PLOS ONE, 13(4), e0195785.
Ed(s): D. Doucet
MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Newborn; Cadaver; Coleoptera; Diptera; Insecta / classification; North Carolina; Postmortem Changes; Sus scrofa / parasitology
TL;DR:
Differences in the taxa and successional patterns documented in this experiment and a previous study in the same location highlight the ecological variation in such investigations, and underscore the need for standardization.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 30, 2019
2018 journal article
Effectiveness of Boric Acid by Ingestion, But Not by Contact, Against the Common Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
Journal of Economic Entomology, 111(6), 2772–2781.
Contributors: A. Sierras n, A. Wada-Katsumata n & n
author keywords: chemical control; boric acid; Public Health Entomology; Urban and Structural Entomology; bed bug
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs; Blattellidae; Boric Acids / administration & dosage; Eating; Insecticides / administration & dosage; Toxicity Tests
TL;DR:
It is concluded that although boric acid is an excellent candidate active ingredient for an ingestible bait formulation, residual applications of dust or spray would be ineffective in bed bug interventions.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: February 18, 2019
2018 journal article
Enormous expansion of the chemosensory gene repertoire in the omnivorous German cockroach Blattella germanica
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 330(5), 265–278.
Contributors: H. Robertson *, R. Baits*, K. Walden *, A. Wada-Katsumata n & n
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / genetics; Evolution, Molecular; Feeding Behavior; Insect Proteins / genetics; Isoptera / genetics; Multigene Family / genetics; Phylogeny; Receptors, Cell Surface / genetics; Species Specificity; Taste
TL;DR:
The German cockroach Blattella germanica is an extreme omnivore and has the largest chemosensory gene repertoire known for an arthropod, exceeding even the highly polyphagous spider mite Tetranychus urticae.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: February 5, 2020
2018 journal article
Expansions of key protein families in the German cockroach highlight the molecular basis of its remarkable success as a global indoor pest
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 330(5), 254–264.
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / genetics; Blattellidae / immunology; Blattellidae / metabolism; Diet; Evolution, Molecular; Genome, Insect; Inactivation, Metabolic / genetics; Insect Proteins / genetics; Insecticide Resistance / genetics; Insecticide Resistance / physiology; Multigene Family; Pest Control; Receptors, Cell Surface / genetics
TL;DR:
This study investigates the functions of the 93 significantly expanded gene families with the aim of better understanding the success of B. germanica as a major pest despite such inhospitable conditions and under recurrent chemical control.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: February 5, 2020
2018 journal article
Growth kinetics of endosymbiont Wolbachia in the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius
Scientific Reports, 8(1).
Contributors: M. Fisher n, D. Watson n, J. Osborne n, H. Mochizuki n, M. Breen n & n
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs / microbiology; DNA / genetics; Female; Kinetics; Larva / microbiology; Symbiosis; Wolbachia / growth & development
TL;DR:
It is highlighted that wCle is dynamic during bed bug development, changing relative to life stage, intermolt stage, and blood-fed status, and the observed quantitative modulation of wCle during the bed bug life cycle and during periods of starvation may explain the disparities in wCle infections reported in field-collected C. lectularius.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(OpenAlex)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 30, 2019
2018 journal article
Hemimetabolous genomes reveal molecular basis of termite eusociality
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(3), 557–566.
Contributors: M. Harrison *, E. Jongepier *, H. Robertson *, N. Arning *, T. Bitard-Feildel *, H. Chao*, C. Childers *, H. Dinh *
MeSH headings : Animals; Biological Evolution; Blattellidae / genetics; Blattellidae / physiology; Evolution, Molecular; Genome; Isoptera / genetics; Isoptera / physiology; Phylogeny; Social Behavior
TL;DR:
The authors sequence genomes of the German cockroach and a drywood termite and provide insights into the evolutionary signatures of termite eusociality.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: February 5, 2020
2018 journal article
Histamine as an emergent indoor contaminant: Accumulation and persistence in bed bug infested homes
PLOS ONE, 13(2), e0192462.
Ed(s): J. Benoit
MeSH headings : Air Pollution, Indoor / adverse effects; Animals; Bedbugs; Histamine / analysis; Hot Temperature; Humans; Insect Control; Pest Control
TL;DR:
The high concentrations, persistence, and proximity to humans during sleep suggest that bed bug-produced histamine may represent an emergent contaminant and pose a serious health risk in the indoor environment.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2018 journal article
Identification of a queen and king recognition pheromone in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(15), 3888–3893.
author keywords: termite; royal pheromone; queen recognition; chemical ecology; cuticular hydrocarbons
MeSH headings : Alkanes / chemistry; Alkanes / metabolism; Animals; Behavior, Animal; Biological Evolution; Female; Hydrocarbons / chemistry; Hydrocarbons / metabolism; Isoptera / chemistry; Isoptera / genetics; Isoptera / physiology; Male; Pheromones / chemistry; Pheromones / metabolism; Social Dominance
TL;DR:
Hneicosane is a royal-recognition pheromone that is active in both queens and kings of R. flavipes and is therefore infer that termites and social Hymenoptera convergently evolved the use of these ubiquitous compounds in royal recognition.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 30, 2019
2018 journal article
Intracellular Localization of Blattella germanica Densovirus (BgDV1) Capsid Proteins
Viruses, 10(7), 370.
author keywords: Parvoviridae; Densovirinae; Blattella germanica densovirus; BgDV1; capsid proteins; nuclear localization; nuclear export; NLS; NES
MeSH headings : Amino Acid Motifs; Capsid / chemistry; Capsid Proteins / chemistry; Capsid Proteins / genetics; Cell Nucleus / virology; Cytoplasm / chemistry; Densovirus / chemistry; Densovirus / genetics; Genome, Viral; HeLa Cells; Humans; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; Nuclear Export Signals; Nuclear Localization Signals; Protein Transport; Viral Proteins
TL;DR:
It is suggested that the NLS shared by all three BgDV1 capsid proteins drives the trafficking of the newly-synthesized proteins into the nucleus, while the NES may play a role in the export of the Newly-assembled BgV1 particles into the cytoplasm through nuclear pore complexes.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: October 16, 2018
2018 journal article
Isolation, identification, and time course of human DNA typing from bed bugs, Cimex lectularius
Forensic Science International, 293, 1–6.
author keywords: Bed bug; STR; Human; DNA; Physical evidence; Blood
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs; DNA / blood; DNA / isolation & purification; DNA Fingerprinting; Entomology; Feeding Behavior; Female; Forensic Genetics; Genotype; Humans; Male; Microsatellite Repeats; Polymerase Chain Reaction
TL;DR:
The results reveal that identification of multiple human hosts is possible from a single bed bug and suggest that some markers can be successfully recovered more than three days PBM, which can serve as physical evidence in temporal and spatial predictions to match suspects and/or victims to specific locations in criminal investigations.
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Added: December 10, 2018
2018 journal article
Overlapping Community Compositions of Gut and Fecal Microbiomes in Lab-Reared and Field-Collected German Cockroaches
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 84(17).
Ed(s): E. Stabb
author keywords: German cockroach; Blattella microbiota; microbiome; gut; feces; fecal microbiota; indoor microbiome
MeSH headings : Animals; Bacteria / classification; Bacteria / genetics; Bacteria / isolation & purification; Cockroaches / microbiology; Cockroaches / parasitology; Feces / microbiology; Feces / parasitology; Female; Gastrointestinal Microbiome / physiology; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; Male; Parasites / classification; Parasites / genetics; Parasites / isolation & purification; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / genetics
TL;DR:
It is demonstrated that cockroaches disseminate their gut microbiome in their feces, and this work underscores the important contribution of the cockroach fecal microbiome to the microbial diversity of cockroach-infested homes.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: October 19, 2018
2018 chapter
Population Genetics
In S. L. Doggett, D. M. Miller, & C.-Y. Lee (Eds.), Advances in the Biology and Management of Modern Bed Bugs (pp. 173–182).
Ed(s): S. Doggett, D. Miller & C. Lee
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Sources: NC State University Libraries, NC State University Libraries
Added: November 20, 2020
2018 article
Potency Of German Cockroach Extracts For IgE Reactivity Depends On Allergen Content And Allergen-specific IgE Titers Of The Cockroach Allergic Patient
Glesner, J., Filep, S., Schulten, V. M., Frazier, A., Vailes, L. D., Wunschmann, S., … Pomes, A. (2018, February). JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, Vol. 141, pp. AB108–AB108.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(OpenAlex)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2018 journal article
Qualitative and quantitative analysis of chemicals emitted from the pheromone gland of individual Heliothis subflexa females
PLOS ONE, 13(8), e0202035.
Ed(s): J. Hull
MeSH headings : Animals; Female; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Moths / chemistry; Moths / metabolism; Reproducibility of Results; Scent Glands / chemistry; Scent Glands / metabolism; Sex Attractants / chemistry; Sex Attractants / metabolism; Volatile Organic Compounds / chemistry; Volatile Organic Compounds / metabolism
TL;DR:
The chemicals emitted from the sex pheromone gland of individual Heliothis subflexa females were sampled using a short section of thick-film megabore fused silica capillary column, and the phersomone glands of the same females were extracted after the effluvia collection.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: October 19, 2018
2018 article
Variability in German Cockroach Extract Composition Has A Great Impact On T Cell Potency In Cockroach-Allergic Donors
Schulten, V. M., Birrueta, G., Glesner, J., Filep, S., Schal, C., Jeong, K. Y., … Sci, B. (2018, February). JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, Vol. 141, pp. AB199–AB199.
TL;DR:
Dramatic variations in T cell reactivity were observed to the different cockroach extract batches, potentially dependent on the donor-specific T cell allergen immunodominance pattern and the aller gen content of the extract tested.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
A single intervention for cockroach control reduces cockroach exposure and asthma morbidity in children
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 140(2), 565–570.
author keywords: Asthma; cockroach; integrated pest management; indoor allergens; intervention studies; FEV1; FENO
MeSH headings : Adolescent; Ambulatory Care / statistics & numerical data; Animals; Asthma / epidemiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Cockroaches; Environmental Exposure / prevention & control; Female; Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data; Humans; Insecticides; Male; Morbidity; Pest Control / methods
TL;DR:
The strategic placement of insecticidal bait, which is inexpensive, has low toxicity, and is widely available, resulted in sustained cockroach elimination over 12 months and was associated with improved asthma outcomes.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Aggregation behavior and reproductive compatibility in the family Cimicidae
Scientific Reports, 7(1).
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs / genetics; Bedbugs / physiology; Behavior, Animal / physiology; Chi-Square Distribution; Female; Gene Flow / genetics; Gene Flow / physiology; Male; Reproduction / genetics; Reproduction / physiology
TL;DR:
Results indicate that under laboratory conditions, host-associated lineages of bed bugs are reproductively compatible, and aggregation pheromones are not capable of preventing gene flow between lineages.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Cover Image, Volume 73, Issue 3
Pest Management Science, 73(3), i-i.
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Added: February 5, 2020
2017 journal article
Effects of Cyclic Feeding and Starvation, Mating, and Sperm Condition on Egg Production and Fertility in the Common Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
Journal of Medical Entomology, 54(6), 1483–1490.
author keywords: bed bug; Cimex lectularius; oviposition; mating; sperm quality
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs / physiology; Female; Fertility; Food Deprivation / physiology; Male; Ovum / physiology; Sexual Behavior, Animal; Spermatozoa / physiology
TL;DR:
Findings indicate egg production and hatch are governed by complex interactions among female and male age, frequency of feeding and mating, and sperm condition.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Evaluation of the Potential for Secondary Kill for Ingested Insecticides in the Common Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
Journal of Economic Entomology, 110(3), 1218–1225.
author keywords: bed bug; Cimex lectularius; secondary kill; German cockroach; Blattella germanica
MeSH headings : Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Animals; Bedbugs / drug effects; Bedbugs / growth & development; Bedbugs / physiology; Feces / chemistry; Feeding Behavior; Humidity; Insect Control / methods; Insecticides / pharmacology; Longevity / drug effects; Male; Nymph / drug effects; Nymph / growth & development; Nymph / physiology
TL;DR:
Primary kill with neuroactive insecticides will likely not be a significant factor in bed bug population suppression, and bait effectiveness in social insects, and in other group-living species like German cockroaches is investigated.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 14, 2020
2017 journal article
Persistence of a sugar-rejecting cockroach genotype under various dietary regimes
Scientific Reports, 7(1).
Contributors: K. Jensen n, A. Wada-Katsumata n , n & J. Silverman n
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / drug effects; Blattellidae / genetics; Blattellidae / growth & development; Blattellidae / metabolism; Diet; Feeding Behavior; Female; Fructose / chemistry; Genetic Fitness; Genotype; Glucose / chemistry; Insecticides / chemistry; Male; Sexual Behavior, Animal / drug effects; Sexual Behavior, Animal / physiology; Sugars / chemistry
TL;DR:
Experimental evidence is shown that within heterogeneous populations, WT German cockroaches will over time prevail in abundance over GA individuals, even when glucose is not a dietary component.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Proximity of signallers can maintain sexual signal variation under stabilizing selection
Scientific Reports, 7(1).
MeSH headings : Animals; Biological Evolution; Female; Male; Mating Preference, Animal / physiology; Moths; Sex Attractants / physiology; Sexual Behavior, Animal / physiology
TL;DR:
This work proposes and test a “proximity model” wherein two females that vary in their relative attractiveness to males, can both benefit from calling in close proximity to each other, and proposes that frequency-dependent behavioural and spatial interactions can sustain signal variation within populations even when these signals are under stabilizing selection.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 article
Single Component Intervention for Cockroach Control Reduces Cockroach Exposure and Asthma Morbidity in Children
Rabito, F. A., Carlson, J. C., Werthmann, D., & Schal, C. (2017, February). JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, Vol. 139, pp. AB82–AB82.
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Susceptibility of insecticide-resistant bed bugs (Cimex lectularius ) to infection by fungal biopesticide
Pest Management Science, 73(8), 1568–1573.
author keywords: Beauveria bassiana; Aprehend; Suspend SC; entomopathogenic fungi; insecticide resistance
MeSH headings : Animals; Beauveria / physiology; Bedbugs / microbiology; Insecticide Resistance; Nitriles; Pest Control, Biological / methods; Pyrethrins
TL;DR:
It is demonstrated that Aprehend™ is equally effective against insecticide‐susceptible and insecticides‐resistant bed bugs and could provide pest control operators with a promising new tool for control of bed bug and insecticide resistance management.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 chapter
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Pheromone Production ☆
In Reference Module in Life Sciences.
TL;DR:
This chapter will provide an up to date analysis of the biochemistry and molecular biology of pheromone production in insects concentrating on sex pher Pomones in moths, aggregation phersomones in bark beetles, and hydrocarbon phermones in flies and cockroaches.
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Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 14, 2020
2016 journal article
Comparison of ingestion and topical application of insecticides against the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
Pest Management Science, 73(3), 521–527.
author keywords: bed bug; Cimex lectularius; mortality; systemic control; liquid bait
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs / growth & development; Ectoparasitic Infestations / prevention & control; Guanidines; Insect Control / methods; Insecticides; Ivermectin / analogs & derivatives; Male; Neonicotinoids; Nymph; Oxazines; Pyrazoles; Thiazoles
TL;DR:
Fipronil, clothianidin and abamectin have potential for being incorporated into a liquid bait for bed bug control; indoxacarb and DCJW were not effective.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Design and Testing of Novel Lethal Ovitrap to Reduce Populations of Aedes Mosquitoes: Community-Based Participatory Research between Industry, Academia and Communities in Peru and Thailand
PLOS ONE, 11(8), e0160386.
Ed(s): R. Paul
MeSH headings : Aedes / virology; Animals; Chikungunya Fever / prevention & control; Chikungunya virus; Community-Based Participatory Research / methods; Dengue / prevention & control; Dengue Virus; Equipment Design; Female; Humans; Industry; Insect Vectors / virology; Mosquito Control / instrumentation; Peru; Thailand; Zika Virus; Zika Virus Infection / prevention & control
TL;DR:
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the design and placement process for an attractive lethal ovitrap to reduce vector populations and to describe lessons learned in the development of the trap.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Diet quality affects bait performance in German cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)
Pest Management Science, 72(10), 1826–1836.
author keywords: Blattella germanica; hydramethylnon; coprophagy; secondary kill; diet; bait
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / genetics; Blattellidae / growth & development; Blattellidae / physiology; Feces / chemistry; Food Preferences; Glucose; Insect Control / methods; Insecticides / metabolism; Male; Nymph; Pyrimidinones / metabolism
TL;DR:
It is suggested that disparities between the nutritional quality of baits and the foods that are naturally available could profoundly impact the management of German cockroach infestations.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Discrimination between lineage-specific shelters by bat- and human-associated bed bugs does not constitute a stable reproductive barrier
Parasitology Research, 116(1), 237–242.
author keywords: Pre-copulation reproduction isolation; Pheromones; Parasites; Aggregation behavior
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs / classification; Bedbugs / genetics; Bedbugs / physiology; Biological Assay; Chiroptera / parasitology; Ectoparasitic Infestations / parasitology; Ectoparasitic Infestations / veterinary; Female; Humans; Hybridization, Genetic; Male; Odorants / analysis; Reproduction
TL;DR:
Bed bugs show no preferences for lineage-specific shelters, strongly suggesting that semiochemicals associated with shelters alone do not function in reproductive isolation, and instead suggest a pre-copulation isolation mechanism.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Effect of Spatial Repellent Exposure on Dengue Vector Attraction to Oviposition Sites
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(7), e0004850.
Ed(s): P. Kittayapong
MeSH headings : Aedes / drug effects; Aedes / physiology; Animals; Cyclopropanes / pharmacology; Dengue / transmission; Female; Fluorobenzenes / pharmacology; Insect Repellents; Insect Vectors / drug effects; Oviposition / physiology
TL;DR:
This study quantified changes in attraction of gravid Ae.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Effects of foraging distance on macronutrient balancing and performance in the German cockroach Blattella germanica
The Journal of Experimental Biology, 220(2), 304–311.
author keywords: Carbohydrate; Foraging effort; Juvenile development; Nutrient regulation; Protein; Sexual maturation
MeSH headings : Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Animals; Blattellidae / growth & development; Blattellidae / physiology; Energy Metabolism; Feeding Behavior; Female; Lipid Metabolism; Male; Nymph / growth & development; Nymph / physiology; Oocytes / growth & development; Sexual Maturation
TL;DR:
A positive effect of foraging distance on fitness-related parameters at two life stages is shown, in both cases involving increased consumption of specific nutrients corresponding to requirements at the respective life stage.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Experimental evidence for chemical mate guarding in a moth
Scientific Reports, 6(1).
MeSH headings : Animals; Female; Fertility; Male; Mating Preference, Animal; Moths; Pheromones; Sex Attractants; Sexual Behavior, Animal
TL;DR:
This work tested the hypothesis that the male sex pheromone in the noctuid moth Heliothis virescens perfumes the female and functions as an anti-aphrodisiac, and found that virgin females perfumed with male phermone extract mated significantly less than control virgin females, and this effect persisted for two successive nights.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Feel the heat: activation, orientation and feeding responses of bed bugs to targets at different temperatures
The Journal of Experimental Biology, 219(23), 3773–3780.
author keywords: Cimex lectularius; Cimicidae; Host attraction; Sensory cues; Thermal orientation; Thermotaxis
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs / physiology; Feeding Behavior / physiology; Hot Temperature; Motor Activity / physiology; Orientation, Spatial; Taxis Response / physiology
TL;DR:
Bed bugs utilize heat to locate and feed on hosts, and show a characteristic increase in the number of responders and decrease in response time with increasing target temperature, and bed bug feeding is shown to be relative to ambient temperature, not an absolute response to feeder blood temperature.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries, Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Queen Reproductive Potential Affects Queen Mandibular Gland Pheromone Composition and Worker Retinue Response
PLOS ONE, 11(6), e0156027.
Ed(s): F. Nascimento
MeSH headings : Animals; Bees / chemistry; Bees / physiology; Behavior, Animal; Exocrine Glands / metabolism; Female; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Insect Hormones / chemistry; Insect Hormones / physiology; Larva / chemistry; Larva / physiology; Male; Mandible / metabolism; Pheromones / chemistry; Pheromones / physiology; Reproduction / physiology; Scent Glands / metabolism; Social Behavior
TL;DR:
The results indicate that the age at which honey bee larvae enter the “queen-specific” developmental pathway influences the chemical composition of queen mandibular glands and worker behavior, however, these changes are not consistent across years, suggesting that other external factors may play important roles in modulating queen quality.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Insecticide resistance and nutrition interactively shape life-history parameters in German cockroaches
Scientific Reports, 6(1).
MeSH headings : Adaptation, Physiological / drug effects; Animals; Blattellidae / physiology; Drug Resistance / drug effects; Insecticides / toxicity; Oxazines / toxicity
TL;DR:
This study exemplifies how poor nutritional condition can aggravate the life-history costs of resistance and elevate the detrimental effects of insecticide exposure, demonstrating how environmental conditions and resistance may interactively impact individual fitness and insecticide efficacy.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Laboratory and Field Evaluation of Zyrox Fly Granular Bait Against Asian and German Cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)
Journal of Economic Entomology, 109(4), 1807–1812.
author keywords: Blattella asahinai; Blattella germanica; Zyrox Fly Granular Bait; cyantraniliprole; Maxforce Complete Granular Insect Bait
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae; Insect Control; Insecticides; North Carolina; Pyrazoles; Species Specificity; ortho-Aminobenzoates
TL;DR:
Zyrox Fly Bait appears to be effective against the Asian and German cockroaches, and could be another tool in an integrated pest management program, if its label could be extended or the active ingredient formulated into a cockroach bait.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 28, 2020
2016 journal article
New Introductions, Spread of Existing Matrilines, and High Rates of Pyrethroid Resistance Result in Chronic Infestations of Bed Bugs (Cimex lectularius L.) in Lower-Income Housing
PLOS ONE, 11(2), e0117805.
Ed(s): J. Benoit
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs / drug effects; Ectoparasitic Infestations / transmission; Housing; Insecticide Resistance / drug effects; Insecticides / pharmacology; Poverty; Pyrethrins / pharmacology; United States
TL;DR:
It is concluded that ineffective heat treatments, new introductions, reintroductions and local spread, and an exceptionally high frequency of pyrethroid resistance are responsible for chronic infestations in lower-income housing.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
1. No Poverty
(OpenAlex)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Non-Host Plant Volatiles Disrupt Sex Pheromone Communication in a Specialist Herbivore
Scientific Reports, 6(1).
MeSH headings : Animals; Eucalyptus / chemistry; Female; Herbivory / drug effects; Herbivory / physiology; Lepidoptera / drug effects; Lepidoptera / physiology; Male; Phytochemicals / metabolism; Sex Attractants / metabolism; Sexual Behavior, Animal / drug effects; Terpenes / metabolism; Tracheophyta / chemistry; Volatile Organic Compounds / metabolism
TL;DR:
It is suggested that disruption of both phersomone emission and orientation to sex pheromone may explain, at least in part, an observed reduction in herbivore attack in polyculture compared with monoculture plantings.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Obp56h Modulates Mating Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster
G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 6(10), 3335–3342.
author keywords: odorant binding protein; olfaction; cuticular hydrocarbon; pheromone; 5-tricosene; FlyBook
MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Genetically Modified; Copulation; Drosophila Proteins / genetics; Drosophila Proteins / metabolism; Drosophila melanogaster / physiology; Female; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Expression Regulation; Gene Knockdown Techniques; Genome-Wide Association Study; Hydrocarbons / metabolism; Male; Metabolomics; Psychomotor Performance; RNA Interference; Receptors, Odorant / genetics; Receptors, Odorant / metabolism; Sexual Behavior, Animal
TL;DR:
It is reported that RNAi knockdown of Obp56h gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster enhances mating behavior by reducing courtship latency and modulation of mating behavior is accompanied by altered cuticular hydrocarbon profiles and implicate 5-T as a possible ligand for Obp 56h.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: Crossref
Added: January 28, 2020
2016 journal article
The mitogenome of the bed bug Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 1(1), 425–427.
author keywords: Arthropods; blood feeding; Hemiptera; pest; true bugs
TL;DR:
Phylogenetic analysis of all protein-coding genes indicates that C. lectularius is clearly a member of a paraphyletic Cimicomorpha clade within the Order Hemiptera, and has a similar AT nucleotide composition bias found in other insects.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Source: Crossref
Added: February 5, 2020
2016 journal article
Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome
Nature Communications, 7(1).
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs / genetics; Ectoparasitic Infestations; Feeding Behavior; Gene Transfer, Horizontal / genetics; Genome; Host-Parasite Interactions / genetics; Humans; Insecticide Resistance / genetics; Insecticides; Sequence Analysis, DNA
TL;DR:
The authors sequence the genome of the bed bug and identify reductions in chemosensory genes, expansion of genes associated with blood digestion and genes linked to pesticide resistance.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
17. Partnerships for the Goals
(OpenAlex)
Source: Crossref
Added: February 5, 2020
2015 journal article
Adaptive contraction of diet breadth affects sexual maturation and specific nutrient consumption in an extreme generalist omnivore
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28(4), 906–916.
author keywords: adaptation; deterrence; fructose; geometric framework; glucose aversion; life history evolution; nutritional ecology; oocyte development; protein; toxin
MeSH headings : Adaptation, Physiological / physiology; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Animals; Body Weight; Cockroaches / physiology; Feeding Behavior / physiology; Female; Fructose / pharmacology; Glucose / pharmacology; Oocytes / drug effects; Oocytes / physiology; Sexual Maturation
TL;DR:
This study illustrates how an evolutionary change in the chemosensory system may affect the evolution of other traits that govern animal life histories through endocrine adjustments which reduce requirements for energetic fuels.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2015 journal article
Attraction and oviposition preferences of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae), vector of Old-World cutaneous leishmaniasis, to larval rearing media
Parasites & Vectors, 8(1).
author keywords: Leishmaniasis; Oviposition behavior; Sand flies; Semiochemicals; Bioassay; Olfactometer
MeSH headings : Animals; Biometry; Insect Vectors / drug effects; Insect Vectors / physiology; Oviposition; Pheromones / metabolism; Phlebotomus / drug effects; Phlebotomus / physiology; Smell
TL;DR:
The key finding of this study is that gravid, laboratory reared, Ph. papatasi sand flies are significantly more attracted to rearing medium of the most biologically active larval stages (2nd/3rd instar and 4th instar/pupae).
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2015 journal article
Effects of recombination on densovirus phylogeny
Archives of Virology, 161(1), 63–75.
MeSH headings : Densovirus / classification; Densovirus / genetics; Densovirus / isolation & purification; Evolution, Molecular; Open Reading Frames; Phylogeny; Recombination, Genetic; Viral Proteins / genetics
TL;DR:
The aim of the present work was to study possible recombination events in the evolutionary history of densoviruses and to assess possible effects of recombination on phylogenies inferred using amino acid sequences of nonstructural (NS) and capsid (viral protein, VP) proteins.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2015 journal article
Electroantennogram Responses and Field Trapping of Asian Cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae) with Blattellaquinone, Sex Pheromone of the German Cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)
Environmental Entomology, 44(4), 1155–1160.
author keywords: Blattella asahinai; Blattella germanica; sex pheromone
MeSH headings : Animals; Arthropod Antennae / physiology; Blattellidae; Electrophysiological Phenomena; Female; Florida; Insect Control / methods; Male; Pheromones; Quinones; Sex Attractants
TL;DR:
Results suggest that blattellaquinone or a similar compound might be a component of the sex pheromone of B. asahinai females, which has been introduced to Florida in 1986 and has been spreading throughout the southeastern United States.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2015 journal article
Evolution of the indoor biome
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 30(4), 223–232.
Contributors: L. Martin*, R. Adams *, A. Bateman*, H. Bik *, J. Hawks *, S. Hird *, D. Hughes *, S. Kembel *
author keywords: urban ecology; anthrome; microbiome; phylogeography; built environment
MeSH headings : Animals; Biological Evolution; Ecosystem; Housing; Humans; Microbiota / physiology; Plant Physiological Phenomena
TL;DR:
The emerging subfield of 'indoor biome' studies, situated at the intersection of evolutionary ecology, anthropology, architecture, and human ecology, is reviewed and some of its evolutionary dimensions are discussed.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: February 24, 2020
2015 journal article
Extensive Mitochondrial Heteroplasmy in Natural Populations of a Resurging Human Pest, the Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
Journal of Medical Entomology, 52(4), 734–738.
author keywords: cytochrome oxidase I; paternal leakage; Cimex lectularius; Hemiptera; Cimicidae
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs / genetics; DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics; Ectoparasitic Infestations / parasitology; Female; Haplotypes / genetics; Humans; Male; Missouri; Oklahoma
TL;DR:
Novel evidence is presented for frequent mtDNA heteroplasmy in the bed bug, Cimex lectularius L. (Hemiptera: Cimicidae), and it is hypothesized that the mechanism underlying heteroplAsmy in bed bugs is paternal leakage because some haplotypes were shared among unrelated populations and no evidence for nuclear mitochondrial DNA sequences was detected.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2015 journal article
Genetic architecture of natural variation in cuticular hydrocarbon composition in Drosophila melanogaster
ELife, 4.
MeSH headings : Africa; Animals; Caribbean Region; Drosophila melanogaster / chemistry; Drosophila melanogaster / genetics; Female; Gene Knockout Techniques; Hydrocarbons / analysis; Hydrocarbons / metabolism; Integumentary System; Male; Metabolic Networks and Pathways / genetics
TL;DR:
This work quantified variation in CHC profiles in the D. melanogaster Genetic Reference Panel (DGRP) and identified novel CHCs and identified polymorphisms in or near 305 and 173 genes in females and males associated with variation in these PCs.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Source: Crossref
Added: January 28, 2020
2015 journal article
Gustatory adaptation affects sexual maturation in male German cockroaches, Blattella germanica
Physiological Entomology, 41(1), 19–23.
author keywords: Adaptive behaviour; Blattodea; carbohydrate; courtship; developmental cost; fructose; glucose aversion; performance; taste evolution; toxin avoidance
TL;DR:
It is demonstrated that an adaptive gustatory mutation conferring protection from a toxin may have comparatively detrimental effects under conditions where the toxin has vanished, both by delaying female sexual maturation and signalling and by delaying male sexual m maturity and courtship under conditionsWhere glucose is a major energy source.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 28, 2020
2015 journal article
Gut bacteria mediate aggregation in the German cockroach
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(51), 15678–15683.
Contributors: A. Wada-Katsumata n , L. Zurek *, G. Nalyanya n, W. Roelofs*, A. Zhang * & n
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / physiology; Communication; Feces / microbiology; Gastrointestinal Tract / microbiology; Pheromones / physiology
TL;DR:
The results indicate that the commensal gut microbiota contributes to production of VCAs that act as fecal aggregation agents and that cockroaches discriminate among the complex odors that emanate from a diverse microbial community.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: NC State University Libraries, NC State University Libraries, Crossref, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2015 journal article
Host association drives genetic divergence in the bed bug, Cimex lectularius
Molecular Ecology, 24(5), 980–992.
author keywords: ancestral host species; Cimicidae; host-associated differentiation; host-parasite; speciation
MeSH headings : Animals; Bayes Theorem; Bedbugs / genetics; Cell Nucleus / genetics; Chiroptera / parasitology; Cluster Analysis; DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics; Ectoparasitic Infestations; Europe; Evolution, Molecular; Gene Flow; Genetic Variation; Genetics, Population; Genotype; Haplotypes; Host Specificity; Humans; Microsatellite Repeats
TL;DR:
The genetic data presented here suggest C. lectularius is currently undergoing lineage divergence through host association, and populations within bat roosts exhibit higher genetic diversity and lower levels of relatedness, suggesting populations are stable with temporal fluctuations due to host dispersal and bug mortality.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2015 journal article
Insecticide resistance and diminished secondary kill performance of bait formulations against German cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)
Pest Management Science, 72(9), 1778–1784.
author keywords: Blattella germanica; fipronil; indoxacarb; hydramethylnon; insecticide resistance; bait; secondary kill
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / growth & development; Insect Control / methods; Insecticide Resistance; Insecticides; Male; Nymph; Oxazines; Pyrazoles; Pyrimidinones
TL;DR:
It is suggested that, while secondary mortality is considered to be advantageous in cockroach interventions, the ingestion of sublethal doses of AI by nymphs may select for high insecticide resistance by increasing the frequency of AI resistance alleles within the population.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2015 journal article
Oviposition responses of Aedes mosquitoes to bacterial isolates from attractive bamboo infusions
Parasites & Vectors, 8(1).
author keywords: Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Bacterial isolates; Behavioral assays; Attractants
MeSH headings : Aedes / drug effects; Aedes / microbiology; Aedes / physiology; Animals; Bacteria / classification; Bacteria / genetics; Bacteria / isolation & purification; Bambusa / chemistry; Biological Assay; Female; Insect Vectors / drug effects; Insect Vectors / microbiology; Insect Vectors / physiology; Oviposition / drug effects; Plant Extracts / pharmacology
TL;DR:
Attractive bacterial isolates, when formulated for sustained release of attractants, could be coupled with an ovitrap containing a toxicant to achieve area-wide management of Aedes mosquitoes.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2015 journal article
Suboptimal nutrient balancing despite dietary choice in glucose-averse German cockroaches, Blattella germanica
Journal of Insect Physiology, 81, 42–47.
author keywords: Carbohydrate; Deterrence; Geometric framework; Glucose aversion; Gustatory functioning; Oocyte development; Optimal foraging; Protein; Taste adaptation; Toxin avoidance
MeSH headings : Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Animals; Blattellidae / growth & development; Blattellidae / physiology; Choice Behavior; Dietary Carbohydrates; Dietary Proteins; Feeding Behavior / physiology; Female; Fructose; Glucose; Oocytes / growth & development
TL;DR:
German cockroaches did not compromise on their aversion to glucose in order to balance their protein and carbohydrate intake, and experienced lower sexual maturation rates as a consequence, and nutrient specific hunger via feedback mechanisms, and adjustments to gustatory sensitivity thus do not override the deterrence of glucose.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: February 5, 2020
2014 journal article
Diet specialization in an extreme omnivore: nutritional regulation in glucose-averse German cockroaches
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27(10), 2096–2105.
author keywords: Blattella germanica; geometric framework; nutritional ecology
MeSH headings : Adaptation, Biological / genetics; Animals; Chimera; Cockroaches / genetics; Cockroaches / physiology; Diet / veterinary; Glucose; Models, Statistical; Nutritional Requirements
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2014 journal article
Group Living Accelerates Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) Development
Journal of Medical Entomology, 51(1), 293–295.
author keywords: aggregation; bed bug; development; social interaction; Cimicidae
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs / growth & development; Female; Male; Nymph / growth & development; Population Density
TL;DR:
Nymph development in bed bugs is faster in aggregations than in isolation, similar to other gregarious insect species, and the effects of group housing on same-age nymphs versusnymphs reared with adults are investigated.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2014 journal article
Hierarchical Genetic Analysis of German Cockroach (Blattella germanica) Populations from within Buildings to across Continents
PLoS ONE, 9(7), e102321.
Ed(s): Z. Adelman
MeSH headings : Animals; Bayes Theorem; Blattellidae / genetics; Cluster Analysis; DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics; Genetic Variation; Housing; Microsatellite Repeats / genetics; Spatial Analysis; Species Specificity
TL;DR:
The German cockroach (Blattella germanica) is a widespread urban invader that can actively disperse within buildings but is spread solely by human-mediated dispersal over longer distances; however, its population structure is poorly understood.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries, Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2014 journal article
Intracellular localization of regulatory proteins of the German cockroach Blattella germanica densovirus
Molecular Biology, 48(2), 301–304.
author keywords: protein localization; virus regulatory proteins; western blotting; densoviruses; German cockroach densovirus
TL;DR:
It was demonstrated that two proteins, namely NS1 and NS3, were predominantly localized in the nucleus, whereas NS2 protein was equally distributed in the nuclei and the cytoplasm.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2014 journal article
Social facilitation of insect reproduction with motor-driven tactile stimuli
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1783), 20140325.
author keywords: social facilitation; tactile stimuli; reproduction
MeSH headings : Animals; Arthropod Antennae / physiology; Blattellidae / physiology; Female; Mechanoreceptors / physiology; Motor Activity; Reproduction; Social Facilitation; Touch
TL;DR:
The results indicate that tactile stimulation with artificial materials, some deviating significantly from the native antennal morphology, can facilitate female reproduction, however, none of the artificial stimuli matched the effects of social interactions with a conspecific female.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2014 journal article
Sugar aversion: A newly-acquired adaptive change in gustatory receptor neurons in the German cockroach
Hikaku Seiri Seikagaku(Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry), 31(4), 220–230.
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Within-population variability in a moth sex pheromone blend: genetic basis and behavioural consequences
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1779), 20133054.
author keywords: Lepidoptera; Heliothis virescens; quantitative trait locus analysis; delta-11-desaturase; balancing selection; heterozygote advantage
MeSH headings : Animals; Genetic Variation; Inbreeding; Insect Proteins / genetics; Insect Proteins / metabolism; Moths / genetics; Moths / metabolism; Moths / physiology; Phenotype; Quantitative Trait Loci; Sex Attractants / chemistry; Sex Attractants / genetics; Sexual Behavior, Animal
TL;DR:
A model in which the QTL is a trans-acting repressor of delta-11 desaturase expression explains many features of the data, and selection favouring heterozygotes which produce more unsaturated components could maintain a polymorphism at this locus.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 journal article
Blood constituents as phagostimulants for the bed bug Cimex lectularius L.
Journal of Experimental Biology, 217(4), 552–557.
author keywords: Bed bug; Blood constituent; Phagostimulant; Adenine nucleotide; ATP; Saline
MeSH headings : Adenosine Diphosphate / pharmacology; Adenosine Monophosphate / pharmacology; Adenosine Triphosphate / pharmacology; Animals; Bedbugs / drug effects; Bedbugs / physiology; Blood; Feeding Behavior / drug effects; Nymph / drug effects; Nymph / physiology; Sodium Chloride / pharmacology
TL;DR:
Feeding assays with physiological levels of other blood constituents such as d-glucose, albumin, globulin, cholesterol and mixtures of vitamins and amino acids did not stimulate engorgement, suggesting that adenine nucleotides are the most important feeding stimulants in bed bugs.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 journal article
Changes in Taste Neurons Support the Emergence of an Adaptive Behavior in Cockroaches
Science, 340(6135), 972–975.
Contributors: A. Wada-Katsumata n , J. Silverman n & n
MeSH headings : Adaptation, Psychological; Animals; Blattellidae / drug effects; Blattellidae / physiology; Caffeine / metabolism; Feeding Behavior / physiology; Glucose / pharmacology; Glucose / physiology; Insecticides / toxicity; Taste Buds / physiology; Taste Perception / physiology
TL;DR:
D-glucose is processed as both a phagostimulant and deterrent in GA cockroaches, and this newly acquired peripheral taste sensitivity underlies glucose aversion in multiple GA populations.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 journal article
Insects groom their antennae to enhance olfactory acuity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(9), 3615–3620.
Contributors: K. Böröczky n, A. Wada-Katsumata n , D. Batchelor n, M. Zhukovskaya * & n
MeSH headings : Animals; Arthropod Antennae / physiology; Arthropod Antennae / ultrastructure; Environmental Pollutants; Grooming / physiology; Hydrocarbons / metabolism; Insecta / physiology; Insecta / ultrastructure; Integumentary System / physiology; Male; Sensilla / physiology; Sensilla / ultrastructure; Smell / physiology
TL;DR:
It is concluded that antennal grooming removes excess native cuticular lipids and foreign chemicals that physically and/or chemically interfere with olfaction, and thus maintains the olfactory acuity of the antennae.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 journal article
One quantitative trait locus for intra‐ and interspecific variation in a sex pheromone
Molecular Ecology, 22(4), 1065–1080.
author keywords: acetate; acyltransferase; evolution; moth; premating isolation; RAD tagging
MeSH headings : Acetates / chemistry; Acetyltransferases / genetics; Animals; Female; Genes, Insect; Genetic Variation; Genetics, Population; Male; Mexico; Moths / genetics; North Carolina; Phenotype; Quantitative Trait Loci; Reproductive Isolation; Sex Attractants / chemistry; Sex Attractants / genetics; Transcription Factors / genetics
TL;DR:
Finding a single, large QTL that impacts variation in pheromone blends between and within species is the first such example for traits that have been demonstrated to affect premating isolation, and it is currently hypothesize that a transcription factor underlies this QTL.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 journal article
Sensory Cues Involved in Social Facilitation of Reproduction in Blattella germanica Females
PLoS ONE, 8(2), e55678.
Ed(s): J. Korb
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / physiology; Cues; Female; Oocytes / cytology; Oocytes / metabolism; Oogenesis; Reproduction / physiology; Sensation / physiology; Sexual Behavior, Animal / physiology; Social Behavior; Social Facilitation
TL;DR:
Results show that tactile cues are the primary sensory input associated with social conditions—with no evidence for involvement of the visual and olfactory systems—and that the antennae play an important role in the reception of these tactile cues.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 journal article
Social interaction facilitates reproduction in male German cockroaches, Blattella germanica
Animal Behaviour, 85(6), 1501–1509.
author keywords: Blattella germanica, German cockroach; group living; sexual maturation; sexual readiness; social interaction; solitary
TL;DR:
This study is the first to reveal that social interactions have a profound effect on certain aspects of male reproductive physiology and behaviour in an insect species that does not exhibit phase or developmental polyphenism.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 journal article
Survey of Bartonella spp. in U.S. Bed Bugs Detects Burkholderia multivorans but Not Bartonella
PLoS ONE, 8(9), e73661.
Ed(s): S. Palli
MeSH headings : Animals; Bartonella / genetics; Bartonella / isolation & purification; Bedbugs / microbiology; Burkholderia / genetics; Burkholderia / isolation & purification; DNA, Bacterial / chemistry; DNA, Bacterial / genetics; DNA, Intergenic / chemistry; DNA, Intergenic / genetics; Geography; Humans; Insect Vectors / microbiology; Molecular Sequence Data; Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 23S / genetics; United States
TL;DR:
This investigation investigated whether the resurgences of these medically important pathogens and their potential vector might be linked, by screening for Bartonella spp.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries, Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2012 journal article
Differential physiological responses of the German cockroach to social interactions during the ovarian cycle
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, 215(17), 3037–3044.
author keywords: social interaction; Blattella germanica; oocyte maturation; sexual receptivity
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / physiology; Female; Juvenile Hormones / biosynthesis; Male; Oocytes / cytology; Oocytes / metabolism; Oogenesis / physiology; Oviposition / physiology; Reproduction; Reproductive Physiological Phenomena; Social Behavior; Time Factors
TL;DR:
Results show that all JH-dependent events in the reproductive cycle of B. germanica females are under the strong influence of social interactions, suggesting that social cues stimulate JH production only when the corpora allata (CA) are active and not when CA activity is suppressed by the central nervous system.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2012 journal article
Genetic Analysis of Bed Bug Populations Reveals Small Propagule Size Within Individual Infestations but High Genetic Diversity Across Infestations From the Eastern United States
Journal of Medical Entomology, 49(4), 865–875.
author keywords: Cimex lectularius; population genetics; gene flow; introduced species; microsatellite
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs / genetics; Female; Gene Flow; Genetic Variation; Genetics, Population; Introduced Species; Male; Microsatellite Repeats; United States
TL;DR:
The results suggest that nearly all the studied infestations were started by a small propagule possibly consisting of a singly mated female and/or her progeny, or a female mated with multiple males that were highly related to her.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2012 journal article
Lethal ovitraps and dengue prevention: report from Iquitos, Peru
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 16, e473.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: September 6, 2020
2012 journal article
Molecular Markers Reveal Infestation Dynamics of the Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) Within Apartment Buildings
Journal of Medical Entomology, 49(3), 535–546.
author keywords: bed bug; microsatellite; population genetic structure; 454 pyrosequencing; inbreeding
MeSH headings : Animals; Cities; Hemiptera / genetics; Housing / statistics & numerical data; Microsatellite Repeats; New Jersey; North Carolina; Population Dynamics
TL;DR:
Development of 24 high-resolution microsatellite markers through next generation 454 pyrosequencing and their application to elucidate infestation dynamics within three multistory apartment buildings in the United States are described.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2012 journal article
Responses of Amblyomma americanum and Dermacentor variabilisto odorants that attract haematophagous insects
Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 27(1), 86–95.
author keywords: Amblyomma americanum; Dermacentor variabilis; attractant; behaviour; bioassay; field trial; kairomone; tick
MeSH headings : Animals; Dermacentor / drug effects; Dermacentor / physiology; Feeding Behavior / drug effects; Insect Control; Ixodidae / drug effects; Ixodidae / physiology; Pheromones / pharmacology; Species Specificity
TL;DR:
Testing as attractants for two tick species found carbon dioxide consistently attracted the highest number of host‐seeking ticks, however, for the first time, acetone, 1‐octen‐3‐ol and ammonium hydroxide were shown to attract high numbers of A. americanum.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
Bacteria Stimulate Hatching of Yellow Fever Mosquito Eggs
PLoS ONE, 6(9), e24409.
Ed(s): F. Leulier
MeSH headings : Aedes / microbiology; Aedes / physiology; Animals; Bacteria; Female; Male; Ovum / microbiology; Ovum / physiology; Plant Leaves / chemistry; Plant Leaves / microbiology; Quercus / chemistry; Quercus / microbiology; Reproduction / physiology; Yellow Fever / transmission
TL;DR:
There is compelling evidence that bacteria or water-soluble compounds secreted by bacteria, not just low DO concentration, stimulate hatching of Ae.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
Consecutive Virgin Births in the New World Boid Snake, the Colombian Rainbow Boa, Epicrates maurus
Journal of Heredity, 102(6), 759–763.
author keywords: asexual reproduction; Boidae; facultative parthenogenesis; microsatellite DNA fingerprinting; Serpentes
MeSH headings : Animals; Boidae / genetics; DNA Fingerprinting; Female; Heterozygote; Homozygote; Microsatellite Repeats; Parthenogenesis / genetics; Parturition / genetics; Reproduction / genetics; Sex Determination Analysis; Sex Determination Processes / genetics
TL;DR:
This study provides genetic evidence for consecutive virgin births by a female Colombian rainbow boa (Epicrates maurus), resulting in the production of WW females likely through terminal fusion automixis, the first record of parthenogenesis within the genus Epicrates, a second within the serpent lineage Boidae, and the third genetically confirmed case of consecutiveirgin births of viable offspring within any vertebrate lineage.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
Differential Inputs from Chemosensory Appendages Mediate Feeding Responses to Glucose in Wild-Type and Glucose-Averse German Cockroaches, Blattella germanica
Chemical Senses, 36(7), 589–600.
Contributors: W. Ayako n, J. Silverman n & n
author keywords: avoidance behavior; Blattella germanica; chemosensory appendages; gustation; glucose aversion; sugar
MeSH headings : Animals; Arthropod Antennae / drug effects; Arthropod Antennae / physiology; Blattellidae / anatomy & histology; Blattellidae / drug effects; Blattellidae / physiology; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Eating / drug effects; Eating / physiology; Feeding Behavior / drug effects; Feeding Behavior / physiology; Glucose / pharmacology
TL;DR:
The results suggest that distinct inputs from the chemosensory system mediate opposite feeding responses to glucose in the wild-type and glucose-averse strains.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
Effect of shelter on reproduction, growth and longevity of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)
European Journal of Entomology, 108(2), 205–210.
author keywords: Dictyoptera; Blattellidae; Blattela germanica; cockroach; shelter; fitness; population; aggregation; reproduction; growth; longevity
TL;DR:
When shelters were available in arenas, nymphs developed faster, adults gained more body mass, and females produced more fertile oothecae than when arenas lacked shelters, and reducing or eliminating shelters should affect population growth of B. germanica in residential and industrial settings.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
Effects of Instrumental Insemination and Insemination Quantity on Dufour’s Gland Chemical Profiles and Vitellogenin Expression in Honey Bee Queens (Apis mellifera)
Journal of Chemical Ecology, 37(9), 1027–1036.
author keywords: Chemical ecology; Gene expression; Behavior; Social insects; Pheromone
MeSH headings : Animals; Bees / genetics; Bees / metabolism; Bees / physiology; Female; Gene Expression Regulation; Insemination; Male; Pheromones / metabolism; Vitellogenins / genetics
TL;DR:
It appears that the differences in behavioral responses were elicited by subtle changes in the overall chemical profiles rather than dramatic changes in specific individual chemicals.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
Expression Strategy of Densonucleosis Virus from the German Cockroach, Blattella germanica
Journal of Virology, 85(22), 11855–11870.
MeSH headings : Animals; Cockroaches / virology; Densovirus / growth & development; Densovirus / physiology; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; Mass Spectrometry; Molecular Weight; Protein Biosynthesis; RNA Splicing; RNA, Messenger / metabolism; RNA, Viral / metabolism; Transcription, Genetic; Viral Proteins / biosynthesis; Viral Proteins / chemistry
TL;DR:
BgDNV is characterized by two additional NS transcripts overlapping by more than 1,650 nt with VP-coding transcripts, which reveal an uneven pattern of NS1 expression resembling a halo within the nuclear membrane.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
Field Observations of Oviposition by a Specialist Herbivore on Plant Parts and Plant Species Unsuitable as Larval Food
Environmental Entomology, 40(6), 1478–1486.
author keywords: Heliothis subflexa; Physalis; oviposition mistakes; nonhost oviposition; neonate movement
MeSH headings : Animals; Female; Genetic Fitness; Larva / genetics; Larva / physiology; Moths / genetics; Moths / physiology; Movement; North Carolina; Oviposition; Physalis; Plant Leaves; Seasons
TL;DR:
Where a female places her eggs can have a major impact on the fitness of her offspring, especially for insects in which the winged adults are far more mobile than the neonates, and the fitness cost of oviposition on nonhosts may be balanced by fitness benefits of such behavior.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 conference paper
Genetic analysis of bed bug infestations and populations
In W. Robinson & A. E. Carvalho Campos (Eds.), Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Urban Pests (pp. 319–323). Sao Paulo, Brazil: Instituto Biologico.
Ed(s): W. Robinson & A. Carvalho Campos
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 20, 2020
2011 journal article
Genetic differentiation across North America in the generalist moth Heliothis virescens and the specialist H. subflexa
Molecular Ecology, 20(13), 2676–2692.
author keywords: host plant distribution; metapopulation; population structure; structurama
MeSH headings : Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Bayes Theorem; Biological Evolution; DNA / genetics; Feeding Behavior / physiology; Female; Genetic Drift; Genetic Variation / genetics; Genetics, Population; Genotype; Host-Parasite Interactions / genetics; Larva / genetics; Larva / physiology; Male; Moths / classification; Moths / genetics; Moths / physiology; North America; Phenotype; Plants / parasitology; Population Dynamics; Species Specificity
TL;DR:
The finding that the specialist shows more population differentiation than the generalist corroborates the notion that host specialization is not an evolutionary dead end but a dynamic trait.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
Insects in confined swine operations carry a large antibiotic resistant and potentially virulent enterococcal community
BMC Microbiology, 11(1), 23.
MeSH headings : Animals; Cockroaches / microbiology; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; Enterococcus / drug effects; Enterococcus / genetics; Enterococcus / pathogenicity; Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects; Enterococcus faecalis / genetics; Enterococcus faecalis / pathogenicity; Genotype; Houseflies / microbiology; Phenotype; Swine; Virulence / genetics
TL;DR:
This study shows that house flies and German cockroaches in the confined swine production environment likely serve as vectors and/or reservoirs of antibiotic resistant and potentially virulent enterococci and consequently may play an important role in animal and public health.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
Nanogram-Scale Preparation and NMR Analysis for Mass-Limited Small Volatile Compounds
PLoS ONE, 6(3), e18178.
Ed(s): W. Leal
MeSH headings : Acetates / analysis; Acetates / chemistry; Acyclic Monoterpenes; Limit of Detection; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Molecular Weight; Nanotechnology / methods; Terpenes / analysis; Terpenes / chemistry; Volatile Organic Compounds / analysis; Volatile Organic Compounds / chemistry; Weights and Measures
TL;DR:
This simple off-line integration of preparative GC and NMR will facilitate the purification and chemical identification of novel volatile compounds, such as insect pheromones and other semiochemicals, which occur in minute, and often limited, quantities.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: NC State University Libraries, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 chapter
Pheromone Production
In Insect Endocrinology (pp. 523–567).
TL;DR:
There is much better understanding of how pheromones are made, and in some systems the authors are developing an understanding of their regulation at the molecular level, and the continued application of the powerful tools of molecular biology along with studies using genomics and proteomics will only increase the rate at which researchers increase the understanding of phersomone production.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 5, 2020
2011 journal article
Structure and molecular evolution of the ribosomal DNA external transcribed spacer in the cockroach genus Blattella
Genome, 54(3), 222–234.
Ed(s): A. Civetta
author keywords: cockroach; Blattella; multigene families; ribosomal DNA; concerted evolution; birth-and-death model; saltational evolution
MeSH headings : Animals; Base Sequence; Cockroaches / genetics; Computational Biology; DNA Primers / genetics; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics; Evolution, Molecular; Gene Components; Models, Genetic; Molecular Sequence Data; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Species Specificity
TL;DR:
A new model is proposed to explain the evolutionary reorganization of the ETS region: evolution of rDNA by "magnification-and-fixation" is characterized by magnification of minor subrepeats, which become adaptive in a new rapidly changed environment, and subsequent fixation of this variant type as a major component of the multigene family of a new species.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
Unusual macrocyclic lactone sex pheromone of Parcoblatta lata, a primary food source of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(8), E490–E496.
author keywords: pheromone monitoring; surveillance; wildlife conservation
MeSH headings : Animals; Arthropod Antennae / physiology; Birds / physiology; Chromatography, Gas; Cockroaches / metabolism; Endangered Species; Female; Food; Lactones / metabolism; Macrocyclic Compounds / metabolism; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Mass Spectrometry; Sex Attractants / analysis; Sex Attractants / chemistry
TL;DR:
Parcoblattalactone was biologically active in electrophysiological assays and attracted not only P. lata but also several other Parcoblatta species in pine forests, underscoring its utility in monitoring several endemic wood cockroach species in red-cockaded woodpecker habitats.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Acoustic Indicators for Targeted Detection of Stored Product and Urban Insect Pests by Inexpensive Infrared, Acoustic, and Vibrational Detection of Movement
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 103(5), 1636–1646.
author keywords: bed bug; cockroach; rice weevil; red flour beetle; drugstore beetle
MeSH headings : Acoustics; Animals; Forelimb / anatomy & histology; Forelimb / physiology; Hindlimb / anatomy & histology; Hindlimb / physiology; Humans; Insecta / anatomy & histology; Insecta / physiology; Life Cycle Stages; Movement / physiology; Pest Control, Biological / methods; United States; Urban Health; Vibration
TL;DR:
There is potential that signals collected by an inexpensive, polymodal-sensor instrument could be used in automated trapping systems to detect a targeted species, 0.1 mg or larger, in environments where servicing of traps is difficult or when timeliness of trapping information is important.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 chapter
Cockroaches
In A. Mallis (Ed.), Handbook of Pest Control (10th ed, pp. 150–291). Richfield, Ohio: The Mallis Handbook Company.
Ed(s): A. Mallis
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 23, 2021
2010 journal article
Divergent Chemical Cues Elicit Seed Collecting by Ants in an Obligate Multi-Species Mutualism in Lowland Amazonia
PLoS ONE, 5(12), e15822.
Ed(s): W. Leal
MeSH headings : Animals; Ants / physiology; Behavior, Animal; Chromatography / methods; Ecosystem; Fructose / chemistry; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Glucose / chemistry; Peru; Plants / metabolism; Seeds / metabolism; Species Specificity; Subcellular Fractions / chemistry; Sucrose / chemistry; Symbiosis
TL;DR:
It is suggested that the various AG seed species must elicit seed-carrying with different chemical cues, indicating that shared compounds alone did not explain seed- Carrying behavior.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Evidence for viable, non-clonal but fatherless Boa constrictors
Biology Letters, 7(2), 253–256.
author keywords: facultative parthenogenesis; asexual reproduction; Boidae; WW female; microsatellite DNA fingerprinting
MeSH headings : Animals; Boidae / genetics; Boidae / physiology; DNA Fingerprinting; Female; Male; Microsatellite Repeats; Parthenogenesis; Sex Determination Processes
TL;DR:
Through microsatellite DNA fingerprinting, this work provides the first evidence of facultative parthenogenesis in a Boa constrictor, identifying multiple, viable, non-experimentally induced females for the first time in any vertebrate lineage.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Functional characterization of pheromone receptors in the tobacco budworm Heliothis virescens
Insect Molecular Biology, 20(1), 125–133.
author keywords: odorant receptors; pheromone receptors; Heliothis virescens; Xenopus oocytes
MeSH headings : Animal Communication; Animals; Arthropod Antennae / metabolism; Behavior, Animal; DNA, Complementary / genetics; Female; Genes, Insect; Male; Moths / genetics; Moths / metabolism; Oocytes / metabolism; Receptors, Pheromone / genetics; Receptors, Pheromone / metabolism; Sex Attractants / genetics; Sex Attractants / metabolism; Xenopus / genetics
TL;DR:
Functional analyses of candidate Heliothis virescens pheromone odorant receptors (HvORs) were conducted using heterologous expression in Xenopus oocytes, finding HvOR6 was found to be highly tuned to Z9‐14:Ald, while Hv OR13, HVOR14 and Hvor16 showed specificity for Z11‐16: ald, Z11-16:OAc and Z11•16:OH,
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries, Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Is It Easy to Be Urban? Convergent Success in Urban Habitats among Lineages of a Widespread Native Ant
PLoS ONE, 5(2), e9194.
Contributors: S. Menke n, W. Booth n, R. Dunn n , n , E. Vargo n & J. Silverman n
Ed(s): C. Moreau
MeSH headings : Analysis of Variance; Animals; Ants / classification; Ants / enzymology; Ants / genetics; Cities; DNA, Mitochondrial / chemistry; DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics; Ecosystem; Electron Transport Complex IV / genetics; Evolution, Molecular; Geography; Haplotypes; Molecular Sequence Data; North America; Phylogeny; Sequence Analysis, DNA
TL;DR:
The results indicate that T. sessile has colonized urban habitats repeatedly and appears to do so using life history strategies already present in more natural populations, and polygynous colony structure is a highly plastic trait across habitat, clade, and haplotype.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Metabolism of Imidacloprid in Workers of <I>Reticulitermes flavipes</I> (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 103(1), 84–95.
Contributors: M. Tomalski n, W. Leimkuehler*, n & E. Vargo n
author keywords: imidacloprid; termite; metabolism; Reticulitermes flavipes; toxicity
TL;DR:
Light is shed on the metabolic pathway used by termites to detoxify imidacloprid and show how metabolism plays a key role in determining the availability of the active ingredient and its various metabolites for transfer among workers within the colony.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Observations on the nesting and prey of the solitary wasp, Tachysphex inconspicuus, with a review of nesting behavior in the T. obscuripennis species group
Journal of Insect Science (Tucson, AZ), 10.
MeSH headings : Analysis of Variance; Animals; Cockroaches; Costa Rica; Female; Linear Models; Male; Nesting Behavior / physiology; Observation; Oviposition / physiology; Predatory Behavior / physiology; Species Specificity; Wasps / physiology
TL;DR:
The nesting behaviors of 10 females of Tachysphex inconspicuus (Kirby) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) were studied on a sandy, mowed lawn at the La Selva Biological Station in northeastern Costa Rica on 27–29 April 1980.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: NC State University Libraries, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Oviposition Responses of the Mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus to Experimental Plant Infusions in Laboratory Bioassays
Journal of Chemical Ecology, 36(7), 709–719.
author keywords: Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Oviposition; Attractants; Plant infusion; Fermentation; Microbe-insect interactions
MeSH headings : Aedes / physiology; Animals; Behavior, Animal; Biomass; Female; Fermentation; Oviposition; Plant Leaves / chemistry; Poaceae / chemistry; Quercus / chemistry; Time Factors
TL;DR:
Both mosquito species were more attracted to a non-sterile white oak leaf infusion than to white oak Leaf infusion that was prepared using sterilized plant material and water, thus suggesting a role for microbial activity in the production of odorants that mediate the oviposition response of gravid mosquitoes.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Phenotypic plasticity in sexual communication signal of a noctuid moth
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 23(12), 2731–2738.
author keywords: communication interference; early-adult experience; environmental effects; experience hypothesis; Heliothis subflexa; Heliothis virescens; intraspecific variation; sex pheromone production
MeSH headings : Adaptation, Physiological; Animal Communication; Animals; Cues; Female; Moths / drug effects; Moths / metabolism; Moths / physiology; Phenotype; Sex Attractants / chemistry; Sex Attractants / metabolism; Sex Attractants / pharmacology; Sexual Behavior, Animal; Stimulation, Chemical
TL;DR:
To the knowledge, this is the first study showing adaptive phenotypic plasticity in a moth sex pheromone and suggests that behavioural differentiation may precede genetic divergence in the sexual signals of moths.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Population Genetic Structure in German Cockroaches (Blattella Germanica): Differentiated Islands in an Agricultural Landscape
Journal of Heredity, 102(2), 175–183.
author keywords: Blattella germanica; commensal; Genetic bottleneck; human-mediated dispersal; microsatellite DNA profiling; population structure
MeSH headings : Agriculture; Animals; Bayes Theorem; Blattellidae / genetics; Genetic Variation; Genetics, Population; Genotype; Geography; Insect Control; Microsatellite Repeats / genetics; North Carolina; Phylogeny
TL;DR:
Results reveal that structure of cockroach populations will be genetically structured based on association to a specific management company of origin, but instead it may be regional and influenced strongly by the unintentional movement of cockroaches by farm workers.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Population genetic structure of the German cockroach (Blattodea: Blattellidae) in apartment buildings
Journal of Medical Entomology, 47(4), 553–564.
MeSH headings : Animals; Cockroaches / genetics; Genotype; Housing; Microsatellite Repeats; North Carolina; Phylogeny
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: NC State University Libraries, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Sexual isolation of male moths explained by a single pheromone response QTL containing four receptor genes
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 107(19), 8660–8665.
author keywords: mating; speciation; AFLP; odorant receptor; Heliothis
MeSH headings : Animal Structures / drug effects; Animal Structures / physiology; Animals; Chromosome Mapping; Chromosomes / genetics; Crosses, Genetic; Electrophysiological Phenomena / drug effects; Female; Genes, Insect / genetics; Inbreeding; Ketones / pharmacology; Male; Moths / drug effects; Moths / genetics; Neurons / drug effects; Neurons / physiology; Pheromones / pharmacology; Quantitative Trait Loci / genetics; Receptors, Odorant / genetics; Sexual Behavior, Animal / drug effects; Species Specificity
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Variation in Sexual Communication of the Tobacco Budworm, Heliothis virescens
SOUTHWESTERN ENTOMOLOGIST, 35(3), 367–372.
TL;DR:
Results show that variation in Z9–14:Ald but not 16:A Ald is evolutionary significant and likely subject to stabilizing selection in the field.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 journal article
Colony Fusion in Argentine Ants is Guided by Worker and Queen Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profile Similarity
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 35(8), 922–932.
Contributors: G. Vasquez n, n & J. Silverman n
author keywords: Argentine ant; Linepithema humile; Nestmate recognition; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Intraspecific aggression; Colony fusion; Supercoloniality
MeSH headings : Aggression; Animals; Ants / genetics; Ants / physiology; Behavior, Animal; Discriminant Analysis; Genetic Variation; Hydrocarbons / chemistry; Social Behavior
TL;DR:
Changes in worker and queen chemical profiles in fused colonies suggest that CHC plasticity may sustain the cohesion of unrelated L. humile colonies that had fused, and demonstrate that colony fusion correlates with both genetic and CHC similarities.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 review
GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL VARIATION IN MOTH CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION
[Review of ]. EVOLUTION, 63(8), 1987–2003.
Contributors: A. Groot n, O. Inglis n, S. Bowdridge n, R. Santangelo n, C. Blanco *, J. Lopez *, A. Vargas*, F. Gould n , n
author keywords: Experience; female sex pheromone; Heliothis subflexa; Heliothis virescens; male response; phenotypic plasticity; selection
MeSH headings : Animal Communication; Animals; Female; Male; Mexico; Moths / chemistry; Moths / metabolism; Sex Attractants / chemistry; Sex Attractants / metabolism; United States
TL;DR:
The pattern of temporal variation within populations suggests that optimization of the pheromonal signal also may be driven by within-generation physiological adjustments by the moths in response to their experience of the local chemical environment.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 journal article
German Cockroach Allergen Levels in North Carolina Schools: Comparison of Integrated Pest Management and Conventional Cockroach Control
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 46(3), 420–427.
Contributors: G. Nalyanya n, J. Gore*, H. Linker n & n
author keywords: cockroaches; cockroach allergen; Bla g.1; integrated pest management; schools
MeSH headings : Allergens / analysis; Animals; Antigens, Plant; Blattellidae / immunology; Environmental Monitoring; Insect Control / methods; North Carolina; Schools
TL;DR:
Comparing the effectiveness of integrated pest management (IPM) and conventional pest control in controlling German cockroach infestations and concentrations of the cockroach allergen Bla g 1 in public school buildings shows IPM is not only effective at controlling cockroaches but also can lead to long-term reductions in cockroachAllergen concentrations, resulting in a healthier environment for students and school personnel.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(OpenAlex)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 journal article
Jail baits: how and why nymphs mimic adult females of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 78(5), 1097–1105.
Contributors: D. Eliyahu n, S. Nojima n, K. Mori & n
author keywords: Blattella germanica; German cockroach; nuptial gift; nymph; sex pheromone; sexual mimicry
TL;DR:
The results support the interpretation that nymphs engage in sexual mimicry to gain access to male-produced nuptial tergal secretions that are exposed and can be secured only during courtship.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 journal article
QTL analysis of sex pheromone blend differences between two closely related moths: Insights into divergence in biosynthetic pathways
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 39(8), 568–577.
Contributors: A. Groot*, M. Estock n, J. Horovitz n, J. Hamilton n, R. Santangelo n, n , F. Gould n
author keywords: Noctuidae; Heliothis virescens; Heliothis subflexa; Sex pheromone production; Biosynthetic pathway; Candidate genes
MeSH headings : Animals; Biosynthetic Pathways; Evolution, Molecular; Female; Insect Hormones / biosynthesis; Insect Hormones / genetics; Male; Moths / genetics; Moths / metabolism; Quantitative Trait Loci; Sex Attractants / biosynthesis; Sex Attractants / genetics
TL;DR:
Quantitative Trait Locus analysis by hybridizing two noctuid moth species and backcrossing the F(1) females to males of both parental species reveals new QTL, which implicates several candidate genes in the divergence of these premating signals.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 journal article
RNA interference-mediated knock-down ofBla g 1in the German cockroach,Blattella germanicaL., implicates this allergen-encoding gene in digestion and nutrient absorption
Insect Molecular Biology, 18(6), 727–736.
author keywords: Blattella germanica; RNA interference; midgut protein; Bla g 1; allergen
MeSH headings : Allergens / genetics; Allergens / metabolism; Allergens / physiology; Animals; Antigens, Plant; Cockroaches / genetics; Cockroaches / growth & development; DNA Primers / genetics; Digestion / genetics; Digestion / physiology; Female; Intestinal Absorption / genetics; Juvenile Hormones / pharmacology; Oocytes / metabolism; RNA Interference; Reproduction / drug effects; Reproduction / genetics; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
TL;DR:
Exogenous juvenile hormone treatments rescued reproduction in RNAi‐treated females, suggesting that Bla g 1 silencing lowered endogenous juvenile hormone, probably by reducing food intake and nutrient absorption.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 chapter
Sexual communication in Lepidoptera: a need for wedding genetics, biochemistry, and molecular biology
In M. R. Goldsmith & F. Marec (Eds.), Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera (pp. 169–193). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
Ed(s): M. Goldsmith & F. Marec
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 20, 2020
2009 journal article
Species Composition of Bacterial Communities Influences Attraction of Mosquitoes to Experimental Plant Infusions
Microbial Ecology, 59(1), 158–173.
Contributors: L. Ponnusamy n , D. Wesson*, C. Arellano n, n & C. Apperson n
MeSH headings : Aedes / physiology; Animals; Bacteria / classification; Bacteria / genetics; Bacteria / growth & development; Behavior, Animal / drug effects; Biodiversity; Colony Count, Microbial; Culture Media / classification; Ecosystem; Female; Fermentation; Phylogeny
TL;DR:
Principal components analysis indicated that oviposition responses to plant infusions were in general most affected by bacterial diversity and abundance, and changes in the relative abundance of bacteria and the species composition of bacterial communities influenced attraction of gravid A. aegypti and A. albopictus mosquitoes to infusions.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 journal article
Species-Specific Seed Dispersal in an Obligate Ant-Plant Mutualism
PLoS ONE, 4(2), e4335.
Contributors: E. Youngsteadt n, J. Baca*, J. Osborne n & n
Ed(s): N. Raine
MeSH headings : Analysis of Variance; Animals; Ants / physiology; Arthropods; Feeding Behavior; Models, Biological; Peru; Plants / parasitology; Seeds / parasitology; Seeds / physiology; Species Specificity; Symbiosis; Vertebrates
TL;DR:
This work provides the most extensive empirical evidence of species specificity in the AG mutualism and begins to quantify factors that affect seed fate in order to understand conditions that favor its departure from the typical diffuse model of plant-animal mutualism.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 chapter
The ABC’s of indoor health: Allergens, baits, and cockroach mitigation strategies
In J. M. Clark, J. R. Bloomquist, & H. Kawada (Eds.), Advances in Human Vector Control (pp. 89–106).
Ed(s): J. Clark, J. Bloomquist & H. Kawada
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 23, 2021
2008 journal article
A simple, convenient, and efficient preparative GC system that uses a short megabore capillary column as a trap
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 34(3), 418–428.
Contributors: S. Nojima n, C. Apperson n & n
author keywords: preparative GC; megabore capillary column; open tubular trap; semiochemicals; fractionation; isolation; purification; NMR; sample preparation
MeSH headings : Alcohols / analysis; Chromatography, Gas / instrumentation; Chromatography, Gas / methods; Esters / analysis; Hydrocarbons / analysis
TL;DR:
This preparative GC system is suitable for the preparation of NMR samples of volatile and semivolatile compounds, especially with sample sizes ranging from several nanograms to several micrograms, and is technically and economically feasible for most researchers.
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Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
Blattella asahinai (Dictyoptera : Blattellidae): A new predator of lepidopteran eggs in South Texas soybean
ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 101(4), 763–768.
author keywords: range extension; cuticular hydrocarbons; COII gene
TL;DR:
Using a combination of morphological characters, cuticular hydrocarbons, and sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase II gene, this cockroach is definitively identified as B. asahinai, the dominant egg predator in soybean during 2006, making up 36.4% of all predators observed feeding on eggs.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
CALCIUM ALGINATE FORMULATIONS OF BACTERIA FROM PLANT INFUSIONS PRODUCE OVIPOSITION ATTRACTANTS AND STIMULANTS FOR GRAVID AEDES AEGYPTI AND AEDES ALBOPICTUS
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 79(6), 321.
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
2008 journal article
Characterization of 8 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the neotropical ant-garden ant, Camponotus femoratus (Fabricius)
CONSERVATION GENETICS, 10(5), 1401–1403.
Contributors: W. Booth n, E. Youngsteadt n, n & E. Vargo n
author keywords: Camponotus; Formicidae; Di-nucleotide microsatellite; Tri-nucleotide microsatellite; Tetra-nucleotide microsatellite
TL;DR:
This work isolated eight polymorphic microsatellite loci for C. femoratus from a genomic library enriched for di-, tri-, and tetra-nucleotide repeats and detected 2 to 17 alleles per locus, with levels of observed heterozygosity ranging from 0.286 to 0.714.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
Cuticular hydrocarbons as maternal provisions in embryos and nymphs of the cockroach Blattella germanica
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, 211(4), 548–554.
Contributors: Y. Fan n, D. Eliyahu n & n
author keywords: cuticular hydrocarbons; maternal investment; waterproofing; communication; cockroach; Blattella germanica
MeSH headings : Animals; Cockroaches / embryology; Cockroaches / metabolism; Hydrocarbons / metabolism; Integumentary System / physiology; Nymph / metabolism
TL;DR:
Results show, for the first time in any insect, that a mother provides a significant complement of her offspring's cuticular hydrocarbons.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
Cuticular hydrocarbons as queen adoption cues in the invasive Argentine ant
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, 211(8), 1249–1256.
Contributors: G. Vasquez n, n & J. Silverman n
author keywords: Argentine ant; Linepithema humile; nestmate recognition; cuticular hydrocarbons; intraspecific aggression; non-nestmate queen adoption
MeSH headings : Aggression; Animals; Ants / physiology; Biological Assay; Cues; Discriminant Analysis; Female; Hydrocarbons / metabolism; Integumentary System; Male; Social Behavior
TL;DR:
An association between non-nestmate queen adoption and similarity of the CHC profiles of adopted and host colony queens is found, which provides further evidence for the complex and dynamic nature of L. humile nestmate discrimination, which may in part underlie the success of introduced populations of this invasive ant.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
Diversity of Bacterial Communities in Container Habitats of Mosquitoes
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY, 56(4), 593–603.
Contributors: L. Ponnusamy n , N. Xu n, G. Stav*, D. Wesson*, n & C. Apperson n
MeSH headings : Animals; Bacteria / classification; Bacteria / genetics; Bacteria / growth & development; Biodiversity; Culicidae / growth & development; Ecosystem; Fresh Water / microbiology; Fresh Water / parasitology; Genetic Variation; Molecular Sequence Data; New Orleans; Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics; Water Microbiology
TL;DR:
Comparative PCR-based, cultivation-independent rRNA surveys of microbial communities associated with mosquito habitats can provide significant insight into community organization and dynamics of bacterial species.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
Fruit abscission by Physalis species as defense against frugivory
ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA, 130(1), 21–27.
Contributors: N. Benda*, C. Brownie n, n & F. Gould n
author keywords: caterpillar foraging; host plant location; Heliothis subflexa; Heliothis virescens; specialist behavior; plant architecture; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Solanaceae
TL;DR:
The higher fruit abscission rates in P. pubescens may be an evolved response to its greater susceptibility to searching caterpillars, according to a close relative, the generalist Heliothis virescens Fabricius.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
Identification and characterization of 15 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the western drywood termite, Incisitermes minor (Hagen)
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES, 8(5), 1102–1104.
Contributors: W. Booth n, V. Lewis *, R. Taylor*, n & E. Vargo n
author keywords: dinucleotide microsatellite; drywood termite; Incisitermes; tetranucleotide microsatellite; trinucleotide microsatellite
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
Identification and characterization of cuticular hydrocarbons from a rapid species radiation of hawaiian swordtailed crickets (Gryllidae : Trigonidiinae : Laupala)
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 34(2), 198–204.
Contributors: S. Mullen *, J. Millar *, n & K. Shaw *
author keywords: chemical communication; speciation; mate recognition; pheromones; Laupala
MeSH headings : Animals; Biological Evolution; Female; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Gryllidae / metabolism; Hawaii; Hydrocarbons / analysis; Lipids / chemistry; Male
TL;DR:
Big Island Laupala possessed a reduced number of alkenes as well as a reduction in the diversity of methyl-branch positions relative to species sampled from Maui (ancestral), thus supporting the hypothesis of a founder-induced loss of chemical diversity.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
Identification of bacteria and bacteria-associated chemical cues that mediate oviposition site preferences by Aedes aegypti
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(27), 9262–9267.
Contributors: L. Ponnusamy n , N. Xu n, S. Nojima n, D. Wesson*, n & C. Apperson n
author keywords: kairomone; semiochemical; mosquito; egg-laying; dengue vector control
MeSH headings : Aedes / anatomy & histology; Aedes / microbiology; Aedes / physiology; Animals; Bacteria / isolation & purification; Behavior, Animal / physiology; Biological Assay; Female; Oviposition / physiology; Pheromones / analysis; Plant Leaves / parasitology; Sasa / metabolism
TL;DR:
It is demonstrated that specific bacteria-associated carboxylic acids and methyl esters serve as potent oviposition stimulants for gravid Ae.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
Identification of cuticular lipids eliciting interspecific courtship in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica
NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN, 95(5), 403–412.
Contributors: D. Eliyahu n, S. Nojima n, S. Capracotta n, D. Comins n & n
author keywords: Blatta orientalis; contact pheromone; methyl ketone; 11-methylheptacosan-2-one; 27-oxo-11-methylheptacosan-2-one
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / physiology; Female; Germany; Male; Pheromones / physiology; Reproduction; Sexual Behavior, Animal / physiology
TL;DR:
It is proposed that several characteristics of their mating system—chiefly, absence of closely related species in the anthropogenic environment, resulting in relaxation of selection on sexual communication, and a highly male-biased operational sex ratio—have driven males to respond with extremely low thresholds to a wide spectrum of related compounds.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
New contact sex pheromone components of the german cockroach, Blattella germanica, predicted from the proposed biosynthetic pathway
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 34(2), 229–237.
Contributors: D. Eliyahu n, S. Nojima n, K. Mori & n
author keywords: 27-Oxo-3; 11-dimethylheptacosan-2-one; 27-Hydroxy-3; 11-dimethylheptacosan-2-one; sex pheromone; Blattella germanica; german cockroach; methyl ketone; alcohol; aldehyde
MeSH headings : Alcohols / analysis; Alcohols / metabolism; Alcohols / pharmacology; Aldehydes / analysis; Aldehydes / metabolism; Aldehydes / pharmacology; Animals; Blattellidae / physiology; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Female; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Ketones / analysis; Ketones / metabolism; Ketones / pharmacology; Male; Sex Attractants / analysis; Sex Attractants / metabolism; Sex Attractants / pharmacology; Sexual Behavior, Animal / drug effects
TL;DR:
It is shown that the epicuticle of the German cockroach does indeed contain these two compounds, 3,11-dimethylheptacosan-2-one and 27-oxo-3, 11-dimethyltestosterone-1-one, and that the contact sex pheromone of the female Germany cockroach, thus may consist of at least six biosynthetically related components.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the ant-garden ant, Crematogaster levior (Forel)
CONSERVATION GENETICS, 10(3), 639–641.
Contributors: W. Booth n, E. Youngsteadt n, n & E. Vargo n
author keywords: Crematogaster; Formicidae; Di-nucleotide microsatellite; Tri-nucleotide microsatellite; Tetra-nucleotide microsatellite
TL;DR:
Throughout Amazonia, the ant Crematogaster levior is known for its participation in a complex ant-garden mutualism with the ant Camponotus femoratus and several species of epiphytic plants for which it plays an important role in seed viability.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
Seed odor mediates an obligate ant-plant mutualism in Amazonian rainforests
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(12), 4571–4575.
MeSH headings : Animal Structures / drug effects; Animals; Ants / drug effects; Ants / physiology; Behavior, Animal / drug effects; Chromatography, Gas; Odorants; Peru; Plant Extracts / chemistry; Plant Extracts / pharmacology; Plants / drug effects; Plants / parasitology; Rain; Seeds / chemistry; Seeds / drug effects; Smell / drug effects; Symbiosis / drug effects; Tropical Climate
TL;DR:
It is shown that workers of theAG ant Camponotus femoratus are attracted to odorants emanating from seeds of the AG plant Peperomia macrostachya, and that chemical cues also elicit seed-carrying behavior, and the chemical basis of this important and enigmatic interaction is illuminated.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2008 journal article
Seed odor mediates an obligate ant-plant mutualism in Amazonian rainforests
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 105(12), 4571–4575.
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
2008 journal article
Transcription of the German cockroach densovirus BgDNV genome: Alternative processing of viral RNAs
DOKLADY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS, 421(1), 176–180.
Contributors: T. Kapelinskaya*, E. Martynova *, A. Korolev*, n & D. Mukha
MeSH headings : Animals; Cockroaches / virology; Densovirus / genetics; Genome, Viral; Open Reading Frames; RNA, Viral / genetics; RNA, Viral / isolation & purification; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Transcription, Genetic; Viral Nonstructural Proteins / genetics
TL;DR:
It was shown that splicing of RNAs encoding both VP and NS proteins is observed during infection development and that the viral RNAs for NS proteins undergo alternative splicing, and the size of the transcripts synthesized from two viral promoters were determined.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2007 journal article
Cockroach Allergen Reduction by Extermination Alone in Low-Income, Urban Homes-A Randomized Control Trial
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 119(1), S157.
Contributors: M. Sever*, S. Arbes *, D. Zeldin *, n , R. Santangelo n, J. Gore n, B. Vaughn *, H. Mitchell *
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
2007 journal article
Cockroach allergen reduction by cockroach control alone in low-income urban homes: A randomized control trial
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 120(4), 849–855.
Contributors: M. Sever *, S. Arbes, J. Gore*, R. Santangelo*, B. Vaughn, H. Mitchell, * , D. Zeldin
author keywords: cockroaches; cockroach allergen; Bla g 1; Bla g 2; indoor allergens; intervention trial
MeSH headings : Allergens / analysis; Animals; Antigens, Plant; Cockroaches / immunology; Costs and Cost Analysis; Income; Insect Control / economics; Urban Population
TL;DR:
Reductions in Bla g 1 in cockroach-infested homes can be achieved by reducing infestations; however, the magnitude of allergen reduction is dependent on the thoroughness and effectiveness of cockroach eradication efforts.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2007 journal article
Differential attraction of Heliothis subflexa males to synthetic pheromone lures in eastern US and western Mexico
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 33(2), 353–368.
author keywords: sexual communication; pheromone; pheromone component; geographic variation; acetate esters; 16-carbon alcohol; 14-carbon aldehydes; dose-response; minimal blend; complete blend
MeSH headings : Acetates / chemistry; Animal Communication; Animals; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Male; Mexico; Moths; Sex Attractants / chemical synthesis; Sex Attractants / chemistry; Sex Attractants / pharmacology; Sexual Behavior, Animal; United States
TL;DR:
The mate attraction signal of Heliothis subflexa (Hs) females consists of a multicomponent sex pheromone blend, and it is indicated that the addition of Z9-16:OAc alone does not increase attraction of male Hs, while Z11-16-OAc does.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2007 journal article
Intraspecific variation and population structure of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, revealed with RFLP analysis of the non-transcribed spacer region of ribosomal DNA
MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY, 21(2), 132–140.
Contributors: D. Mukha, A. Kagramanova n, . Lazebnaya n, O. Lazebnyi, E. Vargo n & n
author keywords: Blattella germanica; German cockroach; non-transcribed spacer; population; RFLP; ribosomal DNA
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / genetics; Blotting, Southern; DNA Restriction Enzymes / metabolism; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics; Female; Genetic Variation; Genetics, Population; Haplotypes; Male; Polymorphism, Genetic; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; Principal Component Analysis; X Chromosome / genetics
TL;DR:
The pattern of genetic differentiation of the three cockroach populations suggests that human‐mediated transport of cockroaches is an important force in shaping the population genetic structure of cockroach infestations, at least at the regional scale of 10–100 km.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2007 journal article
Laboratory oviposition responses of Aedes aegypti to volatiles from plant infusions and cultured bacterial isolates from plant infusions
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 77(5), 169.
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
2007 journal article
Rapid evolution of cuticular hydrocarbons in a species radiation of acoustically diverse Hawaiian crickets (Gryllidae : Trigonidiinae : Laupala)
EVOLUTION, 61(1), 223–231.
Contributors: S. Mullen *, T. Mendelson *, n & K. Shaw *
author keywords: acoustic communication; biogeography; chemical communication; courtship; Hawaii; Laupala; premating isolation; sexual signals; speciation
MeSH headings : Animal Communication; Animals; Chromatography, Gas; Evolution, Molecular; Female; Genetic Speciation; Geography; Gryllidae / chemistry; Gryllidae / physiology; Hawaii; Lipids / analysis; Male; Phylogeny; Principal Component Analysis; Reproduction / genetics; Sex Characteristics; Species Specificity
TL;DR:
Examination of patterns of variation in cuticular lipids among several species of Laupala from Maui and the Big Island of Hawaii suggests that behavioral barriers to gene exchange in LauPala may be composed of multiple mate recognition signals, a pattern common in other cricket species.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2006 journal article
Characterization of a new densovirus infecting the German cockroach, Blattella germanica
JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY, 87, 1567–1575.
Contributors: D. Mukha, A. Chumachenko, M. Dykstra n, T. Kurtti * & n
MeSH headings : Animals; Base Sequence; Blattellidae / ultrastructure; Blattellidae / virology; Cell Line; Cloning, Molecular; DNA, Viral / analysis; Densovirus / classification; Densovirus / genetics; Densovirus / isolation & purification; Densovirus / pathogenicity; Genome, Viral; Microscopy, Electron; Molecular Sequence Data; Open Reading Frames; Phylogeny; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Viral Proteins / chemistry; Viral Proteins / genetics
TL;DR:
A new DNA virus (Parvoviridae: Densovirinae, Densovirus) was isolated and purified from descendants of field-collected German cockroaches, Blattella germanica, revealing the presence of extended palindromes.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2006 journal article
Cockroach Allergen Biology and Mitigation in the Indoor Environment
Annual Review of Entomology, 52(1), 439–463.
Contributors: J. Gore n & n
author keywords: Bla g 1; insect allergy; asthma; indoor air; Blattella germanica
MeSH headings : Air Pollution, Indoor / analysis; Air Pollution, Indoor / prevention & control; Allergens / analysis; Animals; Arginine Kinase / analysis; Asthma / etiology; Asthma / prevention & control; Cockroaches / chemistry; Humans; Immunization; Inhalation Exposure; Insect Control / methods; Residence Characteristics; Socioeconomic Factors
TL;DR:
The current understanding of cockroach allergen biology and the demographics associated with human exposure and sensitization are reviewed, highlighting disparities between successful and failed attempts to lessen the cockroachAllergen burden in homes.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2006 journal article
Cockroach Allergen Reduction by Extermination Alone in Low-Income, Urban Homes-A Randomized Control Trial
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 117(2), S27.
Contributors: M. Sever*, S. Arbes*, J. Gore n, R. Santangelo n, B. Vaughn*, H. Mitchell*, n , D. Zeldin *
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
2006 journal article
Effects of pheromone loading, dispenser age, and trap height on pheromone trap catches of the Oriental fruit moth in apple orchards
PHYTOPARASITICA, 34(3), 252–260.
Contributors: O. Kovanci *, n , J. Walgenbach n & G. Kennedy n
author keywords: Grapholita molesta; (Z)-8-dodecenyl acetate; apple; red rubber septa; release rate; septa dose; trap placement
TL;DR:
There was no apparent relationship between pheromone trap catch and septa age, with trap catch appearing to be primarily a function ofG.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2006 journal article
Endocrine effects of social stimuli on maturing queens of the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis
PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 32(1), 26–33.
Contributors: C. Brent n, n & E. Vargo n
author keywords: ecdysteroids; isoptera; juvenile hormone; reproductive maturation; queen
TL;DR:
It is suggested that juvenile hormone and ecdysteroids modulate the ovarian response of alates to stimuli from nestmates during this period of maturation, and that JH and Ecdysteroid titres may be regulated independently during thisperiod of development.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2006 journal article
Experimental evidence for interspecific directional selection on moth pheromone communication
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 103(15), 5858–5863.
Contributors: A. Groot n, J. Horovitz n, J. Hamilton n, R. Santangelo n, n & F. Gould n
author keywords: communication interference; Helicithis subflexa; Heliothis virescens; sexual communication; speciation
MeSH headings : Animals; Female; Genotype; Male; Moths / genetics; Moths / physiology; Phenotype; Pheromones / physiology; Regression Analysis; Sexual Behavior, Animal
TL;DR:
It is quantitatively estimate that the directional selection exerted by Hv males on Hs females to produce relatively high amounts of acetates can range from 0.135 to 0.231, which may counteract intraspecific stabilizing selection that impedes evolutionary changes in pheromone blends and could lead to diversification of sexual signals.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2006 journal article
Identification and characterization of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY NOTES, 7(4), 648–650.
Contributors: W. Booth n, S. Bogdanowicz *, P. Prodohl *, R. Harrison *, n & E. Vargo n
author keywords: B. asahinai; B. germanica; dinucleotide microsatellite; multiplex PCR; tetranucleotide microsatellite; trinucleotide microsatellite
TL;DR:
Experimental conditions are described for polymerase chain reaction multiplexing, which enables the genotyping of eight loci in three electrophoretic runs consisting of one set of three and two sets of two markers.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2006 journal article
Laboratory investigation of oviposition responses of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus to organic infusions and an analysis of bacterial diversity by DGGE
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 75(5), 264.
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
2006 journal article
Length polymorphism of integrated copies of R1 and R2 retrotransposons in the German cockroach (Blattella germanica) as a potential marker for population and phylogenetic studies
RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF GENETICS, 42(4), 397–401.
TL;DR:
This is the first report providing results of identifying, cloning, and sequencing extended fragments (5′-truncated copies) of Blattella germanica R1 and R2 retrotransposons.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 chapter
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Pheromone Production
In Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science (Vol. 3, pp. 705–751).
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: November 20, 2020
2005 journal article
Characteristics of the Structure of Minor Variants of External Transcribed Spacers of Ribosomal DNA of the Cockroach Blattella germanica
Doklady Biological Sciences, 404(1-6), 348–351.
MeSH headings : Animals; Base Sequence; Blattellidae / genetics; DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry; DNA, Ribosomal / genetics; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / chemistry; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics; Molecular Sequence Data; Transcription, Genetic
TL;DR:
The suggested models con-ceptually agree with the postulates of thegenetic monomorphism theory, according to which theformation of a new species is regarded as the result of large-scale genetic reorganization marked by mono-morphic signs rather than a gradual probabilistic pro-cess taking place at the population level.
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Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 5, 2020
2005 journal article
Comparison of Mating Disruption with Pesticides for Management of Oriental Fruit Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in North Carolina Apple Orchards
Journal of Economic Entomology, 98(4), 1248–1258.
Contributors: O. Kovanci n, n , J. Walgenbach n & G. Kennedy n
author keywords: mating disruption; pheromones; apple
MeSH headings : Animals; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Male; Malus / parasitology; Moths / physiology; North Carolina; Pest Control, Biological / methods; Sex Attractants / pharmacology; Sexual Behavior, Animal / drug effects; Time Factors
TL;DR:
Mating disruption proved to be an alternative to organophosphate insecticides for managing oriental fruit moth populations in North Carolina apple orchards and provided excellent trap shutdown and was significantly more effective than sprayable pheromone formulations.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
Comparison of conventional and integrated pest management programs in public schools
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 98(4), 1275–1283.
Contributors: G. Williams n, H. Linker n, M. Waldvogel n, R. Leidy n & n
author keywords: school IPM; IPM; German cockroach; Blattella germanica
MeSH headings : Animals; Cockroaches; Environmental Exposure; Insecticides / analysis; North Carolina; Pest Control / economics; Pest Control / methods; Pesticide Residues / analysis; Schools / standards; Time Factors
TL;DR:
It is demonstrated that an IPM program is an appropriate and preferable alternative to conventional methods of pest control in the school environment and most of the conventional treatments were unnecessary.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
Cuticular hydrocarbon synthesis and its maternal provisioning to embryos in the viviparous cockroach Diploptera punctata
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 51(7), 803–809.
Contributors: E. Youngsteadt n, Y. Fan n, B. Stay* & n
author keywords: Diploptera punctata; hydrocarbons; viviparity; maternal investment; feeding
MeSH headings : Age Factors; Animals; Cockroaches / embryology; Cockroaches / metabolism; Embryo, Nonmammalian / metabolism; Female; Flame Ionization; Hydrocarbons / metabolism; Integumentary System / physiology; Reproduction / physiology
TL;DR:
Embryos of the viviparous cockroach Diploptera punctata accumulate large amounts of hydrocarbon (HC) of either maternal or embryonic origin, and female abdominal integument was the only tissue that synthesized appreciable amounts of HC in vitro, and did so at an increasing rate from the time of mating to mid-pregnancy, when rates of synthesis declined.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
Discovery of retrotransposons of the cockroach Blattella germanica
Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics, 401(1-6), 104–107.
MeSH headings : Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Blattellidae / genetics; Molecular Sequence Data; Open Reading Frames / genetics; Retroelements / genetics
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 5, 2020
2005 journal article
Effect of PBAN on pheromone production by mated Heliothis virescens and Heliothis subflexa females
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 31(1), 14–28.
Contributors: A. Groot*, Y. Fan*, C. Brownie n, R. Jurenka *, F. Gould* & *
author keywords: Heliothis virescens; Heliothis subflexa; sex pheromone; PBAN; temporal variation
MeSH headings : Animals; Exocrine Glands / metabolism; Female; Moths / physiology; Neuropeptides / administration & dosage; Oviposition; Pheromones / biosynthesis; Seasons; Sex Attractants / biosynthesis
TL;DR:
Because the temporal variation in pheromone blend composition was greater for virgin females than for PBAN-injected females, PBAN can be used to determine a female’s native pherOMone phenotype.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(OpenAlex)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
Effects of application rate and interval on the efficacy of sprayable pheromone for mating disruption of the oriental fruit moth Grapholita molesta
PHYTOPARASITICA, 33(4), 334–342.
Contributors: O. Kovanci *, J. Walgenbach n, G. Kennedy n & n
author keywords: Grapholita molesta (Busck); oriental fruit moth; mating disruption; sprayable pheromone; integrated pest management; apples
TL;DR:
Low rate frequent applications of sprayable formulation appeared to be effective under low pest pressure but efficacy declined with increasing populations, and further studies are needed to demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach under higher pest pressure.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(OpenAlex)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
Endocrine changes in maturing primary queens of Zootermopsis angusticollis
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 51(11), 1200–1209.
author keywords: reproduction; isoptera; queen; juvenile hormone; ecdysteroids
MeSH headings : Animals; Corpora Allata / growth & development; Corpora Allata / metabolism; Corpora Allata / physiology; Ecdysteroids / blood; Endocrine System / growth & development; Endocrine System / metabolism; Endocrine System / physiology; Female; Hemolymph / metabolism; Isoptera / growth & development; Isoptera / metabolism; Isoptera / physiology; Juvenile Hormones / blood; Juvenile Hormones / metabolism; Male; Ovary / growth & development; Ovary / metabolism; Ovary / physiology; Sex Characteristics; Sexual Behavior, Animal
TL;DR:
The hypothesis that JH plays a dual role in termite queens depending on their stage of development is supported; an elevated JH titer in immature alates may maintain reproductive inhibition, but an elevated Titer in mature queens may stimulate ovarian activity.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
Expression, production and excretion of Bla g 1, a major human allergen, in relation to food intake in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica
MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY, 19(2), 127–134.
Contributors: J. Gore n & n
author keywords: Bla g 1; cockroach allergen; food intake; German cockroach
MeSH headings : Allergens / metabolism; Animals; Antigens, Plant; Blattellidae / immunology; Digestive System / immunology; Feces / chemistry; Feeding Behavior / physiology; Female; Gene Expression; Male; RNA, Messenger / metabolism; Time Factors
TL;DR:
It is demonstrated that Bla’g 1 production in B.’germanica is modulated in relation to food intake.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
Genetics of sex pheromone blend differences between Heliothis virescens and Heliothis subflexa: a chromosome mapping approach
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 19(2), 600–617.
author keywords: evolution; Lepidoptera; mate recognition; Noctuidae; pheromones; quantitative trait loci; sexual isolation
MeSH headings : Animals; Chromosome Mapping; Crosses, Genetic; DNA / genetics; DNA / isolation & purification; Evolution, Molecular; Female; Genetic Variation; Male; Moths / genetics; Phenotype; Pheromones / genetics
TL;DR:
Genetic crosses between Heliothis virescens and H. subflexa moths were conducted and AFLP marker‐based mapping of backcross families was used to determine which of the 30 autosomes in these moths contained quantitative trait loci controlling the proportion of specific chemical components in the pheromone blends.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
Geographical variation in pheromone response of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera : Crambidae), in North Carolina: A 20-Y perspective
ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 34(5), 1057–1062.
Contributors: C. Sorenson*, G. Kennedy* , * & J. Walgenbach*
author keywords: pheromone race distribution; landscape effects; pheromone trapping; cone trap
TL;DR:
The distribution of the two races of European corn borer seemed to remain essentially unchanged from that observed in the late 1980s, and no evidence of a continued westward expansion of E responsive moths was detected.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
Identification of the Sex Pheromone of the German Cockroach, Blattella germanica
Science, 307(5712), 1104–1106.
Contributors: S. Nojima n, n , F. Webster n, R. Santangelo n & W. Roelofs n
MeSH headings : Animals; Behavior, Animal / drug effects; Blattellidae / chemistry; Blattellidae / physiology; Chromatography, Gas; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Electrodes; Female; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Male; Mass Spectrometry; Molecular Structure; Molecular Weight; Quinones / chemical synthesis; Quinones / chemistry; Quinones / isolation & purification; Quinones / pharmacology; Sense Organs / drug effects; Sense Organs / physiology; Sex Attractants / chemical synthesis; Sex Attractants / chemistry; Sex Attractants / isolation & purification; Sex Attractants / pharmacology
TL;DR:
The sex pheromone of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, has been characterized as gentisyl quinone isovalerate by a new preparative gas chromatography approach coupled with electroantennographic detection and confirmed the identification by chemical synthesis.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
Male and female antennal responses in Heliothis virescens and H subflexa to conspecific and heterospecific sex pheromone compounds
ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 34(2), 256–263.
Contributors: A. Groot*, C. Gemeno*, C. Brownie n, F. Gould* & *
author keywords: Heliothis virescens; Heliothis subflexa; electroantennogram; species specificity; female autodetection
TL;DR:
The hypothesis that autodetection of sex pheromones occurs in females of both H. virescens and H. subflexa is supported, although whether females behaviorally respond to any, or to combinations, of these compounds remains to be elucidated.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
Nuclear rDNA variability in laboratory strains of the German cockroach Blattella germanica L. (Blattellidae)
RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF GENETICS, 41(5), 468–472.
Contributors: . Lazebnaya *, S. Semenova, O. Lazebnyi, n & D. Mukha
TL;DR:
The polymorphism of nuclear ribosomal DNA has been studied in male German cockroaches and the RFLP analysis has been used to identify seven types of HindIII fragments, the variation of which may serve as the basis for the differentiation of laboratory strains with respect to some population indices.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2005 journal article
Tissue localization and regulation by juvenile hormone of human allergen Bla g 4 from the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.)
INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 14(1), 45–53.
Contributors: Y. Fan n, J. Gore, K. Redding n, L. Vailes*, M. Chapman * & n
author keywords: German cockroach; allergen; Bla g 4; lipocalin; juvenile hormone
MeSH headings : Age Factors; Allergens / biosynthesis; Allergens / genetics; Allergens / metabolism; Animals; Antigens, Plant; Blotting, Northern; Cockroaches / genetics; Cockroaches / metabolism; Female; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / physiology; Genitalia, Male / metabolism; Insect Proteins / biosynthesis; Insect Proteins / genetics; Insect Proteins / metabolism; Male; RNA, Messenger / biosynthesis; RNA, Messenger / genetics; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Sesquiterpenes / metabolism; Sex Factors
TL;DR:
The German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L), produces several potent protein aeroallergens, including Bla g 4, a ∼20 kDa lipocalin, which is expressed only in the adult male reproductive system and is depleted in the male and transferred to the female within the spermatophore.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2004 journal article
Abatement of cockroach allergens (Bla g 1 and Bla g 2) in low-income, urban housing: Month 12 continuation results
JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, 113(1), 109–114.
Contributors: S. Arbes *, M. Sever *, J. Mehta*, J. Gore n, n , B. Vaughn *, H. Mitchell*, D. Zeldin *
author keywords: cockroaches; cockroach allergen; Bla g 1; Bla g 2; indoor allergens; intervention trial
MeSH headings : Allergens / analysis; Allergens / immunology; Animals; Antigens, Plant; Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / analysis; Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / immunology; Clinical Trials as Topic; Cockroaches / immunology; Cross-Over Studies; Follow-Up Studies; Housing; Humans; Insect Control / methods; Insecticides / pharmacology; North Carolina; Osmolar Concentration; Patient Education as Topic; Poverty Areas; Urban Population
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2004 journal article
Behavioral activity of stereoisomers and a new component of the contact sex pheromone of female German cockroach, Blattella germanica
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 30(9), 1839–1848.
Contributors: D. Eliyahu n, K. Mori *, H. Takikawa *, W. Leal * & n
author keywords: contact sex pheromone; stereoisomers; German cockroach; behavioral assay; 3,11-dimethylnonacosan-2-one; 3,11-dimethylheptacosan-2-one
MeSH headings : Alkanes / chemistry; Alkanes / pharmacology; Animals; Cockroaches / drug effects; Cockroaches / physiology; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Ketones / chemistry; Ketones / pharmacology; Male; Sense Organs / physiology; Sex Attractants / chemistry; Sex Attractants / pharmacology; Stereoisomerism
TL;DR:
It is confirmed that synthetic (3S,11S)-3,11-dimethylheptacosan-2-one elicits behavioral responses, but less so than its C29 homolog.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2004 journal article
Characterization of termite lipophorin and its involvement in hydrocarbon transport
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 50(7), 609–620.
Sources: NC State University Libraries, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2004 journal article
Characterization of termite lipophorin and its involvement in hydrocarbon transport
Journal of Insect Physiology, 50(7), 609–620.
author keywords: Reticulitermes flavipes; ELISA; hydrocarbon; lipophorin termite
MeSH headings : Animals; Antibodies / immunology; Biological Transport; Carrier Proteins / immunology; Carrier Proteins / isolation & purification; Carrier Proteins / metabolism; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Hemolymph / chemistry; Hydrocarbons / metabolism; Insect Proteins / immunology; Insect Proteins / isolation & purification; Insect Proteins / metabolism; Isoptera / chemistry; Isoptera / immunology; Isoptera / physiology; Lipoproteins / immunology; Lipoproteins / isolation & purification; Lipoproteins / metabolism; Lipoproteins, HDL / immunology; Lipoproteins, HDL / isolation & purification; Lipoproteins, HDL / metabolism; Sensitivity and Specificity; Species Specificity
TL;DR:
Involvement of lipophorin in hydrocarbon transport was shown by injecting HDLp antisersum into Zootermopsis nevadensis and then monitoring the de novo biosynthesis of hydrocarbons and their transport to the cuticular surface; the antiserum significantly disrupted hydrocarbon Transport.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 6, 2020
2004 journal article
Control of Herpomyces spp. (Ascomycetes : Laboulbeniales) infection in the wood cockroach, Parcoblatta lata (Dictyoptera : Blattodea : Blattellidae), with benomyl
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY, 85(2), 132–135.
MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Laboratory / microbiology; Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use; Ascomycota / drug effects; Ascomycota / physiology; Benomyl / pharmacology; Cockroaches / microbiology; Host-Parasite Interactions / drug effects; Laboratory Animal Science / methods
TL;DR:
The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of the fungicide benomyl [methyl 1-(butylcarbamoyl)benzimidazol-2yl-carbamate] as a treatment against Herpomyces spp.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2004 journal article
Evaluation of the German cockroach (Blattella germanica) as a vector for verotoxigenic Escherichia coli F18 in confined swine production
VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY, 101(4), 263–267.
Contributors: L. Zurek n & n
author keywords: Escherichia coli F18; German cockroach; colibacillosis; fecal coliforms
MeSH headings : Animals; Biological Assay / veterinary; Blattellidae / microbiology; Colony Count, Microbial / veterinary; Escherichia coli / isolation & purification; Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology; Escherichia coli Infections / transmission; Escherichia coli Infections / veterinary; Feces / microbiology; Female; Insect Vectors / microbiology; Male; Random Allocation; Swine; Swine Diseases / microbiology; Swine Diseases / transmission
TL;DR:
It is demonstrated that cockroaches may serve as important mechanical vectors of pathogenic E. coli in swine production and integrated management of cockroach populations should be incorporated into the disease prevention and control programs in the swine industry.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2004 journal article
Gene expression and tissue distribution of the major human allergen Bla g 1 in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica L. (Dictyoptera : Blattellidae)
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 41(5), 953–960.
Contributors: J. Gore n & *
MeSH headings : Allergens / metabolism; Antigens, Plant; Blattellidae / genetics; Blattellidae / metabolism; Humans; Tissue Distribution
Sources: NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2004 journal article
Introgressing pheromone QTL between species: Towards an evolutionary understanding of differentiation in sexual communication
Journal of Chemical Ecology, 30(12), 2495–2514.
Contributors: A. Groot n, C. Ward n, J. Wang n, A. Pokrzywa n, . J O'brien, J. Bennett n, J. Kelly n, R. Santangelo n, n , F. Gould n
author keywords: Heliothis virescens; Heliothis subflexa; multi-component sex pheromone blend; QTL; quantitative trait loci; backcross; AFLP; amplified fragment length polymorphism; phenotype; genotype
MeSH headings : Animal Communication; Animals; Chromosome Mapping; Female; Genomics; Male; Moths / physiology; Pheromones / physiology; Quantitative Trait Loci / genetics; Quantitative Trait Loci / physiology; Sex Attractants / chemistry; Sex Attractants / physiology; Sexual Behavior, Animal / physiology
TL;DR:
The introgressed Hv-chromosome 22 into the genomic background of Hs, isolating the chromosome that has a major effect on acetate production and can be tested in behavioral experiments whether the presence of acetates may have been a driving force for a shift in pheromone composition.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2004 journal article
Laboratory evaluation of boric acid-sugar solutions as baits for management of German cockroach infestations
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 97(2), 581–587.
Contributors: J. Gore n & n
author keywords: German cockroach; boric acid; liquid bait; insecticide; IPM
TL;DR:
Aqueous solutions containing mixtures of 0.5-2% boric acid and any of several inexpensive sugars, including fructose, glucose, maltose, and sucrose as a phagostimulant, can provide rapid and effective kill of German cockroaches, Blattella germanica (L.).
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2004 journal article
Maternal investment affects offspring phenotypic plasticity in a viviparous cockroach
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 101(15), 5595–5597.
Contributors: G. Holbrook n & n
MeSH headings : Animals; Birth Weight; Body Weight; Cockroaches / genetics; Cockroaches / physiology; Environment; Female; Larva / growth & development; Male; Molting / physiology; Ovariectomy / methods; Phenotype; Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Reproduction / physiology
TL;DR:
It is reported here that the degree of maternal nutrient investment in developing embryos of the viviparous cockroach Diploptera punctata influences how quickly neonate males become adults and how large they are at adulthood.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2004 chapter
Sex Pheromones of Cockroaches
In R. T. Cardé & J. Millar (Eds.), Advances in Insect Chemical Ecology (pp. 179–247). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Ed(s): R. Cardé & J. Millar
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 23, 2021
2004 journal article
Water solutions of boric acid and sugar for management of German cockroach populations in livestock production systems
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 97(2), 715–720.
Contributors: J. Gore*, L. Zurek*, R. Santangelo*, S. Stringham*, D. Watson & *
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2003 journal article
A Densovirus of German Cockroach Blattella germanica: Detection, nucleotide sequence, and genome organization
Molecular Biology, 37, 513–523.
author keywords: insect densoviruses; cockroach Blattella germanica
TL;DR:
A new Blattella germanica densovirus (BgDNV, Parvoviridae: Densovirinae, Densovirus) was found and the genome structure was compared with that of other Parviviridae.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 29, 2021
2003 journal article
Abatement of cockroach allergen (Bla g 1) in low-income, urban housing: A randomized controlled trial
JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, 112(2), 339–345.
Contributors: S. Arbes *, M. Sever *, J. Archer*, E. Long*, J. Gore*, * , M. Walter *, B. Nuebler*
author keywords: cockroaches; cockroach allergen; Bla g 1; intervention
MeSH headings : Allergens / analysis; Allergens / immunology; Antigens, Plant; Differential Threshold; Household Work; Housing; Humans; Immunization; Insect Control; Insecticides / pharmacology; Osmolar Concentration; Patient Education as Topic; Poverty Areas; Urban Population
TL;DR:
Substantial reductions in cockroach allergen levels can be achieved in inner-city homes and future studies will test the intervention's effectiveness in asthma prevention trials.
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Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
2003 journal article
Behavioral and electropysiological responses of the brownbanded cockroach, Supella longipalpa, to stereoisomers of its sex pheromone, supellapyrone
Journal of Chemical Ecology, 29(8), 1797–1811.
author keywords: Supella longipalpa; cockroach; Dictyoptera; sex pheromone; supellapyrone; chirality; electroantennogram; dose-response; EAG
MeSH headings : Animals; Cockroaches / physiology; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Electrophysiology; Female; Male; Molecular Conformation; Movement; Sex Attractants / chemistry; Sex Attractants / pharmacology
TL;DR:
It is shown that males are attracted to RR but also to high concentrations of the isomer SR, and positive cross-adaptation between RR and SR suggests that these two compounds stimulate the same receptor cells.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2003 journal article
Boric acid dust as a component of an integrated cockroach management program in confined swine production
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 96(4), 1362–1366.
Contributors: L. Zurek n, J. Gore n, S. Stringham n, D. Watson n, M. Waldvogel n & n
author keywords: German cockroach; boric acid; cyfluthrin; swine production; integrated pest management (IPM)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2003 journal article
Field and laboratory evaluations of potential oviposition attractants for Aedes albopictus (Diptera : Culicidae)
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOCIATION, 19(3), 228–234.
Contributors: J. Trexler, C. Apperson, C. Gemeno, M. Perich, D. Carlson &
Sources: ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2003 journal article
Hydrocarbon synthesis by enzymatically dissociated oenocytes of the abdominal integument of the German Cockroach, Blaftella germanica
NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN, 90(3), 121–126.
Contributors: Y. Fan n, L. Zurek n, M. Dykstra n & n
MeSH headings : Abdomen; Animals; Blattellidae / enzymology; Blattellidae / ultrastructure; Hydrocarbons / metabolism; Microscopy, Electron
TL;DR:
The results show conclusively that hydrocarbons are produced by oenocytes not only in insects whose oenocyte are localized within the hemocoel, but also in those insects whoseOenocytes are within the abdominal integument, and support a hemolymph pathway for transport and delivery of hydrocarbon to both external and internal tissues.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, NC State University Libraries, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2003 journal article
Origin and extent of resistance to fipronil in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera : Blattellidae)
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 96(5), 1548–1558.
Contributors: G. Holbrook, J. Roebuck, C. Moore, M. Waldvogel* & *
author keywords: fipronil; insecticide resistance; cross-resistance; cyclodienes; Blattella germanica
TL;DR:
It appears that resistance to Þpronil in German cockroaches, whose ancestors had never been exposed to it, is attributable to enduring resistance to the cyclodienes, which were formerly used for cockroach control and have a similar mode of action as Þ pronil.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2003 chapter
Regulation of pheromone biosynthesis, transport, and emission in cockroaches
In Insect Pheromone Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (pp. 283–322).
TL;DR:
This chapter describes the reproductive modes in cockroaches and then presents a conceptual framework for neuroendocrine regulation of cockroach reproductive biology, which discusses sex pheromones, which are used in mate finding and recognition.
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Source: Crossref
Added: September 5, 2020
2003 journal article
Role of bacteria in mediating the oviposition responses of Aedes albopictus (Diptera : Culicidae)
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 40(6), 841–848.
Contributors: J. Trexler n, C. Apperson n, L. Zurek n, C. Gemeno n, n , M. Kaufman*, E. Walker *, D. Watson n, L. Wallace *
author keywords: Aedes albopictus; bacteria; organic infusion; oviposition; attractants; electroantennogram
MeSH headings : Aedes / growth & development; Aedes / microbiology; Aedes / physiology; Animals; Bacteria / classification; Bacteria / isolation & purification; Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; Female; Larva; Odorants; Oviposition / physiology; Plant Leaves; Quercus
TL;DR:
Only volatiles collected from larval rearing water elicited significant electroantennogram responses in females, and water containing Psychrobacter immobilis, Sphingobacterium multivorum, and an undetermined Bacillus species elicited significantly higher oviposition than control water without bacteria.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2002 journal article
Effect of the entomopathogenic fungus, Entomophthora muscae (Zygomycetes : Entomophthoraceae), on sex pheromone and other cuticular hydrocarbons of the house fly, Musca domestica
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY, 80(3), 171–176.
Contributors: L. Zurek n, D. Watson n, S. Krasnoff * & n
author keywords: Entomophthora muscae; Musca domestica; sex pheromone; cuticular hydrocarbons; behavior
MeSH headings : Alkenes / metabolism; Animals; Copulation; Entomophthora / physiology; Female; Houseflies / metabolism; Houseflies / microbiology; Hydrocarbons / metabolism; Male; Zygomycosis / metabolism
TL;DR:
Results suggest that chemical cues other than (Z)-9-tricosene, visual cuesother than abdomen size, or a combination of both sets of cues might be responsible for attraction of house fly males to E. muscae-infected females.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2002 journal article
Evolution and phylogenetic information content of the ribosomal DNA repeat unit in the Blattodea (Insecta)
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 32(9), 951–960.
Contributors: D. Mukha, B. Wiegmann n & n
author keywords: phylogenetic analysis; 28S ribosomal DNA; ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 and 2; blattodea
MeSH headings : Animals; Cockroaches / classification; Cockroaches / genetics; DNA, Ribosomal / analysis; Evolution, Molecular; Genetic Variation; Nucleic Acid Conformation; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 28S / chemistry; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
TL;DR:
The results support the idea that rDNA internal transcribed spacers play an important role in the stability and function of the rRNA cluster.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2002 journal article
Saltatory Changes in the Structure of the Ribosomal DNA External Transcribed Spacer during the Evolution of Cockroaches of Genus Blattella
Doklady Biological Sciences, 387(1/6), 549–552.
MeSH headings : Animals; Base Sequence; Cockroaches / genetics; DNA, Complementary / metabolism; DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Evolution, Molecular; Gene Deletion; Genetic Variation; Models, Genetic; Molecular Sequence Data; RNA, Ribosomal / genetics; Species Specificity; Transcription, Genetic
TL;DR:
The functional importance of the spacer sequences is confirmed by recent experimental data and may serve as enhancers and/or sequences responsible for binding to the regulatory protein factors; i.e., they play the key role in regulation of the rRNA gene promoter activity.
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Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 5, 2020
2002 journal article
Synergism between Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycota : Hyphomycetes) and boric acid against the German cockroach (Dictyoptera : Blattellidae)
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, 23(3), 296–302.
Contributors: L. Zurek n, D. Watson n & n
author keywords: Metarhizium anisopliae; Blattella germanica; boric acid; dust; synergism
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2001 journal article
Attractiveness of insecticide baits for cockroach control (Dictyoptera : Blattellidae): Laboratory and field studies
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 94(3), 686–693.
Contributors: G. Nalyanya n, D. Liang n, R. Kopanic n & n
author keywords: Blattella germanica; Supella longipalpa; baits; cockroach; attractants
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / drug effects; Blattellidae / physiology; Female; Insecticides / pharmacology; Laboratories; Male; Pest Control, Biological / methods; Pheromones / pharmacology
TL;DR:
It is demonstrated that attractiveness of bait can be dramatically affected by the age of the bait, and that the formulation of bait stations may be critical for retention of attractiveness of baits.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2001 journal article
Effect of age and sex on the production of internal and external hydrocarbons and pheromones in the housefly, Musca domestica
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 31(2), 139–155.
Contributors: S. Mpuru*, G. Blomquist *, * , M. Roux n, M. Kuenzli*, G. Dusticier, J. Clement, A. Bagneres
author keywords: cuticular hydrocarbons; sex-pheromone production; internal vs external lipids; selective transport; GC-MS; mathematical modeling; housefly (Musca domestica)
MeSH headings : Age Factors; Animals; Female; Houseflies / growth & development; Houseflies / metabolism; Hydrocarbons / metabolism; Insect Proteins / biosynthesis; Lipids / biosynthesis; Male; Pheromones / biosynthesis; Sex Factors; Time Factors
TL;DR:
The epicuticular and internal waxes of male and female houseflies were examined by capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry at closely timed intervals from emergence until day-6 of adulthood and Mathematical analysis indicated that the time shift between internal production and external accumulation in females is more than 24 h.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2001 journal article
Effect of age and sex on the production of internal and external hydrocarbons and pheromones in the housefly, Musca domestica (vol 31, pg 139, 2001)
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 31(9), 935.
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
2001 journal article
Emetophagy: Fipronil-induced regurgitation of bait and its dissemination from German cockroach adults to nymphs
PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY, 71(3), 147–155.
Contributors: G. Buczkowski n & n
author keywords: Blattella germanica; emetophagy; fipronil; horizontal toxicant transfer; bait; trophallaxis
TL;DR:
Emetophagy, the ingestion of insecticide-induced regurgitate, may constitute an important mechanism by which fast-acting, emetogenic insecticides are disseminated within cockroach populations.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2001 journal article
Evaluation of attractants for monitoring populations of the German cockroach (Dictyoptera : Blattellidae)
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 94(1), 208–214.
author keywords: Blattella germanica; attractants; baits; traps
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae; Insect Control / methods; Pheromones; Population Dynamics; Swine
TL;DR:
Compared lures that are used to attract German cockroaches to traps were compared in olfactometer assays in the laboratory and in trapping experiments in cockroach-infested homes and a swine farm, finding that peanut butter and distiller’s grain were equally attractive.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2001 journal article
Method of insecticide delivery affects horizontal transfer of fipronil in the German cockroach (Dictyoptera : Blattellidae)
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 94(3), 680–685.
Contributors: G. Buczkowski n & n
author keywords: Blattella germanica; fipronil; translocation; horizontal toxicant transfer
MeSH headings : Animals; Blattellidae / drug effects; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Insect Control / methods; Insecticides / pharmacology; Male; Pyrazoles / pharmacology
TL;DR:
Primary mortality in the untreated population was significantly affected by the duration of contact between the treated and untreated cockroaches, the quantity and freshness of excretions from the treated insects, and the accessibility of the secretions to untreatedcockroaches.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2001 journal article
Tissue distribution and lipophorin transport of hydrocarbons and sex pheromones in the house fly, Musca domestica
Journal of Insect Science (Tucson, AZ), 1(12), 1.
TL;DR:
The results support a predicted model that lipophorin is involved in the transport of sex pheromone in M. domestica and suggest that lipphorin may play an important role in an active mechanism that selectively deposits certain subsets of hydrocarbons at specific tissues.
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Sources: NC State University Libraries, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2001 journal article
Transfer of ingested insecticides among cockroaches: Effects of active ingredient, bait formulation, and assay procedures
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 94(5), 1229–1236.
Contributors: G. Buczkowski n, R. Kopanic* & *
author keywords: Blattella germanica; coprophagy; horizontal toxicant transfer; bait
MeSH headings : Animals; Biological Assay / methods; Blattellidae / metabolism; Boric Acids / metabolism; Chlorpyrifos / metabolism; Insect Control / methods; Insecticides / metabolism; Ivermectin / analogs & derivatives; Ivermectin / metabolism; Male; Pesticide Residues; Pheromones / metabolism; Pyrazoles / metabolism; Pyrimidinones / metabolism
TL;DR:
In the absence of cannibalism and necrophagy, translocation of baits and secondary kill are most effective with slow acting insecticides in palatable baits that can traverse the digestive tract and be deposited within and around the cockroach aggregation.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2001 journal article
Vector competence of Musca domestica (Diptera : Muscidae) for Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 38(2), 333–335.
Contributors: L. Zurek n, S. Denning n, n & D. Watson n
author keywords: house fly; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis; vector potential; turkeys
MeSH headings : Animals; Houseflies / microbiology; Insect Vectors / microbiology; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / physiology
TL;DR:
It is demonstrated that house flies can carry Y. pseudotuberculosis for a considerable period and therefore must be considered as a potential mechanical vector of pseudotubculosis infection.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2000 journal article
Analysis of intraspecies polymorphism in the ribosomal DNA cluster of the cockroach Blattella germanica
INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 9(2), 217–222.
Contributors: D. Mukha, A. Sidorenko, . Lazebnaya *, B. Wiegmann n & n
author keywords: Blattella; ribosomal DNA structure; polymorphism
MeSH headings : Animals; Base Sequence; Blattellidae / genetics; DNA, Ribosomal / genetics; Deoxyribonuclease HindIII / metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Multigene Family; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; Species Specificity
TL;DR:
HindIII restriction digests of the rDNA repeat unit of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, reveal significant intraspecies sequence polymorphism, which will be a valuable tool for measuring population‐level parameters within and between natural cockroach populations.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2000 personal communication
Consentience on the necessity of Juvenile Hormone for vitellogenesis in the German cockroach - Reply
Holbrook, G. L., Bachmann, J. A., & Schal, C. (2000, September).
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2000 journal article
Cuticular hydrocarbons of the dampwood termite, Zootermopsis nevadensis: Caste differences and role of lipophorin in transport of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon metabolites
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 26(3), 765–789.
Contributors: V. Sevala n, A. Bagneres *, M. Kuenzli*, G. Blomquist * & n
author keywords: lipophorin; hydrocarbon; termite; Isoptera; castes; cuticle; metabolism
TL;DR:
Findings are consistent with the hypothesis that lipophorin transports HC and some HC metabolites through the hemolymph from the sites of synthesis to the integument and from theIntegument to metabolic and excretory tissues.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2000 journal article
Diversity and contribution of the intestinal bacterial community to the development of Musca domestica (Diptera : Muscidae) larvae
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 37(6), 924–928.
Contributors: L. Zurek n, n & D. Watson n
author keywords: house fly; intestinal tract; bacteria; artificial medium; larval development
MeSH headings : Agar; Animals; Bacteria / classification; Bacteria / isolation & purification; Biological Assay; Culture Media; Digestive System / microbiology; Houseflies / microbiology; Larva / microbiology
TL;DR:
Pure cultures of individual bacterial species isolated from the intestinal tract of larvae from turkey bedding supported development of flies to a much greater extent than those isolated from larvae from corn silage.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2000 journal article
Effects of ovariectomy and mating on the activity of the corpora allata in adult female Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera : Blattellidae)
PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 25(1), 27–34.
author keywords: Blattella germanica; colleterial glands; corpora allata; Juvenile Hormone; mating; ovariectomy; vitellogenesis
TL;DR:
It is concluded that both the ovary and mating stimulate the synthesis of JH early in the reproductive cycle, but that neither is needed for the occurrence of a complete cycle ofJH synthesis.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2000 journal article
Integration of repellents, attractants, and insecticides in a "push-pull" strategy for managing German cockroach (Dictyoptera : Blattellidae) populations
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 37(3), 427–434.
author keywords: Blattella germanica; German cockroach; repellent; attractant; methyl neoalkanamide
TL;DR:
The results from large arena studies in the laboratory show that the push-pull strategy can be used to displace pests from resources or commodities that are to be protected, and simultaneously lure the pest to an attractant source coupled with a pest control agent.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2000 journal article
Relationship between tissue-specific hydrocarbon profiles and lipid melting temperatures in the cockroach Blattella germanica
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 26(5), 1245–1263.
Contributors: H. Young, J. Larabee, A. Gibbs &
Sources: ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2000 journal article
Role of feeding in the reproductive 'group effect' in females of the German cockroach Blattella germanica (L.)
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 46(6), 941–949.
author keywords: cockroach; reproduction; feeding; group effect; social facilitation
TL;DR:
It is concluded that both group rearing and food intake accelerate oöcyte development by diminishing the brain's inhibition on the synthesis of juvenile hormone.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1999 journal article
Coprophagy facilitates horizontal transmission of bait among cockroaches (Dictyoptera : Blattellidae)
ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 28(3), 431–438.
Contributors: R. Kopanic n & n
author keywords: Blattella germanica; coprophagy; horizontal toxicant transfer; bait
TL;DR:
It is concluded that aggregating 1st instars are relatively sedentary, and that they depend on conspecific foragers to deliver widely dispersed food, thus facilitating forager-mediated translocation and delivery of slow- acting bait insecticides to inaccessible cockroach aggregations.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1999 journal article
Electroantennogram responses of both sexes of grape root borer (Lepidoptera : Sesiidae) to synthetic female sex pheromone
ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 28(6), 943–946.
Contributors: G. Pearson n & *
author keywords: Vitacea polistiformis; female behavior; pheromone; pheromone autodetection
TL;DR:
The effect of mating status and sex on antennal response to sex pheromone components was tested in the grape root borer, Vitacea polistiformis, and female antennae were relatively more responsive to EZ-OH than male antennae.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1999 journal article
Food intake in Blattella germanica (L.) nymphs affects hydrocarbon synthesis and its allocation in adults between epicuticle and reproduction
ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY, 41(4), 214–224.
Contributors: H. Young n, J. Bachmann n & n
author keywords: hydrocarbons; feeding; starvation; synthesis; parental investment; German cockroach; Blattella germanica
TL;DR:
Hydrocarbons appear to serve an important cross-stadial resource and the object of competition among several nymphal and adult tissues and trade-offs in allocations in food-limited insects.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1999 conference paper
Integrated cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae) management in confined swine production
In W. H. Robinson, F. Rettich, & G. W. Rambo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Pests (pp. 183–188). Hronov, Czech Republic: Grafické závody.
Ed(s): W. Robinson, F. Rettich & G. Rambo
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 29, 2021
1999 journal article
Lipophorin of female Blattella germanica (L.): characterization and relation to hemolymph titers of juvenile hormone and hydrocarbons
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 45(5), 431–441.
author keywords: Blattella germanica; lipophorin; juvenile hormone; hydrocarbon; hemolymph volume; ELISA
TL;DR:
High density lipophorin from the hemolymph of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.) (Family Blattellidae), has an apparent molecular weight of 670kDa, with an isoelectric point of 7.0 and a density of 1.109g/ml, and may covary with the titers of lipid ligands that occur at high concentrations and require extensive shuttling through the Hemolymph.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1999 conference paper
Prevalence and magnitude of insecticide resistance in the German cockroach (Dictyoptera, Blattellidae)
In W. H. Robinson, F. Rettich, & G. W. Rambo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Pests (pp. 141–145). Hronov, Czech Republic: Grafické Závody.
Ed(s): W. Robinson, F. Rettich & G. Rambo
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 29, 2021
1999 journal article
Saltatory changes in ribosomal gene clusters during evolution of cockroaches of the genus Blattella
Doklady, Biological Sciences, 364(1/6), 38–43.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 29, 2021
1999 journal article
Site of synthesis, tissue distribution, and lipophorin transport of hydrocarbons in Blattella germanica (L.) nymphs
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 45(4), 305–315.
author keywords: Blattella germanica; hydrocarbons; hemolymph; cuticle; lipophorin; epidermis
TL;DR:
It is concluded that in the last stadium HC is synthesized by abdominal oenocytes, loaded onto hemolymph lipophorin, and transported to fat body and both nymphal and imaginal cuticle, suggesting that the fat body serves as a storage site for HC during cuticle formation.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1998 journal article
Endocrine regulation of de novo aggregation pheromone biosynthesis in the pine engraver, Ips pini (Say) (Coleoptera : Scolytidae)
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 28(9), 705–715.
Contributors: J. Tillman*, G. Holbrook n, P. Dallara*, n , D. Wood *, G. Blomquist *, S. Seybold *
author keywords: endocrine regulation; de novo pheromone biosynthesis; pine engraver; Ips pini; ipsdienol; 2-methyl-6-methylene-2,7-octadien-4-ol; juvenile hormone; cis-10,11-epoxy-3,7,11-trimethyl-E2,E6-dodecadienoic acid methyl ester; corpora allata; isoprenoids
TL;DR:
Data support a sequence of events leading to feeding-induced de novo pheromone biosynthesis in male I. pini and suggest that in this pathway JH III does not influence enzymatically-catalyzed reactions subsequent to the conversion of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A to mevalonate.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1998 journal article
Field and laboratory evaluation of female sex pheromone for detection, monitoring, and management of brownbanded cockroaches (Dictyoptera : Blattellidae)
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 91(2), 480–485.
Contributors: D. Liang, A. Zhang, R. Kopanic*, W. Roelofs &
author keywords: Supella longipalpa; supellapyrone; sex pheromone; trapping; pest detection; monitoring
TL;DR:
The synthetic sex pheromone of the female brown banded cockroach, Supella longipalpa (F), was highly attractive to males in the field and offers a powerful monitoring and pest management tool.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1998 journal article
Juvenile hormone synthesis in relation to corpus allatum development in embryos of the viviparous cockroach Diploptera punctata
INVERTEBRATE REPRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT, 33(1), 69–79.
Contributors: G. Holbrook n, A. Chiang *, Y. Lee*, C. Lin* & n
author keywords: cockroach; viviparity; embryo; corpora allata; juvenile hormone; cell proliferation; ultrastructure
TL;DR:
Development and biosynthetic activity of CA in embryos of a viviparous cockroach, Diploptera punctata, shows that between day 28 of embryogenesis and hatch rates of JH synthesis rose, plateaued and then fell.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1998 journal article
Laboratory and field evaluations of Oviposition responses of Aedes albopictus and Aedes triseriatus (Diptera : Culicidae) to oak leaf infusions
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 35(6), 967–976.
Contributors: J. Trexler n, C. Apperson n & n
author keywords: Aedes albopictus; Aedes triseriatus; oviposition; infusion; oviposition trap
MeSH headings : Aedes / physiology; Animals; Biological Assay; Female; Odorants; Oviposition / drug effects; Oviposition / physiology; Plant Extracts / pharmacology; Reference Values; Species Specificity; Trees
TL;DR:
It is indicated that baiting ovitraps with oak leaf infusion would increase the sensitivity of surveillance efforts for Ae.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1998 journal article
Neural control of cell size in the corpora allata during the reproductive cycle of the cockroach Diploptera punctata (Dictyoptera : Blaberidae)
INVERTEBRATE REPRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT, 33(1), 25–34.
Contributors: A. Chiang *, G. Holbrook n, H. Cheng* & n
author keywords: cell size; cell growth; corpora allata; juvenile hormone; autophagy; atrophy; cockroach; Diploptera punctata
TL;DR:
It is proposed that under normal physiological conditions the quantity of JH synthesized by a corpus allatum is determined largely by the total amount of cellular machinery available for JH production.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1998 journal article
Novel and Highly Specific Transport of a Volatile Sex Pheromone by Hemolymph Lipophorin in Moths
Naturwissenschaften, 85(7), 339–342.
Contributors: n , V. Sevala n & R. Carde*
TL;DR:
This chapter discusses polarization imagery, a new imaging technique in atmospheric science, used for remote sensing of earth resources and its relevance for water detection by aquatic insects.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1998 journal article
Sites of synthesis and transport pathways of insect hydrocarbons: Cuticle and ovary as target tissues
American Zoologist, 38(2), 382–393.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1998 journal article
Social influences on nymphal development in the cockroach, Diploptera punctata
PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 23(2), 121–130.
Contributors: G. Holbrook n & n
author keywords: cockroach; group effect; isolation; nymphal development; growth rate; life history; beetle cockroach; Diploptera punctata
TL;DR:
Analysis of covariance showed that isolated males gained less weight than paired ones, not only in the first stadium, but in the second as well, and female nymphal development, unlike that of males, was not greatly affected by social factors.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1997 journal article
Cuticular hydrocarbon synthesis in relation to feeding and developmental stage in nymphs of Blattella germanica (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)
ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 90(5), 655–663.
Contributors: H. Young n & *
author keywords: Blattella germanica; cockroach; cuticular lipids; hydrocarbons; feeding
TL;DR:
The patterns of hydrocarbon synthesis and transport to the epicuticle were examined in males and females of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, during the last nymphal stadium, suggesting that they serve as a source of epicuticular and ovarian hydrocarbon in the adult.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1997 journal article
Diel oviposition patterns of Aedes albopictus (Skuse) and Aedes triseriatus (Say) in the laboratory and the field
Journal of Vector Ecology, 22(1), 64–70.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1997 journal article
Improved conditions for culture of biosynthetically active cockroach corpora allata
IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-ANIMAL, 33(6), 452–458.
Contributors: G. Holbrook n, A. Chiang * & n
MeSH headings : Animals; Cockroaches / cytology; Cockroaches / metabolism; Corpora Allata / cytology; Corpora Allata / drug effects; Corpora Allata / metabolism; Culture Media / pharmacology; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Glucose / pharmacology; Juvenile Hormones / biosynthesis; Male; Organ Culture Techniques / methods; Trehalose / pharmacology
TL;DR:
It is shown that L-15B, a medium widely used in arthropod tissue culture, is superior to TC199 for both short- and long-term culture of cockroach corpora allata, and more appropriate to use L- 15B than TC 199 for short-term in vitro assays of juvenile hormone biosynthesis and for extended corporaAllata culture.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(OpenAlex)
Sources: NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1997 journal article
Lipophorin: A hemolymph juvenile hormone binding protein in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 27(7), 663–670.
Contributors: V. Sevala n, J. Bachmann n & n
author keywords: Blattella germanica; lipophorin; juvenile hormone; binding protein; hemolymph; pyriproxyfen; fenoxycarb; pheromone; photoactivation
TL;DR:
Competitive displacement studies with racemic JH III, JH I, cuticular hydrocarbon, contact sex pheromone, and the JH analogs pyriproxyfen, fenoxycarb, and hydroprene showed that only JHIII readily displaced [ 3 H](10 R )JH III from the binding site.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1997 chapter
Neural and endocrine control of pheromone production and release in cockroaches
In A. K. M. R. T. Carde (Ed.), Insect pheromone research: new directions (pp. 3–20).
Ed(s): A. R. T. Carde
TL;DR:
The bulk of recent work on regulation of pheromone production in insects, as well as emphasis in the present volume, is on humoral pheromonotropins, particularly the phersomone biosynthesis activating neuropeptides (PBAN) and related myotropic peptides with homologous carboxyl-terminal amino acids.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(OpenAlex)
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1997 journal article
Relative significance of direct ingestion and adult-mediated translocation of bait to German cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae) nymphs
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 90(5), 1073–1079.
Contributors: R. Kopanic n & n
author keywords: Blattella germanica; coprophagy; horizontal toxicant transfer; bait
TL;DR:
It is concluded that horizontal toxicant transfer is a key factor in suppression of cockroach pest populations, especially 1st instars, which forage infrequently and are least vulnerable to direct contact with insecticides, are most susceptible to this type of insecticide translocation.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1997 journal article
Reproductive biology of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica: Juvenile hormone as a pleiotropic master regulator
ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY, 35(4), 405–426.
Contributors: n , G. Holbrook n, J. Bachmann n & V. Sevala n
author keywords: cockroach; corpora allata; juvenile hormone; JH analog; food intake; ovary; Blattella germanica
TL;DR:
Observations suggest that JH might regulate sexual receptivity in females indirectly through inhibition of signals associated with copulation even when titers of JH are permissive for receptivity.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1996 journal article
Allatostatin inhibition and farnesol stimulation of corpus allatum activity in embryos of the viviparous cockroach, Diploptera punctata
ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY, 32(3-4), 341–352.
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
1996 journal article
Benefits of cleaning products containing the repellent methyl neodecanamide against Blattella germanica (L.)
International Pest Control, 38(3), 88–91.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 29, 2021
1995 journal article
Application of chiral gas chromatography with electroantennographic detection to the determination of the stereochemistry of a cockroach sex pheromone.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 92(4), 1033–1037.
author keywords: SUPELLA LONGIPALPA; (2'R,4'R)-SUPELLAPYRONE; CHIRAL RESOLUTION
MeSH headings : Animals; Chromatography, Gas / methods; Cockroaches / chemistry; Electrochemistry; Female; Male; Sex Attractants / chemistry; Sex Attractants / isolation & purification; Stereoisomerism
TL;DR:
By using this methodology, supellapyrone, a female sex pheromone of the brownbanded cockroach Supella longipalpa, is shown to be 5-(2'R,4'R-dimethylheptanyl)-3-methyl-2H-pyran-2-one.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
1995 journal article
BIOSYNTHESIS OF HYDROCARBONS AND CONTACT SEX-PHEROMONE AND THEIR TRANSPORT BY LIPOPHORIN IN FEMALES OF THE GERMAN-COCKROACH (BLATTELLA-GERMANICA)
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 41(3), 257–267.
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
1995 journal article
HORMONAL-CONTROL OF SEXUAL RECEPTIVITY IN COCKROACHES
EXPERIENTIA, 51(9-10), 994–998.
Contributors: n & A. Chiang *
author keywords: SEXUAL RECEPTIVITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE HORMONE; COCKROACH
MeSH headings : Animals; Cockroaches / physiology; Copulation / physiology; Corpora Allata / physiology; Female; Juvenile Hormones / physiology; Male; Sexual Behavior, Animal / physiology
TL;DR:
A re-examination of the role of the CA in the maturation of male sexual readiness shows that, while sexual behavior develops in the absence of JH in both B. germanica andSupella longipalpa, JH accelerates the expression of sexual readiness.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
1994 journal article
Cyclic volumetric changes in corpus allatum cells in relation to juvenile hormone biosynthesis during ovarian cycles in cockroaches
Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 27(1), 53–64.
Contributors: A. Chiang * & *
author keywords: ENDOCRINE GLAND DEVELOPMENT; CELL SIZE; EGG CASE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE
TL;DR:
In cockroaches, cell volume, and not CA cell number, is a better predictor of JH biosynthetic activity, according to the precise relationship between volume of CA cells andJH biosynthesis in oviparous and viviparious cockroachs.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
1994 journal article
Patterns of biosynthesis and accumulation of hydrocarbons and contact sex pheromone in the female german cockroach,Blattella germanica
Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 25(4), 375–391.
Contributors: * , X. Gu *, E. Burns* & G. Blomquist *
author keywords: PHEROMONE BIOSYNTHESIS; HYDROCARBON BIOSYNTHESIS; METHYL KETONE BIOSYNTHESIS; OVARIAN DEVELOPMENT; FEEDING
MeSH headings : Aging; Animals; Cockroaches / physiology; Female; Hydrocarbons / metabolism; Ketones / metabolism; Male; Oocytes / physiology; Organ Specificity; Ovulation; Pheromones / biosynthesis; Pheromones / metabolism; Propionates / metabolism
TL;DR:
Pheromone production is normally regulated by stage-specific feeding-induced hydrocarbon synthesis (precursor accumulation internally) and juvenile hormone-induced conversion of hydrocarbon to pheromones, suggesting that both the cuticle and the ovaries might be target sites for hydrocarbon and possibly methyl ketone deposition.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
1993 journal article
ROLE OF THE BRAIN IN JUVENILE-HORMONE SYNTHESIS AND OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT - EFFECTS OF DIETARY-PROTEIN IN THE COCKROACH BLATTELLA-GERMANICA (L)
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 39(4), 303–313.
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
1993 journal article
SEX-PHEROMONE FOR THE BROWNBANDED COCKROACH IS AN UNUSUAL DIALKYL-SUBSTITUTED ALPHA-PYRONE
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 90(21), 10202–10205.
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
1993 journal article
Volatile sex pheromone in the female German cockroach
Experientia, 49(4), 324–328.
author keywords: SEX PHEROMONE; GERMAN COCKROACH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONE GLAND; ATTRACTANT
TL;DR:
Using behavioral and electrophysiological assays, the site of pheromone production is localized on the tenth abdominal tergite where an adult female-specific gland is found and females whose glands were ablated were significantly less attractive to males than sham-operated control females.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
1992 journal article
BIOSYNTHESIS AND ENDOCRINE CONTROL OF THE PRODUCTION OF THE GERMAN-COCKROACH SEX-PHEROMONE 3,11-DIMETHYLNONACOSAN-2-ONE
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 89(13), 6050–6054.
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
1992 conference paper
Chemical communication in cockroaches
In W. H. Robinson (Ed.), Proceedings of the National Conference on Urban Entomology (pp. 103–114).
Ed(s): W. Robinson
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 29, 2021
1992 journal article
SITE OF PHEROMONE PRODUCTION IN FEMALE SUPELLA-LONGIPALPA (DICTYOPTERA, BLATTELLIDAE) - BEHAVIORAL, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL, AND MORPHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 85(5), 605–611.
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
1991 journal article
DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATION OF JUVENILE-HORMONE SYNTHESIS - OVARIAN SYNCHRONIZATION OF VOLUMETRIC CHANGES OF CORPUS ALLATUM CELLS IN COCKROACHES
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY, 75(2), 141–147.
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
1990 journal article
A new component of the female sex pheromone ofBlattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae) and interaction with other pheromone components
Journal of Chemical Ecology, 16(6), 1997–2008.
Contributors: * , E. Burns *, R. Jurenka * & G. Blomquist *
TL;DR:
Differences between behavioral and analytical assays of pheromone are discussed, and independence of activity of each component and lack of synergism are discussed.
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Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
1990 chapter
Biochemistry and Endocrine Regulation of Sex Pheromone Production in the Housefly and German Cockroach
In Molecular Insect Science (pp. 231–242).
TL;DR:
This phenomenon appears to exist in the housefly, Musca domestica, and the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, as hormone control of several enzymes could account for alteration of the products of cuticular lipid biosynthesis to produce the female-specific sex pheromone components.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 5, 2020
1983 thesis
Behavioral and Physiological Ecology and Community Structure of Tropical Cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattaria)
(Ph.D. Dissertation). University of Kansas.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 29, 2021
1983 chapter
Blaberus giganteus and Xestoblatta hamata: Examples of behavioral diversity of tropical cockroaches
In D. Janzen (Ed.), Costa Rican Natural History (pp. 693–696). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Ed(s): D. Janzen
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 29, 2021
1982 journal article
Disturbance stridulation and chemical defence in nymphs of the tropical cockroach Megaloblatta blaberoides
Journal of Insect Physiology, 28(6), 541–552.
TL;DR:
Coupling of acoustic warning, bright colour patterns, and chemical defence constitutes a multi-modal aposematic display which may be effective both nocturnally and diurnally against potential predators.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
1982 journal article
Ecological Correlates of Paternal Investment of Urates in a Tropical Cockroach
Science, 218(4568), 170–173.
TL;DR:
Females of the tropical cockroach Xestoblatta hamata feed on urates offered by the male after copulation and ingest and transfer to their maturing oocytes more male-derived uric acid than do females on high-protein diets.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: December 30, 2019
journal article
Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence for volatile sex pheromones in Parcoblatta wood cockroaches.
Gemeno, C., Snook, K., Benda, N., & Schal, C. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 29(1), 37–54.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
journal article
Ecological succession of adult necrophilous insects on neonate Sus scrofa domesticus in central North Carolina
Cruise, A., Watson, D. W., & Sobel, C. PLoS One, 13(4).
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
review
Evolution of the indoor biome
Martin, L. J., Adams, R. L., Bateman, A., Bik, H. M., Hawks, J., Hird, S. M., … Munshi-South, J. [Review of ]. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 30(4), 223–232.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
journal article
Genetic architecture of natural variation in cuticular hydrocarbon composition in Drosophila melanogaster
Dembeck, L. M., Boroczky, K., Huang, W., Schal, C., Anholt, R. R. H., & Mackay, T. F. C. Elife, 4.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
journal article
Hemimetabolous genomes reveal molecular basis of termite eusociality
Harrison, M. C., Jongepier, E., Robertson, H. M., Arning, N., Bitard-Feildel, T., Chao, H., … Kemena, C. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(3), 557–566.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
journal article
Hydrocarbon synthesis by enzymatically dissociated oenocytes of the abdominal integument of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica.
Fan, Y.-L., Zurek, L., Dykstra, M. J., & Schal, C. Naturwissenschaften (Berlin, Germany), 90(3), 121–126.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
journal article
Obp56h modulates mating behavior in Drosophila melanogaster
Shorter, J. R., Dembeck, L. M., Everett, L. J., Morozova, T. V., Arya, G. H., Turlapati, L., … Anholt, R. R. H. G3-Genes Genomes Genetics, 6(10), 3335–3342.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
chapter
Regulation of pheromone biosynthesis, transport, and emission in cockroaches
Schal, C., & Fan, Y. In G. Blomquist & R. Vogt (Eds.), Insect pheromone biochemistry and molecular biology: The biosynthesis and detection of pheromones and plant volatiles (pp. 283–322). Amsterdam; Boston: Elsevier Academic Press.
Ed(s): . G. Blomquist & R. Vogt
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
journal article
Something to sneeze at
Gore, J. C., & Schal, C. Pest Control Technology, 33(4), 90.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
journal article
The mitogenome of the bed bug Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
Kolokotronis, S. O., Foox, J., Rosenfeld, J. A., Brugler, M. R., Reeves, D., Benoit, J. B., … Mason, C. E. Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources, 1, 425–427.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
journal article
Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome
Benoit, J. B., Adelman, Z. N., Reinhardt, K., Dolan, A., Poelchau, M., Jennings, E. C., … Menegazzi, P. Nature Communications, 7.
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Added: August 6, 2018
Employment
Updated: December 30th, 2019 21:32
1993 - present
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Blanton J. Whitmire Distinguished Professor
Entomology
1988 - 1993
Rutgers University New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ, US
Associate Professor
Entomology
1984 - 1988
Rutgers University New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ, US
Assistant Professor
Entomology
1982 - 1984
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA, US
Post-Doctoral researcher
Entomology
Education
Updated: December 30th, 2019 21:24
1976 - 1983
University of Kansas Lawrence, KS, US
PhD
Entomology
1972 - 1976
State University of New York Albany, NY, US
B.S.
Biology
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