Wolbachia infections in world populations of bean beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) infesting cultivated and wild legumes.

Wolbachia endosymbionts are widespread among insects and other arthropods, often causing cytoplasmic incompatibility and other reproductive phenotypes in their hosts. Recently, possibilities of Wolbachia-mediated pest control and management have been proposed, and the bean beetles of the subfamily Bruchinae are known as serious pests of harvested and stored beans worldwide. Here we investigated Wolbachia infections in bean beetles from the world, representing seven genera, 20 species and 87 populations.

Modeling population dynamics of two cockroach species: effects of the circadian clock, interspecific competition and pest control.

The German cockroach Blattella germanica is obviously one of the most spread household pests in the world, and is now virtually impossible to sustain outside human constructions. The double-striped cockroach B. bisignata, on the other hand, is limited to Southeast Asia and mostly living in the open space, yet is able to establish in cockroach-free households, too.

Apvasa marks germ-cell migration in the parthenogenetic pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea).

In the parthenogenetic and viviparous pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum, germline specification depends on the germ plasm localized to the posterior region of the egg chamber before the formation of the blastoderm. During blastulation, germline segregation occurs at the egg posterior, and in early gastrulation germ cells are pushed inward by the invaginating germ band. Previous studies suggest that germ cells remain dorsal in the embryo in subsequent developmental stages.

Characterization of resistance to Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) in mungbean variety VC6089A and its resistance-associated protein VrD1.

Characteristics of resistance of VC6089A, a mungbean, Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek, bred by using a wild Vigna species, V. sublobata (Roxburgh) Verdcourt (accession no.

Testing and mapping non-stationarity in animal behavioral processes: a case study on an individual female bean weevil.

Statistical analysis based on two characteristics of a small-world network, and on Lempel-Ziv's measure of Kolmogorov-Chaitin's algorithmic complexity are first proposed to scan through an individual behavioral sequence for possible existence of non-stationarity. Due to fixed window width, these tests have drawbacks in mapping out regions of non-stationarity. A non-parametric approach based on sparse coding schemes is employed to segment the whole behavioral sequence into unequal length segments, thus resultant avoiding further efforts for grouping.