FUNGICIDES REDUCE THE ABUNDANCE OF YEAST-LIKE SYMBIONTS AND SURVIVAL OF WHITE-BACKED PLANTHOPPER SOGATELLA FURCIFERA (HOMOPTERA: DELPHACIDAE)

Fungicides Reduce the Abundance of Yeast-like Symbionts and Survival of White-Backed Planthopper Sogatella furcifera (Homoptera: Delphacidae)

The white-backed planthopper (WBPH) Sogatella furcifera is one of the most harmful pests of rice in Southeast Asia.The fat body of WBPH harbors intracellular yeast-like symbionts (YLS).YLS are vertically transmitted to WBPH offspring by transovarial infection.YLS play an important role in the WBPH life cycle.YLS diversity and function have been ext

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Primary EBV infection induces an expression profile distinct from other viruses but similar to hemophagocytic syndromes.

Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) causes infectious mononucleosis and establishes lifelong infection associated with cancer and autoimmune disease.To better understand immunity to EBV, we performed a prospective study of natural infection in healthy humans.Transcriptome analysis defined a striking and reproducible expression profile Wall Art during acute in

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Examining the Aftereffects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans: A Qualitative Study of Faculty and Staff Perceptions

Researchers have reported how Hurricane Katrina has affected teachers who work with Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-12), yet little is known about how the natural disaster has affected other important Saute Pans K-12 faculty and staff (e.g., coaches, librarians, school counselors, and cafeteria workers).Missing from the literature is the impact that th

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Population size estimation of chirp and grunt generating fish and mammals using cross-correlation based technique with three acoustic sensors

Passive acoustic monitoring has the potential to be a useful tool for population estimation of sound-producing fish and mammals (mostly whales).Previous work on population Sleep Bottoms estimates of callers employed a simple cross-correlation technique with recordings from two acoustic sensors, and the current work extends the technique to two conf

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