Plant viruses threaten crop yield and quality; thus, efficient and accurate pathogen diagnostics
are critical for crop disease management and control. Recent advances in sequencing …

The genomes and transcriptomes of hundreds of insects have been sequenced. However,
insect community lacks an integrated, up-to-date collection of insect gene data. Here, we …

The codling moth Cydia pomonella, a major invasive pest of pome fruit, has spread around
the globe in the last half century. We generated a chromosome-level scaffold assembly …

Background The functional repertoire of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) has been
characterized in several model organisms, demonstrating that lncRNA plays important roles in …

The rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis, is one of the most damaging insect pests to rice
production worldwide. Although C. suppressalis has been the focus of numerous studies …

ChiloDB is an integrated resource that will be of use to the rice stem borer research community.
The rice striped stem borer (SSB), Chilo suppressalis Walker, is a major rice pest that …

To cope with temperature fluctuations, molecular thermosensors in animals play a pivotal
role in accurately sensing ambient temperature. Transient receptor potential melastatin 8 (…

Background Insecticide resistance is a substantial problem in controlling agricultural and
medical pests. Detecting target site mutations is crucial to manage insecticide resistance. …

DNA methylation is an ancient epigenetic modification present in all three domains of life.
However, the understanding of DNA methylation in insects is limited. Here, we amplified the full…

Background Parasitoid wasps are well-known natural enemies of major agricultural pests
and arthropod borne diseases. The parasitoid wasp Macrocentrus cingulum (Hymenoptera: …