Ecology and Conservation: Recent submissions
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The role of the Bemisia tabaci and Trialeurodes vaporariorum cytochrome-P450 clade CYP6DPx in resistance to nicotine and neonicotinoids
(Elsevier, 12 December 2023)The alkaloid, nicotine, produced by tobacco and other Solanaceae as an anti-herbivore defence chemical is one of the most toxic natural insecticides in nature. However, some insects, such as the whitefly species, Trialeurodes ... -
The molecular determinants of pesticide sensitivity in bee pollinators
(Elsevier, 19 January 2024)Bees carry out vital ecosystem services by pollinating both wild and economically important crop plants. However, while performing this function, bee pollinators may encounter potentially harmful xenobiotics in the environment ... -
A cytochrome P450 insecticide detoxification mechanism is not conserved across the Megachilidae family of bees
(Wiley, 6 December 2023)Recent work has demonstrated that many bee species have specific cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s) that can efficiently detoxify certain insecticides. The presence of these P450s, belonging or closely related to the CYP9Q ... -
Dual mutations in the whitefly nicotinic acetylcholine receptor β1 subunit confer target-site resistance to multiple neonicotinoid insecticides
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 20 February 2024)Neonicotinoid insecticides, which target insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), have been widely and intensively used to control the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, a highly damaging, globally distributed, crop pest. ... -
Characterizing personalized ecologies
(Wiley / Zoological Society of London, 13 March 2024)People have unique sets of direct sensory interactions with wild species, which change through their days, weeks, seasons and lifetimes. Despite having important influences on their health and wellbeing and their attitudes ...