More than six decades after the onset of wide-scale commercial use of synthetic pesticides
and more than fifty years after Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, pesticides, particularly …

Insects possess beneficial and nuisance values in the context of the agricultural sector and
human life around them. An ensemble of gut symbionts assists insects to adapt to diverse …

The exploration of new niches for microorganisms capable of degrading recalcitrant
molecules is still required. We hypothesized the gut microbiota associated with insect …

During herbivory, insects recognize their host plant based on specific chemical cues,
whereas the plants induce various chemical and morphological defense responses to resist …

Pesticide use is prevalent with applications from the backyard gardener to large-scale
agriculture and combatting pests in homes and industrial settings. Alongside the need to …

To stop the antimicrobial resistance crisis, there is an urgent need for increased investment
in antimicrobial research and development. Currently, many researchers are focussing on …

Maternally inherited bacterial symbionts are present in many, if not most, insect species.
While there is rapidly accumulating evidence that facultative, heritable symbionts often …

Here we review discoveries of secondary metabolites from microbes associated with insects.
We mainly focus on natural products, where the ecological role has been at least partially …

Theory generally predicts that host specialisation and dispersal should evolve jointly.
Indeed, many models predict that specialists should be poor dispersers to avoid landing on …

Background The invasive fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) is a
polyphagous pest that causes widespread damage particularly to maize and sorghum in …