A dose of experimental hormesis: When mild stress protects and improves animal performance

R Berry III, G López-Martínez - … and Physiology Part A: Molecular & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The adaptive response characterized by a biphasic curve is known as hormesis. In a
hormesis framework, exposure to low doses leads to protective and beneficial responses …

A global environmental health perspective and optimisation of stress

E Agathokleous, EJ Calabrese - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The phrase “what doesn't kill us makes us stronger” suggests the possibility that living
systems have evolved a spectrum of adaptive mechanisms resulting in a biological stress …

Plant hormesis and Shelford's tolerance law curve

EA Erofeeva - Journal of Forestry Research, 2021 - Springer
Shelford's law of tolerance is illustrated by a bell-shaped curve depicting the relationship
between environmental factor/factors' intensity and its favorability for species or populations …

Sterile insect technique and Wolbachia symbiosis as potential tools for the control of the invasive species Drosophila suzukii

K Nikolouli, H Colinet, D Renault, T Enriquez… - Journal of pest …, 2018 - Springer
Drosophila suzukii, a vinegar fly originated from Southeast Asia, has recently invaded
western countries, and it has been recognized as an important threat of a wide variety of …

Environmental hormesis, a fundamental non-monotonic biological phenomenon with implications in ecotoxicology and environmental safety

E Agathokleous - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2018 - Elsevier
The biological response of individual organisms or groups of organisms to stress is crucial in
several scientific disciplines, and hormesis is the most appropriate concept for studying dose …

Optimization of irradiation dose to Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus in a sterile insect technique program

JG Bond, AR Osorio, N Avila, Y Gómez-Simuta… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The sterile insect technique (SIT) may offer a means to control the transmission of mosquito
borne diseases. SIT involves the release of male insects that have been sterilized by …

Cross‐protection interactions in insect pests: Implications for pest management in a changing climate

EM Bueno, CL McIlhenny… - Pest Management …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural insect pests display an exceptional ability to adapt quickly to natural and
anthropogenic stressors. Emerging evidence suggests that frequent and varied sources of …

Intestinal probiotics restore the ecological fitness decline of Bactrocera dorsalis by irradiation

Z Cai, Z Yao, Y Li, Z **, K Bourtzis, Z Zhao… - Evolutionary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The sterile insect technique (SIT) as an eco‐friendly and reliable strategy has been used to
control populations of insect pests of agricultural, veterinary and human health importance …

Sublethal concentrations of imidacloprid increase reproduction, alter expression of detoxification genes, and prime Myzus persicae for subsequent stress

RR Rix, MM Ayyanath, G Christopher Cutler - Journal of pest science, 2016 - Springer
Hormesis, a biphasic phenomenon characterized by low-dose stimulation and high-dose
inhibition following exposure to stress, has been reported in many different insects exposed …

Harnessing the potential of cross-protection stressor interactions for conservation: a review

EM Rodgers, DF Gomez Isaza - Conservation Physiology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Conservation becomes increasingly complex as climate change exacerbates the multitude
of stressors that organisms face. To meet this challenge, multiple stressor research is rapidly …