Deep learning models can accelerate the processing of image-based biodiversity data and provide educational value by giving direct feedback to citizen scientists. However, the training of such models requires large amounts of labelled data and not al...
As a typical pest affecting corn yield and safety, corn borer causes serious economic losses worldwide. Climate warming has intensified the occurrence of pest outbreaks in recent years, but the associated risk has not been precisely assessed or under...
BACKGROUND: There is a pressing need to create innovative alternative treatment approaches considering the overuse of antifungal drugs causes the number of clinically isolated fluconazole-resistant species to increase. antimicrobial peptide (GmAMP)...
BACKGROUND: The almond moth, Cadra cautella (Walker), is a significant pest of stored products globally, causing severe damage and contamination. This insect was reported to have attraction towards light and this phenomenon can be exploited for its m...
International journal of molecular sciences
Mar 5, 2025
During their lives, insects must cope with a plethora of chemicals, of which a few will have an impact at the behavioral level. To detect these chemicals, insects use several protein families located in their main olfactory organs, the antennae. Insi...
Inching-locomotion caterpillars (ILAR) inspire the design of 'inch-worm' robots with biomimicry features, that can be adapted to different environments, such as natural, man-made, or other planets. Therefore, this work defines a novel mathematical me...
BACKGROUND: Rice leafroller is a serious threat to the production of rice. Monitoring the damage caused by rice leafroller is essential for effective pest management. Owing to limitations in collecting decent quality images and high-performing identi...
Macroevolution can be regarded as the result of evolutionary changes of synergistically acting genes. Unfortunately, the importance of these genes in macroevolution is difficult to assess and hence the identification of macroevolutionary key genes is...
Odor-source localization, by which one finds the source of an odor by detecting the odor itself, is an important ability to possess in order to search for leaking gases, explosives, and disaster survivors. Although many animals possess this ability, ...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious disease that has claimed the lives of millions of people worldwide in the last 2 years. Because of the disease's rapid spread, it is critical to diagnose it at an early stage in order to redu...
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