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SUBMITTER: Zhang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7935888 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Jiwei J Li Shenglong S Li Wanshun W Chen Zhiwei Z Guo Huizhen H Liu Jianqiu J Xu Yajing Y Xiao Yingdan Y Zhang Liying L Arunkumar Kallare P KP Smagghe Guy G Xia Qingyou Q Goldsmith Marian R MR Takeda Makio M Mita Kazuei K
Communications biology 20210305 1
Voracious feeding, trans-continental migration and insecticide resistance make Spodoptera litura among the most difficult Asian agricultural pests to control. Larvae exhibit strong circadian behavior, feeding actively at night and hiding in soil during daytime. The daily pattern of larval metabolism was reversed, with higher transcription levels of genes for digestion (amylase, protease, lipase) and detoxification (CYP450s, GSTs, COEs) in daytime than at night. To investigate the control of thes ...[more]