Frozen section and electron microscopy studies of the infection of the red palm weevil, (coleoptera:curculionidae) by the entomopathogenic fungus .

This study determined the pathogenicity of strain SD-3 against invasive red palm weevil (RPW), Olivier (coleoptera:curculionidae) larvae in Hainan Province, China. Inoculation of 1 × 10 conidia/mL caused 100 % mortality of , indicating that the conidia of strain SD-3 were highly virulent. The process of invasion mechanism was showed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and frozen section as follows.

Screening of tropical isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae for virulence to the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).

The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a serious pest of the palm tree in tropical regions of the world. One strain of Metarhizium sp. ZJ-1, isolated from Chinese soils, was evaluated for growth characteristics, and screened for its virulence to R.

Construction and significance analysis of the MicroRNA expression profile of Hemerocallis fulva at low temperature.

MicroRNA (miRNA) identification was performed in Hemerocallis fulva by high-throughput sequencing in combination with bioinformatics prediction. A total of 14,843,184 and 16,072,575 RNA sequences were explored under normal and low temperature conditions, respectively. There was a significant difference in RNAs species and quantity between the two samples.