Publications by authors named "Wenbo Yue"

Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) is a horticultural pest known for its overwhelming destructive power. Our previous study showed that dinotefuran significantly inhibited the feeding behavior of F. occidentalis on kidney bean plants.

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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common chronic liver diseases and is associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Both docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) play essential roles in lipid metabolism and the inhibition of amyloid-β (Aβ) accumulation. We aimed to explore the possible association between cerebral Aβ deposition and the development of NAFLD and to investigate the effect of DHA combined with MCTs on delaying NAFLD progression and Aβ accumulation.

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Establishing the relationship between catalytic performance and material structure is crucial for developing design principles for highly active catalysts. Herein, a type of perovskite fluoride, NHMnF, which owns strong-field coordination including fluorine and ammonia, is in situ grown on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and used as a model structure to study and improve the intrinsic catalytic activity through heteroatom doping strategies. This approach optimizes spin-dependent orbital interactions to alter the charge transfer between the catalyst and reactants.

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Spodoptera frugiperda is a major invasive pest that poses a serious threat to crops worldwide. Low temperature is a key factor limiting the survival and reproduction for this pest. To study the responses of S.

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  • * The study found that cold-resistant substances in the larvae vary by month; lipid levels peak in December and January, while the lowest water content occurs in January.
  • * Silencing two specific genes, Eol1 and Epl1, led to a significant drop in lipid content and larval survival, demonstrating the importance of lipids in helping these larvae withstand cold conditions.
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  • The microbial composition in the guts of western flower thrips (WFT) is influenced by their diet, affecting both their food habits and the gut bacteria present.
  • A study analyzed gut bacteria from WFT feeding on different plant parts, revealing that those on rose flowers had the highest bacterial diversity, while those on kidney bean pods showed the greatest abundance.
  • Dominant gut microbes included Proteobacteria across all populations, with diet-specific variations in other bacteria, indicating that diet significantly shapes the gut microbiota in WFT and could impact their ecological adaptability.
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Background: The western flower thrips (WFT), Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), is a significant pest in horticulture and ornamental agriculture. While exogenous calcium (Ca) has been shown to confer plant immune responses against thrips, the detailed mechanisms of this interaction remain to be elucidated for improved thrips management strategies. This study aimed to assess the impact of exogenous Ca on WFT feeding behavior and to explore its role in enhancing the defense mechanisms of kidney bean plants against WFT attacks.

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Background: The method of semi-supervised semantic segmentation entails training with a limited number of labeled samples alongside many unlabeled samples, aiming to reduce dependence on pixel-level annotations. Most semi-supervised semantic segmentation methods primarily focus on sample augmentation in spatial dimensions to reduce the shortage of labeled samples. These methods tend to ignore the structural information of objects.

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The most reported two-dimensional (2D) reconfigurable multivalued logic (RMVL) devices primarily involve a planar configuration and carrier transport, which limits the high-density circuit integration and high-speed logic operation. In this work, the vertical transistors with reconfigurable MoTe homojunction are developed for low-power, high-speed, multivalued logic circuits. Through top/bottom dual-gate modulation, the transistors can be configured into four modes: P-i-N, N-i-P, P-i-P, and N-i-N.

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Environmental exposures are the main cause of cancer, and their carcinogenicity has not been fully evaluated, identifying potential carcinogens that have not been evaluated is critical for safety. This study is the first to propose a weight of evidence (WoE) approach based on computational methods to prioritize potential carcinogens. Computational methods such as read across, structural alert, (Quantitative) structure-activity relationship and chemical-disease association were evaluated and integrated.

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Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) is a typical omnivorous insect that feeds on host plants, pollens and mite eggs, and poses a threat to crops worldwide. The insulin signalling pathway (ISP) is a typical nutrient-sensitive pathway that participates in the regulation of various functions in insects. Serine/threonine kinases (AKTs) and phosphoinositide-dependent kinases (PDKs) are key components of the ISP.

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  • Lithium-sulfur batteries are promising for higher energy density and lower costs, but face challenges like the "shuttle effect" and sulfur's volume expansion during charging, which limit their use.
  • Researchers created a new sulfur host using bimetallic NiFe hydroxide modified carbon nanotubes (NiFe-CNT@S) to enhance performance by improving conductivity and reducing the shuttle effect caused by lithium polysulfides.
  • The NiFe-CNT@S material shows a high initial capacity of 1010 mAh/g and maintains a capacity of 876 mAh/g after 500 charge-discharge cycles, indicating strong stability and durability compared to traditional sulfur supports.
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Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is an agricultural pest threatening various horticultural crops worldwide. Inducing plant resistance is an ecologically beneficial and potentially effective method for controlling F. occidentalis.

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  • Frankliniella occidentalis, a pest affecting rose plants, was studied to see how different food sources (rose petals, rose flowers, and a combination of honey and kidney bean pods) impacted its growth and reproduction.
  • Results showed that the thrips developed fastest when fed rose flowers, while their longevity and reproduction rates were highest with the same food.
  • The study concluded that the food source significantly affects thrips' development, longevity, and reproduction, indicating that nectar and pollen can enhance their population growth.
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(Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is a serious invasive pest in China. In this study, we determined whether exogenous jasmonic acid (JA) and ethylene (ET) treatments could induce resistance against in faba bean plants. First, we investigated the effects of different concentrations of JA or ET alone on and then assessed the effects of optimal concentrations of JA and ET combined.

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The development and reproduction of the fall armyworm (FAW), , which were reared on artificial diets containing nano-graphene oxide (GO), were determined based on age-stage, two-sex life table analysis. The results showed that GO had adverse effects on FAWs. Compared with the control, the duration of the egg stage and first, second, and sixth instar larval stages increased with increasing GO concentrations; however, the lifespan of male and female adults decreased with increasing GO concentrations.

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The western flower thrips, Pergande, is an invasive pest that damages agricultural and horticultural crops. The induction of plant defenses and RNA interference (RNAi) technology are potent pest control strategies. This study investigated whether the anti-adaptive ability of .

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Western flower thrips () pose a serious threat to the global vegetable and flower crop production. The regulatory mechanism for superoxide dismutase (SOD) in the feeding adaptation of after host shifting remains unclear. In this study, the copper chaperone for SOD () and manganese SOD () genes in were cloned, and their expression levels at different developmental stages was determined.

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The western flower thrip (WFT) Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) is a serious agricultural pest with a wide host range which has developed resistance to several groups of insecticides. In this study, the effect of insecticide resistance on WFT host adaptability was explored by examining changes in detoxification enzyme activities and thrip development, and reproduction on preferred and less preferred host plants, eggplant Solanum melongena L. and broad bean Vicia faba L.

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The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, is a major invasive pest of commercially important crops worldwide. We compared the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), and catalase (CAT) and the expressions of two putative SOD and two putative POD sequences in second instar larvae and adults after three generations of adaptation to kidney bean and broad bean plants. The results showed that the SOD, POD, and CAT activities in adults were significantly higher than those in the second instar larvae.

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Solving the polysulfide shuttle problem is one of the core challenges for the industrialization of lithium-sulfur batteries. In this work, a triphasic composite of LDH/sulfur/rGO (LDH: layered double hydroxide, rGO: reduced graphene oxide) with a crepe cake like structure is designed and fabricated as a positive electrode material for lithium-sulfur batteries. Sulfur nanoparticles are embedded in the interlayer space of the composite and thus are well protected physically three-dimensional wrapping and chemically strong interaction of LDH nanoflakes with lithium polysulfides, such as ionic bonds and S···H hydrogen bonds.

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A new species of entomopathogenic fungi, , was discovered from a survey of invertebrate-associated fungi in the Yao Ren National Forest Mountain Park in China. The synnemata of this species emerged from the corpse of a stemborer (Lepidoptera), which was hidden amongst pieces of wood on the forest floor. It differs from morphologically similar species mainly in its short conidiogenous cells and ellipsoid to ovoid and aseptate conidia.

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  • Porous carbon materials, especially platinum@nitrogen-doped carbon nanospheres (Pt@NMCs), are gaining interest for their effectiveness as catalyst supports in fuel cells, particularly in the oxidation of different alcohols.
  • The study highlights that the tailored mesopores and nitrogen doping in these carbon nanospheres enhance their electrocatalytic activity and durability.
  • Adjusting the pore size of the NMCs can significantly influence the performance and selectivity of platinum catalysts for alcohol oxidation, allowing for optimization based on specific needs and applications.
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Two-dimensional (2D) materials, such as graphene, inorganic oxides, and hydroxides, are one of the most extensively studied classes of materials due to their unilamellar crystallites or nanosheet structures. In this study, instead of using the universal exfoliation method of the bulky crystal precursor, 2D crystals/nanosheets of MgAl-layered double hydroxides (LDHs) were synthesized in formamide. We propose that the obtained crystals are unilamellar according to the XRD, TEM, and AFM observations.

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  • Advanced anode materials, particularly metal oxides like Fe3O4, are essential for improving lithium-ion batteries but often face challenges like poor conductivity and severe volume changes during use.
  • The study introduces a novel self-assembly method to create a graphene-Fe3O4@carbon composite with a sandwich structure, which enhances electrochemical performance, yielding higher capacity and better stability.
  • This innovative approach allows for controllable Fe3O4 particle size and adjustable content, potentially benefiting other high-performance battery designs and electrochemical devices.
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