Publications by authors named "Xueming Cai"

The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae), is a worldwide citrus pest. It transmits the pathogen Candidatus Liberibacter spp. of Huanglongbing (HLB), causing severe economic losses to the citrus industry.

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The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a destructive agricultural pest that seriously threatens global food security. Insecticide resistance of this pest has gradually formed in recent years due to improper usage, and alternative methods are badly needed. Toosendanin (TSN) is a botanical compound with broad-spectrum insecticidal activities against many pests.

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The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a polyphagous pest worldwide and feeds on many grain and cash crops, which threatens the safety of agriculture and forestry production. Toosendanin (TSN) is a commercial insecticidal active ingredient used to manage various pests in the field and showed adverse effects against S. frugiperda, while the effects of TSN on the larval midguts are not yet known.

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The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a highly polyphagous agricultural pest that is widely distributed around the world and causes severe crop yield loss. Carvacrol showed adverse effects on many pests, such as larval death and growth inhibition. While the effects of carvacrol on S.

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Background: Diaphorina citri Kuwayama is an important citrus pest. It serves as the vector for the transmission of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), which induced a destructive disease, Huanglongbing, and caused huge economic losses. During the interaction between insects and plants, insects have evolved a series of mechanisms to adapt to various host plants.

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As a destructive agricultural pest, Spodoptera frugiperda has spread worldwide in the past few years. Azadirachtin, an environmentally friendly and most promising compound, showed adverse effects, including mortality and growth inhibition, against S. frugiperda.

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Spodoptera frugiperda is a highly polyphagous pest worldwide with a wide host range that causes serious losses to many economically important crops. Recently, insect-microbe associations have become a hot spot in current entomology research, and the midgut microbiome of S. frugiperda has been investigated, while the effects of cruciferous vegetables remain unknown.

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Article Synopsis
  • Induced multipotent stem (iMS) cells can be created from somatic cells through genetic or epigenetic modifications, and fish oocyte extracts (FOE) have previously been shown to successfully induce skin fibroblast cells into iMS cells.
  • This study explores whether FOE can also induce mouse peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) into the iMS state and assesses their survival after transplantation into irradiated female mice.
  • Results indicated that FOE-induced PBMCs not only exhibited stem cell markers but also led to significantly higher spleen wet weights and colony counts in the recipient mice, with the presence of Y chromosomes confirming the survival of the transplanted cells.
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