Systemic identification and analyses of genes potentially involved in chemosensory in the devastating tea pest Basilepta melanopus.

Basilepta melanopus is a serious insect pest of tea plantations in southern China. This tea pest poses a great threat to the tea industry in China. No effective and environmentally friendly methods have been established to control this pest at present.

Electroantennogram responses of the tea slug moth, Iragoides fasciata to some plant volatiles associated with tea, Camellia sinensis.

Electroantennogram responses to a wide range of plant volatile compounds that have been identified in tea plants Camellia sinensis L. (Ericales: Theaceae) were recorded from males and females of the tea slug moth, Iragoides fasciata Moore (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae). The responses to 26 compounds, belonging to several chemical classes, and two mixtures were evaluated.

[Adenovirus vector mediated human 14-3-3 γ gene transfer protects dopaminergic cells against rotenone-induced injury].

Objective: To explore the protective effect of human 14-3-3 γ gene transfer on dopaminergic cells against rotenone-induced injury.

Methods: Adenovirus vector carrying the gene of 14-3-3 γ (Ad/14-3-3 γ) was employed to transfect PC12 cells. Then the cells were exposed to rotenone as a model of Parkinson's disease.