Publications by authors named "Yuzhou Du"

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  • Neoperla yao Stark, 1987 is reclassified as a junior synonym of N. minor Chu, 1929.
  • Neoperla moae sp. nov., found in Zhejiang, China, was previously misidentified as N. minor.
  • The paper provides a redescription of Neoperla moae and introduces it as a new species to science.
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This study describes and illustrates a new species of Isocapnia Banks, 1938, I. niuerheensis Yang & Du, sp. nov.

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  • Liriomyza trifolii is a notable pest affecting both field and greenhouse plants, but its ecological adaptability is not well understood due to limited genomic resources.
  • Researchers created a comprehensive chromosome-level genome sequence of L. trifolii, measuring 122.64 Mb, with a high gene coverage of 95.28%.
  • This genome includes nearly 12,000 protein-coding genes and offers crucial insights for managing this invasive pest effectively.
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  • Jiangsu Province, located in southeast China, has limited high-altitude areas, primarily featuring a few hills in the south.
  • Researchers documented 20 species of Plecoptera across 12 genera and five families in the province's mountainous and forested regions.
  • The study introduces a new Plecoptera species, along with detailed English descriptions and color images for the first time.
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  • Host hemolymph serves as a crucial environment for endoparasitoid growth, particularly for Chilo suppressalis larvae, which respond to parasitism by generating many granulocytes.
  • High temperatures hinder these granulocytes' functions, causing apoptosis and affecting other immune responses by activating apoptotic pathways in cells like prohemocytes.
  • The study identifies Cscaspase-8 in C. suppressalis, showing that while its expression increases under stress from heat and parasitism, silencing this gene does not significantly impact larval survival, although it causes developmental delays in Cotesia chilonis larvae, enhancing our understanding of insect apoptosis regulation.
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Background: A new species of the genus (Plecoptera, Leuctridae) from Yunnan Province, China, , is described and illustrated.

New Information: This new species is compared to the similar species, (Wu, 1949). Additionally, we provide a supplemental description and colour plates of .

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Heritable endosymbiont is prevalent among arthropods, serving multiple functions for their hosts. However, the role of in mediating thermal preference selection remains largely unexplored. In this study, we utilized a custom-built thermal gradient to evaluate the thermal preference (Tp) of 1367 individuals of the invasive leaf-miner with or without wLhui from Yunnan and Xinjiang populations.

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The leafminer Liriomyza trifolii causes severe economic damage on ornamental and horticultural crops in China. Rapid cold hardening (RCH) is a phenomenon where cold tolerance in insects can be significantly enhanced after a short-term acclimation to low temperatures. In this study, the regulation of transcription in response to cold hardening was investigated in L.

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  • The invasive pest Liriomyza trifolii threatens ornamental and vegetable plants, spreading quickly and demonstrating high heat resistance.
  • Researchers created strains of this pest adapted to high temperatures (35°C and 40°C) to study their survival and reproductive behaviors under thermal stress.
  • Findings revealed that while acclimation at 35°C boosted reproduction and population growth, the 40°C strain had faster development but lower reproductive success, indicating a balance between adaptability and reproduction under environmental stress.
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Wolbachia are common heritable endosymbionts that influence many aspects of ecology and evolution in various insects, yet Wolbachia-mediated intracellular metabolic responses to temperature stress have been largely overlooked. Here, we introduced the Wolbachia strain wLhui from the invasive Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard) into a Drosophila Schneider 2 cell line (S2) and investigated the metabolite profile of wLhui-infected (S2_wLhui) and uninfected cell lines (S2_wu) under short-term exposure to either high (37°C), moderate (27°C), or low (7 and 17°C) temperatures. We find that Wolbachia infection, temperature stress, and their interactions significantly affect cellular metabolic profiles.

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Unlabelled: Arthropods harbor complex microbiota that play a pivotal role in host fitness. While multiple factors, like host species and diet, shape microbiota in arthropods, their impact on community assembly in wild insects remains largely unknown. In this study, we surveyed bacterial and fungal community assembly in nine sympatric wild insect species that share a common citrus fruit diet.

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Environmental heterogeneity partly drives microbial succession in arthropods, while the microbial assembly mechanisms during environmental changes remain largely unknown. Here, we explored the temporal dynamics and assembly mechanisms within both bacterial and fungal communities in (Blanchard) during the transition from field to laboratory conditions. We observed a decrease in bacterial diversity and complexity of bacterial-fungal co-occurrence networks in leaf miners transitioning from wild to captive environments.

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Liriomyza trifolii, an invasive pest, poses a substantial threat to horticultural and vegetable plants. It spreads rapidly, especially in hot weather, leading to large-scale outbreaks with strong thermotolerance and insecticide resistance. In this study, mortality and LtCYP4g1 expression in L.

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Background: Two species of from Guizhou Province, China, Du, 2000 and Du, 2005 were described with brief morphological descriptions available only in Chinese and original illustrations being somewhat blurry. Recently, we examined type material of these two species and re-described them with clear colour pictures for the first time.

New Information: In this paper, detailed English descriptions and colour pictures of and are provided for the first time.

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is a significant invasive pest that targets horticultural and vegetable crops, causing large-scale outbreaks characterized by pronounced thermotolerance and insecticide resistance. This study examined the impact of long-term selection for abamectin resistance during the larval stage of on its population dynamics and thermal tolerance. We conducted a comprehensive comparison between the abamectin-resistant strain (AB-R) and the susceptible strain (S), including age-stage, two-sex life table analysis, thermal preference (T), critical thermal maximum (CT), heat knockdown times (HKDTs), eclosion and survival rates, and expression under heat stress.

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(Gennadius) is one of the most important invasive species in China, with strong insecticide resistance and thermotolerance. In this study, we investigated the effects of elevated temperature on the tolerance of MEMA1 to abamectin (AB) and thianethixam (TH) insecticides. We firstly cloned two new CYP450 genes from MEAM1, including one CYP6 family gene () and one CYP305 family gene ().

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Background: The family Nemouridae, belonging to Plecoptera, comprises 21 genera and over 700 species found globally, with the greatest diversity observed in temperate regions. Latreille, 1796 and Ris, 1902 are two largest genera of the family with the highest diversity in China.

New Information: Two new species of Latreille, 1796 of the family Nemouridae, Zhu, Rehman & Du sp.

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  • Understanding the phylogeography of invasive species, like Pomacea canaliculata and Pomacea maculata in China, helps in creating better management and prevention strategies for their spread.
  • This study focuses on analyzing the genetic diversity and population structure of P. canaliculata using mitochondrial and ribosomal DNA, revealing notable genetic variation but no clear geographical population structure.
  • Findings indicate that the COI gene shows more genetic diversity compared to the ITS1 gene, enhancing knowledge of how these species invade and disperse across China.
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  • Hainan Province, China, has favorable environmental conditions for Leuctridae insects, but it shows low species diversity with only two previously recorded species.
  • A new species of Leuctridae from the Wuzhi Mountains in Hainan has been identified and described.
  • The study includes a summary of the Leuctridae family in Hainan and adds detailed descriptions and illustrations for one of the previously recorded species.
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In the field of optical fiber vibration signal recognition, one-dimensional signals have few features. People often used the shallow layer of a one-dimensional convolutional neural network (1D-CNN), which results in fewer features being learned by the network, leading to a poor recognition rate. There are also many complex algorithms and data processing methods, which make the whole signal recognition process more complicated.

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As an environmental factor, temperature impacts the distribution of species and influences interspecific competition. The molecular chaperones encoded by small heat shock proteins (sHsps) are essential for rapid, appropriate responses to environmental stress. This study focuses on , which encodes a temperature-responsive in , an insect pest that infests both agricultural and ornamental crops.

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Background: The genus Baumann, 1975 (Plecoptera, Nemouridae) is a small-sized stonefly with slender and curved embranous cerci. Currently, 18 species of the genus are known worldwide, mainly distributed in the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions, with a total of two species known to China.

New Information: Three new species of Baumann, 1975, Wang & Du, sp.

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