APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY LABORATORY

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Chemical Ecology Group

Recent News and Topics

Kinto S, Akino T, Yano S (2023)  "Spider mites avoid caterpillar traces to prevent intraguild predation." Scientific Reports volume 13, Article number: 184


Mitaka, Y., Akino, T. & Matsuura, K. (2023) "Development of a standard medium for culturing the termite Reticulitermes speratus." Inseces Sociaux. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-023-00907-6

Ohkawara K, Kamei Y, Akino T (2022) "Anting behavior in birds: the behavioral patterns and the interactions with ants in the subgenus Dendrolasius of the genus Lasius."  Journal of Ornithology https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-022-01974-5 

Kandori I, Miura S, Yano E, Yoneya K, Akino T(2022)"Verbena × hybrida and Scaevola aemula flowers provide sugars for the reproduction of Nesidiocoris tenuis used for biological pest control in greenhouses." Journal of Pest Science  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10340-022-01536-x

Yano S, Konishi M, Akino T(2022)“Avoidance of ant chemical traces by spider mites and its interpretation”. Experimental and Applied Acarology 88: 153-163

Sericultural Science Group

Recent News and Topics 

Sakakura M, Takata Y, Kimura C, Matsuda S, Takamura T, Nagaoka S(2022)"Limited proteolysis by a prostatic endopeptidase, the sperm-activating factor initiatorin, regulates the activation of pro-carboxypeptidase B in the seminal fluid of the silkworm, Bombyx mori." Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Volume 148, September 2022, 103819   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2022.103819

Nagaoka, S., Tani, N., Kimura, C.,  Sakakura, M. (2021)" Identification and characterization of fructose-1,6-diphosphate aldolase in seminal fluid of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.", Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology. 90: 11-16

Our Research Interests

Eusocial Insects

Chemical Ecology

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Silkworms

Sericultural Science

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Department of Bioresource Field Science
Center for Advanced Insect Research Promotion
Kyoto Institute of Technology

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