The erva-mate (Ilex paraguariensis A.St.-Hil.) has a social, cultural and economic importance in the southern states of Brazil.The pure stands of this culture was responsible for the increase of many species of insects.Hedypathes betulinus (Klug, 1825) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is considered the main pest from an economic viewpoint because of its
Among fungal pathogens, Cryptococcus neoformans has gained great importance among the scientific community of several reasons.This fungus is the causative agent of cryptococcosis, a disease mainly associated to HIV immunosuppression and characterized by the appearance of meningoencephalitis.Cryptococcal meningitis is responsible for hundreds of tho
For Dostoevsky at the beginning of philosophy there is the mystical tremor not the wonder.The tremor is not fear or torment, but the wound of our weak human condition.Is a sign of our ontological dependence.In Crime and Punishment, the term tremor occurs many times.It breaks the closure of the self and reveals the need for the other.The tremor open
Lipid storage must be efficiently mobilized to sustain the energy demands during processes of exercise or starvation.In insects, adipokinetic hormone (AKH) and brummer lipase are well-known regulators of lipid mobilization.We recently demonstrated that brummer-dependent lipolysis regulates starvation resistance in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata