• Phytochemicals as antibiotic alternatives to promote growth and enhance host health 

      Lillehoj, Hyun; Yanhong, Liu; Calsamiglia, Sergio; Fernandez Miyakawa, Mariano Enrique; Fang, Chi; Cravens, Ron L.; Oh, Sungtaek; Gay, Cyril G. (BioMed Central, 2018-07)
      There are heightened concerns globally on emerging drug-resistant superbugs and the lack of new antibiotics for treating human and animal diseases. For the agricultural industry, there is an urgent need to develop strategies ...
    • Plant chemicals and the sexual behavior of male tephritid fruit flies 

      Segura, Diego Fernando; Belliard, Silvina Ahnahi; Vera, María Teresa; Bachmann, Guillermo Enrique; Ruiz, María Josefina; Jofre-Barud, Flavia; Fernandez, Patricia Carina; Lopez, M. Liza; Shelly, Todd E. (Oxford University Press, 2018-09)
      Plant compounds affect insects in many different ways. In addition to being a food source, plants also contain secondary metabolites that may have positive and negative impacts on insects. The influence of these compounds ...