Trioza erytreae Del Guercio, 1918, commonly known as the African citrus psyllid, is one of the main vectors of Huanglongbing (citrus greening), the most destructive citrus disease worldwide. Currently, there is no effective treatment for HLB; therefore, management efforts primarily focus on controlling the insect vectors. This often involves the use of insecticides, which raises concerns about environmental impact and the deve...

The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi), is a key pest of the olive tree worldwide. This study explores whether the endophytes Alcaligenes faecalis , Aureobasidium pullulans , Bacillus amyloliquefaciens , and Penicillium commune can trigger the emission of repellent volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in olive trees, targeting B. oleae . Accordingly, olive trees were inoculated with each endophyte or with buffer (control),...

WHO ranked chronic inflammatory diseases as the most significant cause of death. The current therapeutic approach is the constant administration of clinically available anti-inflammatory drugs; however, this strategy presents severe side effects. New entities derived from plants have shown their potential for developing safe and effective therapies. Particularly, Echinacea purpurea extracts have demonstrated strong anti-inflam...

Introduction The Blue Amazon represents an extensive coastal zone with high biodiversity and wide salinity variation, which poses challenges for marine fish farming, particularly regarding the efficiency of biofilters in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). In this context, açaí seeds ( Euterpe oleracea ), previously evaluated in freshwater, emerge as a promising alternative for use as filter media under different salinity...

Bees play a critical role as pollinators in ecosystem services, contributing significantly to the sexual reproduction and diversity of plants. The Caatinga biome in Brazil, home to around 200 bee species, provides an ideal habitat for these species due to its unique climate conditions. However, this biome faces threats from anthropogenic processes, making it urgent to characterise the local bee populations efficiently. Traditi...

The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi), is a key pest of the olive crop, whose control relies mostly on the use of insecticides. Plant peptides may represent a more environmentally-friendly tool to manage olive fly, due to their recognized role to activate and/or prime plant defence responses against pests. In this work, behavioural experiments (no-choice and two-choice) and analysis of volatile compounds were carried o...

The collaboration between Cabo Verdean and German institutions in marine sciences began in 2004. Since then, it has evolved from project-based ocean observation efforts to a sustained, long-term partnership with strong commitments from both countries. Today, research infrastructure such as the Cape Verde Ocean Observatory and the Ocean Science Centre Mindelo, as well as the international master’s program, Climate Change and Ma...

Managing fishery resources is crucial to ensure the marine environment continues to provide diverse goods and services. To overcome difficulties of classical methods used for fish stock management, molecular tools have shown potential to address this issue assessing both targeted and non-targeted species. This study aims to evaluate the spatiotemporal diversity of fish using 12S rRNA gene eDNA metabarcoding sequencing in the B...

Main conclusion SUMOylation of SLR1 at K2 protects productivity under salt stress, possibly by modulation of SLR1 interactome. Abstract DELLA proteins modulate GA signaling and are major regulators of plant plasticity to endure stress. DELLAs are mostly regulated at the post-translational level, and their activity relies on the interaction with upstream regulators and transcription factors (TFs). SUMOylation is a post-translat...