Developmental temperature strongly affects insect body size, a key trait for the performance of predators used in augmentative biological control. The anthocorid Orius laevigatus is widely released against thrips in greenhouse crops, and larger individuals show higher fecundity and predation capacity. Here, we analyze how thermal history across generations shapes adult size in this predator, combining genetic improvement and p...

The optimization of cold storage for biological control agents, such as Orius laevigatus , is critical for addressing mismatches in supply and demand in mass-rearing systems. This study evaluates the survival and reproductive quality of O. laevigatus under various storage conditions, including constant low temperatures (CLTs) and fluctuating thermal regimes (FTRs), with and without food. Additionally, it explores the impact of...

Due to the scarcity of organic matter (OM) sources in the bathypelagic (1000–4000 m depth), prokaryotic metabolism is believed to be concentrated on particles originating from the surface. However, the structure of active bathypelagic prokaryotic communities and how it changes across environmental gradients remains unexplored. Using a combination of 16S rRNA gene and transcripts sequencing, metagenomics, and substrate uptake p...