Planthoppers and leafhoppers not only feed on rice plants but also act as highly efficient vectors for plant viruses, causing ...

Each year, rice faces a big threat from a sesame seed-sized insect called the brown planthopper. Now, a study reveals the molecular switch that enables some planthoppers to develop short wings and ...

Researchers have discovered, for the first time, “mechanical gears” in nature. Juvenile planthoppers use a set of interlocking teeth, similar to cogs, to coordinate their legs as they jump. Juvenile ...

Many mechanical devices have been inspired by examples in nature, but it’s not often that nature replicates something only known to be made by human beings. Meet Issus coeleoptratus, more commonly ...

Planthoppers are champion jumpers — launching themselves upward, hundreds of times their own height, in just a couple of milliseconds. They... Living Gears Help This Bug Jump Greg Sutton was closely ...

Research in tropical ecosystems is increasingly uncovering the intricate relationships between phytoplasmas and planthoppers. Phytoplasmas are specialised, wall-less microorganisms confined to plant ...

A list of 235 planthoppers from Iran is recorded along with distribution data. This list is based on previous studies on Iranian Auchenorrhyncha during last 100 years. In addition to the latest ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Philadelphia: A jumping insect has gears, scientists have discovered, a rare instance in which man and nature independently converged on ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Each year, rice in Asia faces a big threat from a sesame seed-sized insect called the brown planthopper. Now, a study reveals the molecular switch that enables some planthoppers to ...