Special Issue "Feature Papers 2012"
QuicklinksA special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2012
Special Issue Editor
Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Brian T. Forschler
Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 413 Biological Sciences Building, Athens, GA 30602-2603, USA
Website: http://www.ent.uga.edu/personnel/faculty/forschler.htm
E-Mail: bfor@uga.edu
Phone: +1 706 5422816
Interests: termite behavior; field efficacy of termite baits; new chemistries for novel termite control tactics; determination of subterranean termite social structure using agonism, morphological characters, cuticular hydrocarbon analysis and genetic markers
Special Issue Information
Submission
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Insects is an international peer-reviewed Open Access quarterly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. For the first couple of issues the Article Processing Charge (APC) will be waived for well-prepared manuscripts. English correction and/or formatting fees of 250 CHF (Swiss Francs) will be charged in certain cases for those articles accepted for publication that require extensive additional formatting and/or English corrections.
Published Papers (6 papers)
 Insects 2012, 3(1), 133-140; doi:10.3390/insects3010133
Received: 1 January 2012; in revised form: 21 January 2012 / Accepted: 1 February 2012 / Published: 10 February 2012
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 Insects 2012, 3(1), 324-338; doi:10.3390/insects3010324
Received: 21 February 2012; in revised form: 15 March 2012 / Accepted: 16 March 2012 / Published: 22 March 2012
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Insects 2012, 3(2), 367-377; doi:10.3390/insects3020367
Received: 20 February 2012; in revised form: 1 March 2012 / Accepted: 16 March 2012 / Published: 23 March 2012
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Insects 2012, 3(2), 402-409; doi:10.3390/insects3020402
Received: 18 February 2012; in revised form: 22 February 2012 / Accepted: 20 March 2012 / Published: 2 April 2012
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Insects 2012, 3(2), 424-431; doi:10.3390/insects3020424
Received: 17 March 2012; in revised form: 31 March 2012 / Accepted: 2 April 2012 / Published: 10 April 2012
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Insects 2012, 3(2), 442-452; doi:10.3390/insects3020442
Received: 17 April 2012; in revised form: 26 April 2012 / Accepted: 27 April 2012 / Published: 30 April 2012
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Planned Papers
Type of Paper: Article
Title: Interactions of the Tc Toxins and GFP-Labeled Photorhabdus Luminescens Bacterial Cells With Cultured Insect Cell Lines GV1, Manduca sexta, and C7-10, Aedes albopictus
Authors: David J. Bowen, Todd Ciche, Jerald Ensign and Que Lan
Affiliation: Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA; E-Mail: qlan@entomology.wisc.edu
Abstract: A lethal pathogen of insects, Photorhabdus luminescens is known to secrete a variety of insecticidal toxins. We have examined the effect of the Tc toxins at the cellular level on cultured insect cell lines GV1 from Manduca sexta and C7-10 from Aedes albopictus. The native Tcb complex was toxic to the cultured cell lines. By contrast the native orally toxic Tca toxin complex had little or no effect on the cultured insect cells. Green-fluorescent protein labeled Photorhabdus were incubated with the cultured cells. P. luminescens W14 bound to and invaded the C7-10 cells but not the GV1 cells. These results demonstrate the differential specificity of both the Tc toxins and the intact bacteria on host cells.
Last update: 18 May 2012