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positive regulation of defense response to insect

Known as: up-regulation of physiological defense response to insect, positive regulation of physiological defense response to insect, up-regulation of defense response to insect 
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of defense response to insect. [GOC:TermGenie, PMID:22474183]
National Institutes of Health

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biological control
defense response to insect

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2017
2017
Intercropping Empower Reduces Insect Pests and Increases Biodiversity in Agro-Ecosystem
Currently insect pest management solely depends on chemical pesticide that continuously affects on environment, biodiversity… 
Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Functional Analysis of Insect Molting Fluid Proteins on the Protection and Regulation of Ecdysis*
Background: Periodical ecdysis occurs in insects with molting fluids accumulated among the old and new cuticles. Results: Molting… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Nest Inheritance Is the Missing Source of Direct Fitness in a Primitively Eusocial Insect
Fitness benefits from the inheritance of breeding resources may explain why Polistes wasps cooperate with nonrelatives. Animals… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Cuticular Hydrocarbons Reliably Identify Cheaters and Allow Enforcement of Altruism in a Social Insect
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Radio-Tagging Technology Reveals Extreme Nest-Drifting Behavior in a Eusocial Insect
Review
2005
Review
2005
Hormonal control of insect ecdysis: endocrine cascades for coordinating behavior with physiology.
  • J. Truman
  • Vitamins and hormones
  • 2005
  • Corpus ID: 19853270
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Genetic diversity within honeybee colonies prevents severe infections and promotes colony growth
  • D. Tarpy
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society of London…
  • 2003
  • Corpus ID: 20553154
Multiple mating by social insect queens increases the genetic diversity among colony members, thereby reducing intracolony… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Modes of control of insect Malpighian tubules: synergism, antagonism, cooperation and autonomous regulation.
2000
2000
The management of major insect pests Bactocera cucurbitaceae and Aulacaphora spp. in cucurbits under 3 intensive systems: integrated chemical and organic agriculture in Southern Sri Lanka.
Review
1987
Review
1987
Adaptive Nature of Insect Galls
Major hypotheses on the adaptive significance of insect gall formation are reviewed: nonadaptive, plant protection, mutual… 
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