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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… Expand
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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… Expand
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Cuticular Hydrocarbons Reliably Identify Cheaters and Allow Enforcement of Altruism in a Social Insect
Cheaters are a threat to every society and therefore societies have established rules to punish these individuals in order to… Expand
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Radio-Tagging Technology Reveals Extreme Nest-Drifting Behavior in a Eusocial Insect
Kin-selection theory underlies our basic understanding of social evolution [1, 2]. Nest drifting in eusocial insects (where… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Distinguishing intrapopulational categories of plants by their insect faunas: galls on rabbitbrush
Within a population of rubber rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, the subspecies C. nauseosus consimilis and C. nauseosus… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Genetic diversity within honeybee colonies prevents severe infections and promotes colony growth
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Multiple mating by social insect queens increases the genetic diversity among colony members, thereby reducing intracolony… Expand
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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
2000
Review
2000
Modes of control of insect Malpighian tubules: synergism, antagonism, cooperation and autonomous regulation.
Rates of fluid and ion secretion by insect Malpighian tubules are controlled by peptides, including CRF-related peptides and… Expand
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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… Expand
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Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Physiology of Insect Ecdysis: III. Relationship Between the Hormonal Control of Eclosion and of Tanning in the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca Sexta
1. In pharate Manduca sexta moths eclosion hormone activity was present in the brain and corpora cardiaca. Bursicon activity was… Expand
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