The striped stemborer (SSB), Chilo suppressalis Walker, 1863 is a widely distributed pest of the rice agroecosystem. It bores and feeds inside the stalks of the rice plant during larval stage using its strong mandibles. Host-plant resistance has played a very important role in the management of this pest however; many cultivated types have succumbed to infestation even those with hard stems. Si...

Dopamine (DA) is a signal moiety bridging the nervous and immune systems. DA dysregulation is linked to serious human diseases, including addiction, schizophrenia, and Parkinson's disease. However, DA actions in the immune system remain incompletely understood. In this study, we found that DA modulates insect hemocyte phagocytosis using hemocytes prepared from the rice stem borer (RSB), Chilo s...