Using insects’ high‐performance sensors to develop methods for extermination

【Supercategory：4. Techtextiles Subcategory：4.8 For agricultures】

I am carrying out research on the sensors carried by insects to monitor the arrival of the seasons via sensor proteins that respond to temperature and day length. My findings can be applied to the extermination of pests and invasive species through such techniques as causing eggs to hatch in winter and making adult insects without wings grow them. This approach is garnering attention as a pest extermination method that does not harm nature or humans.

FACULTY RESEARCH ACTIVITY 2020/ Shinshu University Faculty of Textile Science and Technology

Keywords

silk, insects, genetic recombination, sensor, sensor proteins

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