California Department of Food and Agriculture

Fatumocoris flattirei, a new genus and species of Cotyledon-associated plant bugs from South Africa (Hemiptera, Miridae, Bryocorinae)

The Cape Floristic Region (CFR) is the most plant-dense Mediterranean-type ecosystem on Earth, but the number of described plant bugs (Heteroptera, Miridae) is relatively small. While Miridae are often host-plant specific, an association with succulent plants is only found in ~20...

Joint-RPCA: domain-aware multi-omics integration for systems microbiology

Integrating multi-omics data is essential for microbiome research, as microbial communities are shaped by and respond to interdependent processes, including taxonomic composition, metabolite production and utilization, and gene expression. However, accurately capturing ecosystem-...