The invasive insect pest, red palm weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, poses a significant threat to date production, causing substantial economic damage. If uncontrolled, RPW leads the severely infested host tre...
We thank Kai-Li Zhang of Institute of Plant Protection,Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences for help with the collection of B.tabaci populations.This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31701797);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,China(BK20170598);the Key Re-search and Development Program of Jiangsu Province,China(BE2010342).
The maternally heritable endosymbiont provides many ecosystem functions.Antibiotic elimination of a specific symbiont and establishment of experimental host lines lacking certain symbionts enable the roles of a given ...
This work was supported by Texas A&M University and Texas A&M AgriLife Research(Controlling Exotic and Invasive Insect-Transmitted Pathogens)and Hatch project TEX0-1-9381 Accession Number 1015773;Xiaotian Tang received the Herb Dean'40 Endowed Scholarship from the Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University.
Immunofluorescence has been widely used to localize microbes or specific molecules in insect tissues or cells.However,significant autofluorescence is frequently observed in tissues which can interfere with the fluores...
Wolbachia can profoundly influence the survival, reproduction, and defenses of insect hosts. These interactions could potentially be harnessed for managing pests or insecttransmitted diseases. Diaphorina citri Kuwayam...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31672025,31471765 and 31630057)
The brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens St?l, has become a major threat in tropical Asian and China since the rice green revolution of the 1960 s. Currently, insecticide application remains the primary choice for co...
Bacterial endosymbionts of sap-sucking insects provide their host with a num- ber of beneficial qualities,including the supply of nutrition,defense against parasitoids, and protection from heat stress.Damage to these ...
Herbivorous insects have evolved diverse mechanisms enabling them to feed on plants with suboptimal nutrient availability. Low nutrient availability negatively impacts insect herbivore development and fitness. To over...
supported by National Institute of Food and Agriculture(Award No.2010-65106-20675);supported by the National Science Foundation(Award No.IOS-072093 and IOSEAGER-1450331);Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation via a subcontract(B0426×5)from the National Research Institute,University of Greenwich,UK
Hemipteran and dipteran insects have behavioral,cellular and chemical strategies for evading or coping with the host plant defenses making these insects particularly destructive pests worldwide. A critical component o...
Bemisia tabaci-transmitted geminiviruses are one of the major threats on cassava and vegetable crops in Africa. However, to date, few studies are available on the diversity orB. tabaci and their associated endosymbion...