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Gunn JC, Christensen BM, Bueno EM, Cohen ZP, Kissonergis AS, Chen YH. Agricultural insect pests as models for studying stress-induced evolutionary processes. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024. [PMID: 38655882 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Agricultural insect pests (AIPs) are widely successful in adapting to natural and anthropogenic stressors, repeatedly overcoming population bottlenecks and acquiring resistance to intensive management practices. Although they have been largely overlooked in evolutionary studies, AIPs are ideal systems for understanding rapid adaptation under novel environmental conditions. Researchers have identified several genomic mechanisms that likely contribute to adaptive stress responses, including positive selection on de novo mutations, polygenic selection on standing allelic variation and phenotypic plasticity (e.g., hormesis). However, new theory suggests that stress itself may induce epigenetic modifications, which may confer heritable physiological changes (i.e., stress-resistant phenotypes). In this perspective, we discuss how environmental stress from agricultural management generates the epigenetic and genetic modifications that are associated with rapid adaptation in AIPs. We summarise existing evidence for stress-induced evolutionary processes in the context of insecticide resistance. Ultimately, we propose that studying AIPs offers new opportunities and resources for advancing our knowledge of stress-induced evolution.
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- Joe C Gunn
- Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Insect Control and Cotton Disease Research, USDA ARS, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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Shi S, Wang H, Zha W, Wu Y, Liu K, Xu D, He G, Zhou L, You A. Recent Advances in the Genetic and Biochemical Mechanisms of Rice Resistance to Brown Planthoppers ( Nilaparvata lugens Stål). Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16959. [PMID: 38069282 PMCID: PMC10707318 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242316959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the staple food of more than half of Earth's population. Brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stål, BPH) is a host-specific pest of rice responsible for inducing major losses in rice production. Utilizing host resistance to control N. lugens is considered to be the most cost-effective method. Therefore, the exploration of resistance genes and resistance mechanisms has become the focus of breeders' attention. During the long-term co-evolution process, rice has evolved multiple mechanisms to defend against BPH infection, and BPHs have evolved various mechanisms to overcome the defenses of rice plants. More than 49 BPH-resistance genes/QTLs have been reported to date, and the responses of rice to BPH feeding activity involve various processes, including MAPK activation, plant hormone production, Ca2+ flux, etc. Several secretory proteins of BPHs have been identified and are involved in activating or suppressing a series of defense responses in rice. Here, we review some recent advances in our understanding of rice-BPH interactions. We also discuss research progress in controlling methods of brown planthoppers, including cultural management, trap cropping, and biological control. These studies contribute to the establishment of green integrated management systems for brown planthoppers.
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- Shaojie Shi
- Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hubei Key Laboratory of Food Crop Germplasm and Genetic Improvement, Food Crops Institute, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (S.S.); (H.W.)
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- Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hubei Key Laboratory of Food Crop Germplasm and Genetic Improvement, Food Crops Institute, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (S.S.); (H.W.)
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- Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hubei Key Laboratory of Food Crop Germplasm and Genetic Improvement, Food Crops Institute, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (S.S.); (H.W.)
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- Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hubei Key Laboratory of Food Crop Germplasm and Genetic Improvement, Food Crops Institute, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (S.S.); (H.W.)
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- Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hubei Key Laboratory of Food Crop Germplasm and Genetic Improvement, Food Crops Institute, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (S.S.); (H.W.)
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- Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hubei Key Laboratory of Food Crop Germplasm and Genetic Improvement, Food Crops Institute, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (S.S.); (H.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hubei Key Laboratory of Food Crop Germplasm and Genetic Improvement, Food Crops Institute, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (S.S.); (H.W.)
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hubei Key Laboratory of Food Crop Germplasm and Genetic Improvement, Food Crops Institute, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (S.S.); (H.W.)
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan 430070, China
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Yan L, Luo T, Huang D, Wei M, Ma Z, Liu C, Qin Y, Zhou X, Lu Y, Li R, Qin G, Zhang Y. Recent Advances in Molecular Mechanism and Breeding Utilization of Brown Planthopper Resistance Genes in Rice: An Integrated Review. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:12061. [PMID: 37569437 PMCID: PMC10419156 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241512061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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Over half of the world's population relies on rice as their staple food. The brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stål, BPH) is a significant insect pest that leads to global reductions in rice yields. Breeding rice varieties that are resistant to BPH has been acknowledged as the most cost-effective and efficient strategy to mitigate BPH infestation. Consequently, the exploration of BPH-resistant genes in rice and the development of resistant rice varieties have become focal points of interest and research for breeders. In this review, we summarized the latest advancements in the localization, cloning, molecular mechanisms, and breeding of BPH-resistant rice. Currently, a total of 70 BPH-resistant gene loci have been identified in rice, 64 out of 70 genes/QTLs were mapped on chromosomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, and 12, respectively, with 17 of them successfully cloned. These genes primarily encode five types of proteins: lectin receptor kinase (LecRK), coiled-coil-nucleotide-binding-leucine-rich repeat (CC-NB-LRR), B3-DNA binding domain, leucine-rich repeat domain (LRD), and short consensus repeat (SCR). Through mediating plant hormone signaling, calcium ion signaling, protein kinase cascade activation of cell proliferation, transcription factors, and miRNA signaling pathways, these genes induce the deposition of callose and cell wall thickening in rice tissues, ultimately leading to the inhibition of BPH feeding and the formation of resistance mechanisms against BPH damage. Furthermore, we discussed the applications of these resistance genes in the genetic improvement and breeding of rice. Functional studies of these insect-resistant genes and the elucidation of their network mechanisms establish a strong theoretical foundation for investigating the interaction between rice and BPH. Furthermore, they provide ample genetic resources and technical support for achieving sustainable BPH control and developing innovative insect resistance strategies.
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- Liuhui Yan
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (L.Y.); (T.L.); (D.H.); (M.W.); (Z.M.); (C.L.); (X.Z.)
- Liuzhou Branch, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Liuzhou Research Center of Agricultural Sciences, Liuzhou 545000, China;
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (L.Y.); (T.L.); (D.H.); (M.W.); (Z.M.); (C.L.); (X.Z.)
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (L.Y.); (T.L.); (D.H.); (M.W.); (Z.M.); (C.L.); (X.Z.)
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China;
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (L.Y.); (T.L.); (D.H.); (M.W.); (Z.M.); (C.L.); (X.Z.)
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (L.Y.); (T.L.); (D.H.); (M.W.); (Z.M.); (C.L.); (X.Z.)
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (L.Y.); (T.L.); (D.H.); (M.W.); (Z.M.); (C.L.); (X.Z.)
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- Agricultural Science and Technology Information Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China;
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (L.Y.); (T.L.); (D.H.); (M.W.); (Z.M.); (C.L.); (X.Z.)
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- Liuzhou Branch, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Liuzhou Research Center of Agricultural Sciences, Liuzhou 545000, China;
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China;
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (L.Y.); (T.L.); (D.H.); (M.W.); (Z.M.); (C.L.); (X.Z.)
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (L.Y.); (T.L.); (D.H.); (M.W.); (Z.M.); (C.L.); (X.Z.)
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China;
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Sheraz A, Zhu H, Dong Q, Wang T, Zong S, Wang H, Ge L, Wu T. The superoxide dismutase (SOD) genes family mediates the response of Nilaparvata lugens to jinggangmycin and sugar. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1197395. [PMID: 37260593 PMCID: PMC10228653 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1197395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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Introduction: Brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens Stål (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), is a major rice pest causing significant damage to rice throughout the world. Intensive pesticide usage often causes resistance in these seasonal pests, mainly through the modulation of antioxidant machinery. The superoxide dismutase (SOD) gene family is known for regulating BPH response to pesticides. Methods: In the present study, we identified eight NlSOD genes from the NCBI using the BLASTP program. The bioinformatics analysis includes a phylogenetic tree, conserved domain, motifs, gene ontology (GO) analysis, Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) pathways, and protein-protein interaction, highlighting the distinctive functional elements of NlSOD genes. Results and discussion: Additionally, the NlSOD genes showed expression in all developmental stages of BPH. Under three sugars (glucose, sucrose, and trehalose) treatment, the respective upregulation of NlSOD8, NlSOD6, and NlSOD2 was noted. The NlSOD1 induced significantly under jinggamycin (JGM) deduced its potential as a key regulator of BPH response to the pesticide. Our study has provided detailed knowledge of the NlSOD gene family in-silico analysis and the defensive response to insecticide and high sugar of BPH. We hope the results of this research will help to shed light on the resistance of BPH towards insecticide toxicity and high sugar and help to control it more efficiently.
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- Ahmad Sheraz
- College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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Bueno EM, McIlhenny CL, Chen YH. Cross-protection interactions in insect pests: Implications for pest management in a changing climate. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2023; 79:9-20. [PMID: 36127854 PMCID: PMC10092685 DOI: 10.1002/ps.7191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Agricultural insect pests display an exceptional ability to adapt quickly to natural and anthropogenic stressors. Emerging evidence suggests that frequent and varied sources of stress play an important role in driving protective physiological responses; therefore, intensively managed agroecosystems combined with climatic shifts might be an ideal crucible for stress adaptation. Cross-protection, where responses to one stressor offers protection against another type of stressor, has been well documented in many insect species, yet the molecular and epigenetic underpinnings that drive overlapping protective responses in insect pests remain unclear. In this perspective, we discuss cross-protection mechanisms and provide an argument for its potential role in increasing tolerance to a wide range of natural and anthropogenic stressors in agricultural insect pests. By drawing from existing literature on single and multiple stressor studies, we outline the processes that facilitate cross-protective interactions, including epigenetic modifications, which are understudied in insect stress responses. Finally, we discuss the implications of cross-protection for insect pest management, focusing on the consequences of cross-protection between insecticides and elevated temperatures associated with climate change. Given the multiple ways that insect pests are intensively managed in agroecosystems, we suggest that examining the role of multiple stressors can be important in understanding the wide adaptability of agricultural insect pests. © 2022 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Erika M. Bueno
- Department of Plant and Soil ScienceUniversity of VermontBurlingtonVTUSA
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- Department of Plant and Soil ScienceUniversity of VermontBurlingtonVTUSA
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- Department of Plant and Soil ScienceUniversity of VermontBurlingtonVTUSA
- Gund Institute for EnvironmentUniversity of VermontBurlingtonVTUSA
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Saifullah S, Margus A, Kankare M, Lindström L. Repeated exposure of fluazinam fungicides affects gene expression profiles yet carries no costs on a nontarget pest. INSECT SCIENCE 2022; 29:1373-1386. [PMID: 35143114 PMCID: PMC9790412 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.13013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Fungicides are used to control pathogenic fungi of crop species, but they have also been shown to alter behavioral, life history and fitness related traits of nontarget insects. Here, we tested the fungicide effects on feeding behavior, survival and physiology of the nontarget pest insect, the Colorado potato beetle (CPB) (Leptinotarsa decemlineata). Feeding behavior was studied by a choice test of adult beetles, which were allowed to choose between a control and a fungicide (fluazinam) treated potato leaf. Larval survival was recorded after 24 and 72 h exposure to control and fungicide-treated leaves with 2 different concentrations. The adults did not show fungicide avoidance behavior. Similarly, survival of the larvae was not affected by the exposure to fungicides. Finally, to understand the effects of fungicides at the physiological level (gene expression), we tested whether the larval exposure to fungicide alter the expression of 5 metabolic pathway and stress associated genes. Highest concentration and 72-h exposure caused upregulation of 1 cytochrome P450 (CYP9Z14v2) and 1 insecticide resistance gene (Ldace1), whereas metabolic detoxification gene (Ugt1) was downregulated. At 24-h exposure, highest concentration caused downregulation of another common detoxification gene (Gs), while both exposure times to lowest concentration caused upregulation of the Hsp70 stress tolerance gene. Despite these overall effects, there was a considerable amount of variation among different families in the gene expression levels. Even though the behavioral effects of the fungicide treatments were minor, the expression level differences of the studied genes indicate changes on the metabolic detoxifications and stress-related pathways.
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- Shahed Saifullah
- Department of Biological and Environmental ScienceUniversity of JyväskyläJyväskyläFinland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental ScienceUniversity of JyväskyläJyväskyläFinland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental ScienceUniversity of JyväskyläJyväskyläFinland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental ScienceUniversity of JyväskyläJyväskyläFinland
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Perrin M, Moiroux J, Maugin S, Olivares J, Rault M, Siegwart M. Cross effects of heat stress and three insecticides on the survival of the codling moth Cydia pomonella (L.): Investigating the molecular and biochemical mechanisms. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 185:105139. [PMID: 35772842 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2022.105139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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As temperature is expected to strongly increase in the future, understanding temperature-mediated toxicity of insecticides is determinant to assess pest management efficiency in a warming world. Investigating molecular and biochemical mechanisms associated with cross mechanisms of temperature and insecticides on pests' tolerance would also be useful in this context. This study aimed to investigate cross effects between temperature and insecticides on the survival of a major pest, the codling moth Cydia pomonella, and their underlying mechanisms. The effect of three insecticidal active ingredients, i.e. chlorantraniliprole, emamectin and spinosad, was assessed at different temperatures on: (i) C. pomonella larval survival; (ii) detoxification enzymes activities (cytochrome P450 multi-function oxygenases, carboxylesterases and glutathione S-transferases) and (iii) genes expression of some detoxification enzymes, heat shock proteins and receptors targeted by the insecticides. We observed a decreased efficiency of emamectin and spinosad at high temperature to control the codling moth while no influence of temperature on chlorantraniliprole efficacy was observed. Detoxification enzymes activities were improved by heat stress alone but not by double stress (temperature + insecticides). Moreover, two detoxification genes (Cyp9A61 and Gst1) were over-expressed by a single stress but not by two stresses while Hsp70 and Cyp6B2 genes may be involved in tolerance to two stresses in C. pomonella. These results confirmed the cross effects of temperature and insecticides on C. pomonella for emamectin and spinosad and provided clues to understand how temperature affects the susceptibility of C. pomonella to insecticides. They illustrate however the complexity of molecular and biochemical responses of individuals facing multiple stresses.
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- Marie Perrin
- Avignon University, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, IMBE, Pole Agrosciences, 301 rue Baruch de Spinoza, BP 21239, 84916 Avignon, France; INRAE, Unité PSH, Equipe Controle Biologique par Conservation, Site Agroparc, 84914 Avignon Cedex 9,France.
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- Avignon University, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, IMBE, Pole Agrosciences, 301 rue Baruch de Spinoza, BP 21239, 84916 Avignon, France
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- INRAE, Unité PSH, Equipe Controle Biologique par Conservation, Site Agroparc, 84914 Avignon Cedex 9,France
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- INRAE, Unité PSH, Equipe Controle Biologique par Conservation, Site Agroparc, 84914 Avignon Cedex 9,France
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- Avignon University, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, IMBE, Pole Agrosciences, 301 rue Baruch de Spinoza, BP 21239, 84916 Avignon, France
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- INRAE, Unité PSH, Equipe Controle Biologique par Conservation, Site Agroparc, 84914 Avignon Cedex 9,France
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Rix RR, Cutler GC. Review of molecular and biochemical responses during stress induced stimulation and hormesis in insects. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 827:154085. [PMID: 35218848 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The biphasic hormetic response to stress, defined by low-dose stimulation and high-dose inhibition is frequently observed in insects. Various molecular and biochemical responses associated with hormesis in insects have been reported in many studies, but no synthesis of all these findings has been undertaken. We conducted a systematic literature review, analyzing papers demonstrating phenotypic stimulatory effect(s) following exposure to stress where molecular or biochemical response(s) were also examined. Responses observed included stimulation of reproduction, survival and longevity, growth and development, and tolerance to temperature, chemical, or starvation and desiccation, in response to stressors including pesticides, oxidative stress, temperature, crowding and starvation, and radiation. Phenotypic stimulation ranged from <25% increased above controls to >100%. Reproductive stimulation was frequently <25% increased above controls, while stimulated temperature tolerance was frequently >100% increased. Molecular and biochemical responses had obvious direct connections to phenotypic responses in many cases, although not in all instances. Increased expression of heat shock proteins occurred in association with stimulated temperature tolerance, and increased expression of detoxification genes with stimulated pesticide or chemical tolerance, but also stimulated reproduction. Changes in the expression or activity of antioxidants were frequently associated with stimulation of longevity and reproduction. Stress induced changes in vitellogenin and juvenile hormone and genes in the IIS/TOR signalling pathway - which are directly responsible for regulating growth, development, and reproduction - were also reported. Our analysis showed that coordination of expression of genes or proteins associated with protection from oxidative stress and DNA and protein damage is important in the hormetic responses of insects.
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- Rachel R Rix
- Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, PO Box 550, Truro, NS B2N 5E3, Canada.
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- Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, PO Box 550, Truro, NS B2N 5E3, Canada.
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Zhang N, Wei J, Jiang H, Ge H, Zheng Y, Meng X, Qian K, Wang J. Knockdown or inhibition of arginine kinases enhances susceptibility of Tribolium castaneum to deltamethrin. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 183:105080. [PMID: 35430070 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2022.105080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Metabolism of insecticides is an energy-consuming process. As an important component of the intracellular energy buffering system, arginine kinase (AK) plays an important role in insect cellular energy homeostasis and environmental stress response, but the involvement of AKs in the response to chemical stressors (insecticides) remains largely unknown. In this study, using Tribolium castaneum as a model organism, we found that deltamethrin treatment significantly upregulated the expression of TcAK1 and TcAK2 and decreased the whole body ATP content. The knockdown of TcAK1 or TcAK2 significantly enhances the deltamethrin-induced ATP depletion and increase the susceptibility of T. castaneum to deltamethrin. In addition, pretreatment with two AK inhibitors, rutin and quercetin, significantly decreased the lifespan of beetles treated with deltamethrin. These results suggest that AKs might be involved in detoxification of insecticides by regulating cellular energy balance.
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- Nan Zhang
- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.
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Dong B, Liu XY, Li B, Li MY, Li SG, Liu S. A heat shock protein protects against oxidative stress induced by lambda-cyhalothrin in the green peach aphid Myzus persicae. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 181:104995. [PMID: 35082025 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2021.104995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 10/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Lambda-cyhalothrin (LCT) is a pyrethroid insecticide widely used to control insect pests. Insect exposure to LCT may cause abnormal accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and result in oxidative damage. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) may help protect against oxidative stress. However, little is known about the role of HSPs in response to LCT in the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae. This insect is an important agricultural pest causing severe yield losses in crops. In this study, we characterized a cDNA sequence (MpHsp70) encoding a member of the HSP70 family in M. persicae. MpHsp70 encoded a 623 amino acid protein putatively localized in the cytosol. The highest expression level of MpHsp70 occurred in fourth-instar nymphs. Treatment of M. persicae with LCT resulted in oxidative stress and significantly increased H2O2 and malondialdehyde levels. This led to an elevated transcription level of MpHsp70. Injection of H2O2 into M. persicae also upregulated the MpHsp70 expression level, suggesting that MpHsp70 is responsive to ROS, particularly H2O2, induced by LCT. Recombinant MpHSP70 protein was expressed in Escherichia coli. E. coli cells overexpressing MpHSP70 exhibited significant tolerance to H2O2 and the ROS generators, cumene hydroperoxide and paraquat. This indicated that MpHSP70 protects against oxidative stress. Furthermore, knockdown of MpHsp70 by RNA interference resulted in increased susceptibility in apterous adults of M. persicae to LCT. These findings indicate that MpHsp70 plays an important role in defense against LCT-induced oxidative stress and insecticide susceptibility in M. persicae.
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- Bao Dong
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops, School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops, School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Department of Science and Technology, Sichuan Provincial Branch of China National Tobacco Corporation, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops, School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops, School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops, School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China.
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Zhang YJ, Jiang L, Ahamd S, Chen Y, Zhang JY, Stanley D, Miao H, Ge LQ. The octopamine receptor, OA2B2, modulates stress resistance and reproduction in Nilaparvata lugens Stål (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 31:33-48. [PMID: 34480382 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) is a resurgent pest of rice crops throughout Asia. We recently discovered that octopamine (OA) and OA2B2 operate in the BPH mating system, where it mediates a wide range of molecular, physiological and behavioural changes. Here, we report on outcomes of experiments designed to test the hypothesis that OA/OA2B2 signalling mediates responses to three abiotic stressors, starvation, high temperature (37 °C), and induced oxidative stress. We found per os RNAi-mediated OA2B2 silencing led to significantly decreased survival, measured in days, following exposure to each of these stressors. We selected a biologically costly process, reproductive biology, as a biotic stressor. Silencing of OA2B2 led to decreased total protein content in ovaries and fat bodies, downregulated expression of vitellogenin (Vg) and Vg receptor (VgR), inhibited fat body Vg protein synthesis, shortened the oviposition period, prolonged the preoviposition period, reduced the number of laid eggs, body weight and female longevity. In addition, the silencing treatments also led to inhibited ovarian development, and ovarian Vg uptake, reduced numbers of egg masses and offspring and lower hatching rates and population growth index. These data support our hypothesis that OA2B2 acts in mediating BPH resistance to biotic and abiotic stressors.
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- Y J Zhang
- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
- College of Mechanical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- USDA/Agricultural Research Service, Biological Control of Insects Research Laboratory, Columbia, MO, USA
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- College of Mechanical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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HSP70/DNAJ Family of Genes in the Brown Planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens: Diversity and Function. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12030394. [PMID: 33801945 PMCID: PMC7999391 DOI: 10.3390/genes12030394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Heat shock 70kDa proteins (HSP70s) and their cochaperones DNAJs are ubiquitous molecular chaperones, which function as the “HSP70/DNAJ machinery” in a myriad of biological processes. At present, a number of HSP70s have been classified in many species, but studies on DNAJs, especially in insects, are lacking. Here, we first systematically identified and characterized the HSP70 and DNAJ family members in the brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens, a destructive rice pest in Asia. A total of nine HSP70 and 31 DNAJ genes were identified in the BPH genome. Sequence and phylogenetic analyses revealed the high diversity of the NlDNAJ family. Additionally, spatio-temporal expression analysis showed that most NlHSP70 and NlDNAJ genes were highly expressed in the adult stage and gonads. Furthermore, RNA interference (RNAi) revealed that seven NlHSP70s and 10 NlDNAJs play indispensable roles in the nymphal development, oogenesis, and female fertility of N. lugens under physiological growth conditions; in addition, one HSP70 (NlHSP68) was found to be important in the thermal tolerance of eggs. Together, our results in this study shed more light on the biological roles of HSP70/DNAJ in regulating life cycle, coping with environmental stresses, and mediating the interactions within, or between, the two gene families in insects.
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Elevated temperatures diminish the effects of a highly resistant rice variety on the brown planthopper. Sci Rep 2021; 11:262. [PMID: 33420350 PMCID: PMC7794346 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80704-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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This study compares the effects of temperature (constant at 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 °C) on adult longevity, oviposition, and nymph development of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, on susceptible and resistant rice varieties. The resistant variety contained the BPH32 gene. In our experiments, nymphs failed to develop to adults at 15, 20 and 35 °C on either variety. Host resistance had its greatest effect in reducing adult survival at 20–25 °C and its greatest effect in reducing nymph weight gain at 25 °C. This corresponded with optimal temperatures for adult survival (20–25 °C) and nymph development (25–30 °C). At 25 and 30 °C, adult females achieved up to three oviposition cycles on the susceptible variety, but only one cycle on the resistant variety. Maximum egg-laying occurred at 30 °C due to larger numbers of egg batches produced during the first oviposition cycle on both the susceptible and resistant varieties, and larger batches during the second and third oviposition cycles on the susceptible variety; however, resistance had its greatest effect in reducing fecundity at 25 °C. This revealed a mismatch between the optimal temperatures for resistance and for egg production in immigrating females. Increasing global temperatures could reduce the effectiveness of anti-herbivore resistance in rice and other crops where such mismatches occur.
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Ge L, Zhou Z, Sun K, Huang B, Stanley D, Song QS. The antibiotic jinggangmycin increases brown planthopper (BPH) fecundity by enhancing rice plant sugar concentrations and BPH insulin-like signaling. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 249:126463. [PMID: 32213388 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2019] [Revised: 03/07/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens, is a resurgent pest with an unexpected response to jinggangmycin (JGM), a broadly applied antibiotic used to control rice sheath blight disease. JGM stimulates BPH fecundity, but the underlining molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Here we report that JGM sprays led to increased glucose concentrations, photosynthesis and gene expression, specifically Rubsico, sucrose phosphate synthase, invertase 2 (INV2) and INV3 in rice plants. JGM sprays led to high-glucose rice plants. Feeding BPH on these plants led to increased insulin-like signaling and vitellogenin synthesis. Treating BPH with metformin, a gluconeogenesis inhibitor, reversed the influence of feeding on high-glucose rice, which was rescued by glucose injections. Silencing insulin-like peptide 2 using per os dsRNA led to reduction in juvenile hormone (JH) III titers and other fecundity parameters, which were reversed by topical applications of the JH analog, methoprene. We infer that JGM acts via two broad mechanisms, one through increasing rice plant sugar concentrations and a second by upregulating BPH insulin-like signaling.
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- LinQuan Ge
- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- USDA/Agricultural Research Service, Biological Control of Insects Research Laboratory, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, 1-31 Agriculture Building, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
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Xu G, Jiang Y, Zhang N, Liu F, Yang G. Triazophos-induced vertical transmission of rice stripe virus is associated with host vitellogenin in the small brown planthopper Laodelphax striatellus. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2020; 76:1949-1957. [PMID: 31858699 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Revised: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Rice stripe virus (RSV) is one of the most serious rice diseases in East Asia. The small brown planthopper (SBPH), Laodelphax striatellus, is an economically important rice pest. SBPH transmits RSV horizontally and vertically, resulting in serious rice economic losses. Exposure to sublethal doses of insecticides can induce many physiological and cellular changes in insects. However, the mechanism underlying triazophos-induced RSV vertical transmission remains unclear. Here, we investigated the role of vitellogenin (Vg) in triazophos-induced RSV vertical transmission. RESULTS RSV vertical transmission rates were significantly induced by sublethal exposure to triazophos. The transcript abundance of viral RNA3 segment (RNA3) and capsid protein (CP) in the ovaries of SBPH were also significantly increased. Triazophos induced the expression level of Vg in L. striatellus (LsVg) and increased the contents of ovarian protein and fat body protein. Knockdown of Vg significantly reduced the expression levels of LsVg and Vg receptor (LsVgR), and decreased RSV accumulations in the ovaries. Double-stranded Vg (dsVg)-mediated down-regulation could be rescued by exposure to triazophos. Vertical transmission rate of the dsVg-injected group was significantly decreased compared with the dsGFP-injected group, and triazophos significantly rescued the RSV vertical transmission rate of the dsVg-injected group. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that triazophos-induced RSV vertical transmission is associated with Vg. This work will help us to further elucidate sublethal doses of insecticides-mediated effects and develop new strategies for pest control. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Gang Xu
- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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Wu J, Ge L, Liu F, Song Q, Stanley D. Pesticide-Induced Planthopper Population Resurgence in Rice Cropping Systems. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY 2020; 65:409-429. [PMID: 31610135 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-011019-025215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Planthoppers are serious rice pests in Asia. Their population resurgence was first reported in the early 1960s, caused mainly by insecticides that indiscriminately killed beneficial arthropods and target pests. The subsequent resurgence involved two mechanisms, the loss of beneficial insects and insecticide-enhanced planthopper reproduction. In this review, we identify two forms of resurgence, acute and chronic. Acute resurgence is caused by traditional insecticides with rapid resurgence in the F1 generation. Chronic resurgence follows application of modern pesticides, including fungicides and herbicides, with low natural enemy toxicity, coupled with stimulated planthopper reproduction. The chemical-driven syndrome of changes leads to later resurgence in the F2 or later generations. Chronic resurgence poses new threats to global rice production. We review findings on the physiological and molecular mechanisms of chronic planthopper resurgence and suggest research directions that may help manage these new threats.
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- Jincai Wu
- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China;
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- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China;
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- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China;
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
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- Biological Control of Insects Research Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Columbia, Missouri 65203, USA
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Li DT, Chen X, Wang XQ, Zhang CX. FAR gene enables the brown planthopper to walk and jump on water in paddy field. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2019; 62:1521-1531. [PMID: 30810963 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-018-9462-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Many insects can live on water and survive being caught in the rain. Current research has shown that insect cuticular hydrocarbons (CHC) confer desiccation resistance to maintain water balance. In this study, we identified a fatty acyl-CoA reductase gene (NlFAR) of the rice brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens that is essential for the production of CHCs, and found that NlFAR is essential for N. lugens to walk and jump on water when moving from one rice plant to another in paddy fields. NlFAR was mainly expressed in the integument at the beginning of each molt. Cuticular surface analysis by scanning electron microscopy and characterization of CHC extracts indicated that N. lugens with knockdown of NlFAR using RNA inference (RNAi) had a neater epicuticle layer and a significant decrease in CHC contents. Knockdown of NlFAR did not influence the desiccation resistance of N. lugens, but the dsNlFAR-treated insects were easily adhered and moistened by water droplets or their own secreted honeydew and unable to walk or jump on water. These results suggested that NlFAR is a crucial enzyme for CHC biosynthesis and cuticle waterproofing, but not for water retention of N. lugens, which may provide a potential strategy for pest management.
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- Dan-Ting Li
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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Castellanos NL, Smagghe G, Sharma R, Oliveira EE, Christiaens O. Liposome encapsulation and EDTA formulation of dsRNA targeting essential genes increase oral RNAi-caused mortality in the Neotropical stink bug Euschistus heros. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2019; 75:537-548. [PMID: 30094917 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Neotropical stink bug Euschistus heros is a major pest in soybean fields. Development of highly species-specific pesticides based on RNA interference (RNAi) could provide a new sustainable and environmentally friendly control strategy. RESULTS Here, the potential of RNAi as a pest control tool against E. heros was assessed. First, target gene selection using a microinjection approach was performed. Seven of the 15 candidate genes tested exhibited > 95% mortality after hemolymph injection of 27.5 ng dsRNA. Subsequently, dsRNA was administered orally using different formulations: naked dsRNA, liposome-encapsulated-dsRNA and dsRNA formulated with EDTA. Liposome-encapsulated dsRNA targeting vATPase A and muscle actin led to significant mortality after 14 days (45% and 42%, respectively), whereas EDTA-formulated dsRNA did so for only one of the target genes. Ex vivo analysis of the dsRNA stability in collected saliva indicated a strong dsRNA-degrading capacity by E. heros saliva, which could explain the need for dsRNA formulations. CONCLUSION The results demonstrate that continuous ingestion of dsRNA with EDTA or liposome-encapsulated dsRNA can prevent dsRNA from being degraded enzymatically and suggest great potential for using these formulations in dsRNA delivery to use RNAi as a functional genomics tool or for pest management of stink bugs. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Nathaly L Castellanos
- Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Tan Y, Zhang Y, Huo ZJ, Zhou XR, Pang BP. Molecular cloning of heat shock protein 10 (Hsp10) and 60 (Hsp60) cDNAs from Galeruca daurica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and their expression analysis. BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2018; 108:510-522. [PMID: 29081303 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485317001079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Galeruca daurica (Joannis) is a new outbreak pest in the Inner Mongolia grasslands in northern China. Heat shock protein 10 and 60 (Hsp10 and Hsp60) genes of G. daurica, designated as GdHsp10 and GdHsp60, were cloned by rapid amplification of cDNA ends techniques. Sequence analysis showed that GdHsp10 and GdHsp60 encoded polypeptides of 104 and 573 amino acids, respectively. Sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis clearly revealed that the amino acids of GdHsp10 and GdHsp60 had high homology and were clustered with other Hsp10 and Hsp60 genes in insects which are highly relative with G. daurica based on morphologic taxonomy. The mRNA expression analysis by real-time PCR revealed that GdHsp10 and GdHsp60 were expressed at all development stages and in all tissues examined, but expressed highest in eggs and in adults' abdomen; both heat and cold stresses could induce mRNA expression of GdHsp10 and GdHsp60 in the 2nd instar larvae; the two Hsp genes were expressed from high to low with the extension of treatment time in G. daurica eggs exposed to freezing point. Overall, our study provides useful information to understand temperature stress responses of Hsp60 and Hsp10 in G. daurica, and provides a basis to further study functions of Hsp60/Hsp10 relative to thermotolerance and cold hardiness mechanism.
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- Y Tan
- Research Center for Grassland Entomology,Inner Mongolian Agricultural University,Hohhot,010019,China
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- Research Center for Grassland Entomology,Inner Mongolian Agricultural University,Hohhot,010019,China
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- Research Center for Grassland Entomology,Inner Mongolian Agricultural University,Hohhot,010019,China
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- Research Center for Grassland Entomology,Inner Mongolian Agricultural University,Hohhot,010019,China
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- Research Center for Grassland Entomology,Inner Mongolian Agricultural University,Hohhot,010019,China
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Singh S, Gupta M, Pandher S, Kaur G, Rathore P, Palli SR. Selection of housekeeping genes and demonstration of RNAi in cotton leafhopper, Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Ishida). PLoS One 2018; 13:e0191116. [PMID: 29329327 PMCID: PMC5766320 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2017] [Accepted: 12/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Ishida) commonly known as cotton leafhopper is a severe pest of cotton and okra. Not much is known on this insect at molecular level due to lack of genomic and transcriptomic data. To prepare for functional genomic studies in this insect, we evaluated 15 common housekeeping genes (Tub, B-Tub, EF alpha, GADPH, UbiCF, RP13, Ubiq, G3PD, VATPase, Actin, 18s, 28s, TATA, ETF, SOD and Cytolytic actin) during different developmental stages and under starvation stress. We selected early (1st and 2nd), late (3rd and 4th) stage nymphs and adults for identification of stable housekeeping genes using geNorm, NormFinder, BestKeeper and RefFinder software. Based on the different algorithms, RP13 and VATPase are identified as the most suitable reference genes for quantification of gene expression by reverse transcriptase quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR). Based on RefFinder which comprehended the results of three algorithms, RP13 in adults, Tubulin (Tub) in late nymphs, 28S in early nymph and UbiCF under starvation stress were identified as the most stable genes. We also developed methods for feeding double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) incorporated in the diet. Feeding dsRNA targeting Snf7, IAP, AQP1, and VATPase caused 56.17-77.12% knockdown of targeted genes compared to control and 16 to 48% mortality of treated insects when compared to control.
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- Satnam Singh
- Punjab Agricultural University, Regional Station, Faridkot, Punjab, India
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- Punjab Agricultural University, Regional Station, Faridkot, Punjab, India
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- Punjab Agricultural University, Regional Station, Faridkot, Punjab, India
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- Punjab Agricultural University, Regional Station, Faridkot, Punjab, India
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- Punjab Agricultural University, Regional Station, Faridkot, Punjab, India
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- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
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Lu K, Chen X, Liu W, Zhang Z, Wang Y, You K, Li Y, Zhang R, Zhou Q. Characterization of heat shock protein 70 transcript from Nilaparvata lugens (Stål): Its response to temperature and insecticide stresses. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 142:102-110. [PMID: 29107232 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2017.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2016] [Revised: 01/16/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, possesses a strong adaptability to extreme temperature and insecticide stresses. Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are highly conserved molecular chaperones and play a pivotal role in response to various environmental stresses in insects. However, little is known about the response of Hsps to stresses in N. lugens. In the present study, an inducible Hsp70 (NlHsp70) was isolated from this insect and transcriptional expression patterns of NlHsp70 under temperature and insecticide stresses were analyzed. The full-length of NlHsp70 was 2805bp with an open reading frame (ORF) of 1896bp, showing high homology to its counterparts in other species. Expression of NlHsp70 was not altered by heat shock for 1h, nor following recovery from thermal stress. Conversely, decreased expression of NlHsp70 was observed in response to cold shock. In addition, the expression of NlHsp70 increased after imidacloprid exposure. RNA interference experiment combined with insecticide injury assay also demonstrated that NlHsp70 was essential for resistance against insecticide exposure. These observations indicated that NlHsp70 was an important gene involved in the resistance or tolerance to environmental stresses in N. lugens. Interestingly, weak changes in mRNA expression levels of two thermal-inducible Hsp genes, NlHsp90 and NlHsc70 were observed in imidacloprid-exposed N. lugens adults, suggesting that different Hsps may respond differential to the extreme temperature and insecticide stresses.
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- Kai Lu
- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.
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Xu B, Qian K, Zhang N, Miao L, Cai J, Lu M, Du Y, Wang J. Sublethal effects of chlorantraniliprole on juvenile hormone levels and mRNA expression of JHAMT and FPPS genes in the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2017; 73:2111-2117. [PMID: 28382786 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2016] [Revised: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 04/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Juvenile hormone (JH) regulates the development and reproduction of insects. The sublethal effects of chlorantraniliprole on JH levels and mRNA expression of JH acid methyltransferase gene (CsJHAMT) and farnesyl diphosphate synthase genes (CsFPPS1 and CsFPPS2) in Chilo suppressalis (Walker) were investigated. RESULTS Exposure of sublethal concentrations of chlorantraniliprole (LC10 and LC30 ) to the third instar larvae of C. suppressalis significantly increased the JH levels in all developmental stages investigated including larvae 72 h after treatment, the first, third and fifth day of female pupae, as well as newly emerged, 12-h-old and 24-h-old female adults. A general trend of increased mRNA expression levels of CsJHAMT, CsFPPS1and CsFPPS2 was also observed in LC10 and LC30 treatment groups. Notably, the mRNA expression level of CsJHAMT significantly increased by 7.46-fold in the larvae 72 h after LC30 treatment. A significant increase of the mRNA expression levels of CsFPPS2 was also observed in the fifth day female pupae of LC10 and LC30 treatment groups (2.60-fold and 2.62-fold, respectively) as well as in 12-h-old female adults of the LC30 treatment group (3.45-fold). CONCLUSION Sublethal concentrations of chlorantraniliprole might upregulate the expression of JH biosynthesis genes and in turn result in an increase of JH level in C. suppressalis. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Beibei Xu
- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, China
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Li Y, Zhang Y, Liu X, Guo H. Does Resistance to Buprofezin Improve Heat and Cold Tolerance of Laodelphax striatellus (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)? ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY 2017; 46:988-994. [PMID: 28595288 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvx101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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There is ample evidence that insecticide resistance causes fitness costs and benefits in pests, while the impact of insecticide resistance on thermotolerance of pests is mostly unclear. The Laodelphax striatellus (Fallén), is an important rice insect pest, which has developed resistance to buprofezin in China. Here, we investigated differences in heat tolerance and cold tolerance among L. striatellus lines with variable buprofezin resistance. The lethal time for 50% of the individuals to die (LT50) at 40 °C increased with an increase in buprofezin resistance level, whereas both the survival rate under -22 °C and the supercooling point of planthoppers did not differ significantly between resistant and susceptible strains. The metabolic enzyme carboxylesterase was found to have an association with buprofezin resistance. Our research showed that buprofezin resistance was positively related with heat tolerance in L. striatellus, but it had no effect on cold tolerance. Insecticide resistance in L. striatellus may therefore have broader implications for the ecology of L. striatellus, and the management of buprofezin resistance in this pest may be challenging.
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- Yongteng Li
- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang No. 1, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang No. 1, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang No. 1, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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Oliver SV, Brooke BD. The effect of elevated temperatures on the life history and insecticide resistance phenotype of the major malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae). Malar J 2017; 16:73. [PMID: 28193292 PMCID: PMC5307775 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-017-1720-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 02/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Temperature plays a crucial role in the life history of insects. Recent climate change research has highlighted the importance of elevated temperature on malaria vector distribution. This study aims to examine the role of elevated temperatures on epidemiologically important life-history traits in the major malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis. Specifically, the differential effects of temperature on insecticide-resistant and susceptible strains were examined. METHODS Two laboratory strains of A. arabiensis, the insecticide-susceptible SENN and the insecticide-resistant SENN DDT strains, were used to examine the effect of elevated temperatures on larval development and adult longevity. The effects of various elevated temperatures on insecticide resistance phenotypes were also examined and the biochemical basis of the changes in insecticide resistance phenotype was assessed. RESULTS SENN and SENN DDT larvae developed at similar rates at elevated temperatures. SENN DDT adult survivorship did not vary between control and elevated temperatures, while the longevity of SENN adults at constantly elevated temperatures was significantly reduced. SENN DDT adults lived significantly longer than SENN at constantly elevated temperatures. Elevated rearing temperatures, as well as a short-term exposure to 37 and 39 °C as adults, augmented pyrethroid resistance in adult SENN DDT, and increased pyrethroid tolerance in SENN. Detoxification enzyme activity was not implicated in this phenotypic effect. Quercertin-induced synergism of inducible heat shock proteins negated this temperature-mediated augmentation of pyrethroid resistance. CONCLUSION Insecticide-resistant A. arabiensis live longer than their susceptible counterparts at elevated temperatures. Exposure to heat shock augments pyrethroid resistance in both resistant and susceptible strains. This response is potentially mediated by inducible heat shock proteins.
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- Shüné V Oliver
- Centre for Opportunistic, Tropical and Hospital Infections, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 1 Modderfontein Road, Sandringham, Johannesburg, South Africa. .,Faculty of Health Sciences, Wits Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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- Centre for Opportunistic, Tropical and Hospital Infections, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 1 Modderfontein Road, Sandringham, Johannesburg, South Africa.,Faculty of Health Sciences, Wits Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa
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RNA Interference in Insect Vectors for Plant Viruses. Viruses 2016; 8:v8120329. [PMID: 27973446 PMCID: PMC5192390 DOI: 10.3390/v8120329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Revised: 12/05/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Insects and other arthropods are the most important vectors of plant pathogens. The majority of plant pathogens are disseminated by arthropod vectors such as aphids, beetles, leafhoppers, planthoppers, thrips and whiteflies. Transmission of plant pathogens and the challenges in managing insect vectors due to insecticide resistance are factors that contribute to major food losses in agriculture. RNA interference (RNAi) was recently suggested as a promising strategy for controlling insect pests, including those that serve as important vectors for plant pathogens. The last decade has witnessed a dramatic increase in the functional analysis of insect genes, especially those whose silencing results in mortality or interference with pathogen transmission. The identification of such candidates poses a major challenge for increasing the role of RNAi in pest control. Another challenge is to understand the RNAi machinery in insect cells and whether components that were identified in other organisms are also present in insect. This review will focus on summarizing success cases in which RNAi was used for silencing genes in insect vector for plant pathogens, and will be particularly helpful for vector biologists.
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Driving Pest Insect Populations: Agricultural Chemicals Lead to an Adaptive Syndrome in Nilaparvata Lugens Stål (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Sci Rep 2016; 6:37430. [PMID: 27876748 PMCID: PMC5120279 DOI: 10.1038/srep37430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The brown planthopper (BPH) is a devastating pest of rice throughout Asia. In this paper we document the BPH biogeographic range expansion in China over the 20-year period, 1992 to 2012. We posed the hypothesis that the range expansion is due to a syndrome of adaptations to the continuous presence of agricultural chemicals (insecticides and a fungicide) over the last 40 years. With respect to biogeography, BPH ranges have expanded by 13% from 1992 to 1997 and by another 3% from 1997 to 2012. In our view, such expansions may follow primarily from the enhancing effects of JGM, among other agricultural chemicals, and from global warming. JGM treatments led to increased thermotolerance, recorded as decreased mortality under heat stress at 40 ± 1 °C (down from 80% to 55%) and increased fecundity (by 49%) at 34 °C. At the molecular level, JGM treatments led to increased abundances of mRNA encoding Acetyl Co-A carboxylase (Acc) (up 25%) and Hsp70 (up 32%) in experimental BPH. RNAi silencing of Hsp70 and Acc eliminated the JGM effects on fecundity and silencing Hsp70 reduced JGM-induced thermotolerance. Integrated with global climate change scenarios, such syndromes in pest insect species have potential for regional- and global-scale agricultural disasters.
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Lu K, Chen X, Liu W, Zhou Q. Characterization of heat shock cognate protein 70 gene and its differential expression in response to thermal stress between two wing morphs of Nilaparvata lugens (Stål). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2016; 199:47-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2016] [Revised: 05/06/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Chen J, Kitazumi A, Alpuerto J, Alyokhin A, de Los Reyes B. Heat-induced mortality and expression of heat shock proteins in Colorado potato beetles treated with imidacloprid. INSECT SCIENCE 2016; 23:548-554. [PMID: 25504556 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/12/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The Colorado potato beetle is an important pest of solanaceous plants in the Northern Hemisphere. Better understanding of its physiological responses to temperature stress and their interactions with still-prevalent chemical control has important implications for the management of this insect. We measured mortality and expression of the Hsp70 heat shock proteins in the Colorado potato beetle larvae exposed to sublethal concentration of the commonly used insecticide imidacloprid, and to supraoptimal temperatures. Both turned out to be significant stress factors, although induction of Hsp70 by imidacloprid observed in the present study was low compared to its induction by the heat. The two factors also interacted with each other. At an extreme temperature of 43 °C, exposure to a sublethal dose of imidacloprid resulted in a significant rise in larval mortality, which was not observed at an optimal temperature of 25 °C. Heat-stressed larvae also failed to respond to imidacloprid by producing more Hsp70. These findings suggest that when field rates of insecticides become insufficient for killing the exposed beetles under optimal temperature conditions due to the evolution of resistance in beetle populations, they may still reduce the probability of resistant beetles surviving the heat shock created by using propane flamers as a rescue treatment.
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- School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, USA
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- School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, USA
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- School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, USA
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Xu B, You LL, Wu Y, Ding J, Ge LQ, Wu JC. Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Observations of Female Oocytes From Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae): Antibiotic Jinggangmycin (JGM)-Induced Stimulation of Reproduction and Associated Changes in Hormone Levels. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 2016; 109:1677-82. [PMID: 27247297 PMCID: PMC4981076 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tow085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 03/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Previous studies have demonstrated that the agricultural antibiotic jinggangmycin (JGM) stimulates reproduction in the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens Stål and that the stimulation of brown planthopper reproduction induced by JGM is regulated by the fatty acid synthase (FAS) and acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) genes. However, a key issue in the stimulation of reproduction induced by pesticides involves the growth and development of oocytes. Therefore, the present study investigated oocyte changes via transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and changes in hormone levels (juvenile hormones (JH) and 20-hydroxyecdysone (20 E)) in JGM-treated females. TEM observations showed that the size of the lipid droplets in the oocytes of JGM-treated females, compared with those in the oocytes of the control females, significantly reduced by 32.6 and 29.8% at 1 and 2 d after emergence (1 and 2 DAE), respectively. In addition, the JH levels of JGM-treated females at 1 and 2 DAE were increased by 49.7 and 45.7%, respectively, whereas 20 E levels decreased by 36.0 and 30.0%, respectively. We conclude that JGM treatments lead to substantial changes in lipid metabolism, which are directly and indirectly related to stimulation of reproduction of brown planthopper together with our previous findings.
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- Bing Xu
- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 220059, P.R. China (; ; ; ; ; )
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- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 220059, P.R. China (; ; ; ; ; )
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- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 220059, P.R. China (; ; ; ; ; )
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- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 220059, P.R. China (; ; ; ; ; )
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- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 220059, P.R. China (; ; ; ; ; )
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- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 220059, P.R. China (; ; ; ; ; )
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Identification of a heat shock protein 90 gene involved in resistance to temperature stress in two wing-morphs of Nilaparvata lugens (Stål). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2016; 197:1-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Revised: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Lyons CL, Oliver SV, Hunt RH, Coetzee M. The Influence of Insecticide Resistance, Age, Sex, and Blood Feeding Frequency on Thermal Tolerance of Wild and Laboratory Phenotypes of Anopheles funestus (Diptera: Culicidae). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2016; 53:394-400. [PMID: 26718714 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjv196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Resistance to insecticides is a global phenomenon and is increasing at an unprecedented rate. How resistant and susceptible strains of malaria vectors might differ in terms of life history and basic biology is often overlooked, despite the potential importance of such information in light of changing climates. Here, we investigated the upper thermal limits (ULT50) of wild and laboratory strains of Anopheles funestus Giles mosquitoes, including resistance status, sex, age, and blood feeding status as potential factors influencing ULT50. No significant differences in ULT50 were observed between strains displaying different resistance patterns, nor was there a significant difference between wild and laboratory strains. In some instances, strains showed a senescence response, displaying decreased ULT50 with an increase in age, and differences between males and females (females displaying higher ULT50 than males). Blood feeding did not seem to influence ULT50 in any way. For An. funestus, it seems evident that there is no cost to resistance despite what is displayed in other anopheline species. This could have significant impacts for vector control, with resistant populations of An. funestus performing just as well, if not better, than susceptible strains, especially under changing environmental conditions such as those expected to occur with climate change.
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Gurr GM, You M. Conservation Biological Control of Pests in the Molecular Era: New Opportunities to Address Old Constraints. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:1255. [PMID: 26793225 PMCID: PMC4709504 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2015] [Accepted: 12/23/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Biological control has long been considered a potential alternative to pesticidal strategies for pest management but its impact and level of use globally remain modest and inconsistent. A rapidly expanding range of molecular - particularly DNA-related - techniques is currently revolutionizing many life sciences. This review identifies a series of constraints on the development and uptake of conservation biological control and considers the contemporary and likely future influence of molecular methods on these constraints. Molecular approaches are now often used to complement morphological taxonomic methods for the identification and study of biological control agents including microbes. A succession of molecular techniques has been applied to 'who eats whom' questions in food-web ecology. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) approaches have largely superseded immunological approaches such as enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and now - in turn - are being overtaken by next generation sequencing (NGS)-based approaches that offer unparalleled power at a rapidly diminishing cost. There is scope also to use molecular techniques to manipulate biological control agents, which will be accelerated with the advent of gene editing tools, the CRISPR/Cas9 system in particular. Gene editing tools also offer unparalleled power to both elucidate and manipulate plant defense mechanisms including those that involve natural enemy attraction to attacked plants. Rapid advances in technology will allow the development of still more novel pest management options for which uptake is likely to be limited chiefly by regulatory hurdles.
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- Geoff M. Gurr
- Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhou, China
- Fujian-Taiwan Joint Centre for Ecological Control of Crop Pests, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of AgricultureFuzhou, China
- Graham Centre, Charles Sturt UniversityOrange, NSW, Australia
- *Correspondence: Geoff M. Gurr,
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhou, China
- Fujian-Taiwan Joint Centre for Ecological Control of Crop Pests, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of AgricultureFuzhou, China
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Christiaens O, Smagghe G. The challenge of RNAi-mediated control of hemipterans. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2014; 6:15-21. [PMID: 32846663 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2014.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2014] [Revised: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/10/2014] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The post-transcriptional gene silencing mechanism RNA interference (RNAi) has potential as a crop protection strategy against important pest insects. Here we focus on Hemiptera pests, comprising some of the most devastating pest organisms as aphids, whiteflies, psyllids, bedbugs and kissing bugs. At first, a state-of-the-art overview is provided of the progress in RNAi in Hemiptera, as well as on the challenges when developing new RNAi-based pest control strategies against hemipteran pests, such as the delivery of dsRNA and degradation in the insect body. We also discuss the variability in RNAi efficiency as observed between species and experiments, and the factors potentially responsible for this phenomenon.
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- Olivier Christiaens
- Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Zhang YX, Zhu ZF, Lu XL, Li X, Ge LQ, Fang JC, Wu JC. Effects of two pesticides, TZP and JGM, on reproduction of three planthopper species, Nilaparvata lugens Stål, Sogatella furcifera Horvath, and Laodelphax striatella Fallén. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 115:53-57. [PMID: 25307466 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2014.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2014] [Revised: 07/26/2014] [Accepted: 07/27/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Three planthopper species, the brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens Stål, the white-backed planthopper (WBPH), Sogatella furcifera Horvath, and the small brown planthopper (SBPH), Laodelphax striatella Fallén, often co-occur in rice grown regions of China. The present investigation examined effects of two pesticides, triazophos (TZP) and jinggangmycin (JGM) (a fungicide), on reproduction of BPH, WBPH, and SBPH. The results showed that TZP stimulated the fecundity of the three planthopper species. Interestingly, JGM stimulated the fecundity of BPH but suppressed the fecundity of WBPH. In addition, TZP and JGM had a significant effect on the preoviposition period (PVD), the oviposition period (OPD), and the longevity of adult females (LAF) of BPH and WBPH. Based on these findings, to avoid resurgence occurrence of planthoppers, we suggest that the application of TZP should be banned in rice fields, that JGM should be used to control rice sheath blight at the early growth stages of rice (with WBPH occurrence and without BPH occurrence).
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- Yi-Xin Zhang
- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, PR China
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- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, PR China
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- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, PR China
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- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, PR China
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- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, PR China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Agricultural Academy of Science, Nanjing, Jiangsu, PR China
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- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, PR China.
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Zhu ZF, Cheng J, Lu XL, Li X, Ge LQ, Fang JC, Wu JC. Comparisons of topical and spray applications of two pesticides, triazophos and jinggangmycin, on the protein content in the ovaries and fat bodies of the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens Stål (Hemiptera:Delphacidae). PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 114:97-101. [PMID: 25175656 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2014.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Revised: 06/21/2014] [Accepted: 06/23/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The pesticide-induced stimulation of reproduction in pests is one of the most important mechanisms of pest resurgence. There have been numerous reports on the insecticide-induced stimulation of reproduction. However, the relationship between pesticide application method and pest resurgence (stimulation of reproduction) has received little attention. Here, we studied the effect of two treatment methods, triazophos (TZP) and jinggangmycin (JGM), on the protein content in the ovaries and fat bodies of the brown planthopper (BPH) Nilaparvata lugens Stål. The results showed that pesticide treatment methods significantly affected the protein content in the ovaries and fat bodies of BPH. In addition, grand means (means of main effect) of the protein content at 2 and 3 days after emergence (2 and 3 DAE) for foliar sprays was significantly higher than that observed after topical treatments, which increased by 23.9% (from 1.42 to 1.76) and 8.82% (from 4.42 to 4.81), respectively. No significant differences on the protein content in the ovaries and fat bodies for the JGM topical treatment were observed compared with controls. However, the protein content for JGM foliar sprays was significantly higher than that for the controls. The protein contents in both topical and spray treatments of TZP were significantly higher than those of the controls. Ovarian protein is mainly yolk protein. There is a positive correlation between ovarian protein content and the number of eggs laid. These findings show that foliar spray of the pesticides promotes the resurgence of BPH. Therefore, the foliar spray of some pesticides, such as JGM, should be avoided for the control of pests, which is the sideeffects of the fungicide on non-target insect pests' occurrence.
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- Zhan-Fei Zhu
- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 220059, PR China
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- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 220059, PR China
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- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 220059, PR China
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- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 220059, PR China
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- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 220059, PR China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Agricultural Academy of Science, Nanjing, Jiangsu, PR China
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- School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 220059, PR China.
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Cheng J, Huang LJ, Zhu ZF, Jiang LB, Ge LQ, Wu JC. Heat-dependent fecundity enhancement observed in Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) after treatment with triazophos. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY 2014; 43:474-481. [PMID: 24763100 DOI: 10.1603/en13249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
The brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) is a serious pest of rice crops in the temperate and tropical regions of Asia and Australia, and it is also a classic example of an insecticide-induced resurgent pest. Brown planthopper outbreaks have been reported to be closely associated with pesticide application. Previous studies have shown that the insecticide triazophos enhances thermal tolerance and fecundity in brown planthopper. However, the effects of triazophos and high temperature on reproductive capacity have not been studied in high temperature-conditioned reciprocal pairs of adult males and females. The present experiments showed that triazophos enhanced the reproductive capacity of brown planthopper under high temperature (34°C). The number of eggs laid by females treated with 40 ppm triazophos at 34°C approximately doubled compared with untreated insects. Furthermore, the triazophos-induced fecundity enhancement at 34°C was significantly greater than that at 26°C, and the number of eggs laid for mating pair of adult males at 34°C with adult females under 34°C (♂(34) × ♀(34)) were significantly greater than that of adult males at 26°C (♂(26) × ♀3(4)), suggesting that this insecticide enhances the resistance of brown planthopper to high-temperature stress. Insecticide-induced enhancement of reproductive capacity in brown planthopper under high temperatures should be of great concern, and it has important implications for forecasting future brown planthopper outbreaks as well as the pesticide-selection process.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jia Cheng
- Department of Entomology, School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, P.R. China
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