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Bulle M, Sheri V, Aileni M, Zhang B. Chloroplast Genome Engineering: A Plausible Approach to Combat Chili Thrips and Other Agronomic Insect Pests of Crops. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:3448. [PMID: 37836188 PMCID: PMC10574609 DOI: 10.3390/plants12193448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
Abstract
The world population's growing demand for food is expected to increase dramatically by 2050. The agronomic productivity for food is severely affected due to biotic and abiotic constraints. At a global level, insect pests alone account for ~20% loss in crop yield every year. Deployment of noxious chemical pesticides to control insect pests always has a threatening effect on human health and environmental sustainability. Consequently, this necessitates for the establishment of innovative, environmentally friendly, cost-effective, and alternative means to mitigate insect pest management strategies. According to a recent study, using chloroplasts engineered with double-strand RNA (dsRNA) is novel successful combinatorial strategy deployed to effectively control the most vexing pest, the western flower thrips (WFT: Frankliniella occidentalis). Such biotechnological avenues allowed us to recapitulate the recent progress of research methods, such as RNAi, CRISPR/Cas, mini chromosomes, and RNA-binding proteins with plastid engineering for a plausible approach to effectively mitigate agronomic insect pests. We further discussed the significance of the maternal inheritance of the chloroplast, which is the major advantage of chloroplast genome engineering.
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- Mallesham Bulle
- Agri Biotech Foundation, Agricultural University Campus, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500030, India
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- Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA;
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- Department of Biotechnology, Telangana University, Dichpally, Nizamabad 503322, India;
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- Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA;
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Silva CAD, Cavalleri A, Morais MMD, Andrade WL, Albuquerque Junior PS, Serrão JE, Zanuncio JC. Retithrips syriacus (Mayet) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae): first record damaging cotton plants in Brazil. BRAZ J BIOL 2022; 82:e264466. [PMID: 35894347 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.264466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- C A D Silva
- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Laboratório de Entomologia da Embrapa Algodão, Campina Grande, PB, Brasil.,Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Agrárias, Campina Grande, PB, Brasil.,Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-graduação em Agronomia, Areia, PB, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Agrárias, Campina Grande, PB, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Viçosa, MG, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Entomologia, Viçosa, MG, Brasil
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Zhang Z, Chen Q, Tan Y, Shuang S, Dai R, Jiang X, Temuer B. Combined Transcriptome and Metabolome Analysis of Alfalfa Response to Thrips Infection. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12121967. [PMID: 34946916 PMCID: PMC8701657 DOI: 10.3390/genes12121967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is a major insect pest for alfalfa which can result in decreased plant nutrients, low yields, and even plant death. To identify the differentially expressed genes and metabolites in response to thrips in alfalfa, a combination of metabolomics and transcriptomics was employed using alfalfa (Caoyuan No. 2) with and without thrips infestation. The results showed that the flavonoid biosynthesis and isoflavonoid biosynthesis pathways were the most significantly enriched pathways in response to thrips infection, as shown by the combined transcriptome and metabolome analysis. The transcriptome results showed that SA and JA signal transduction and PAPM-triggered immunity and the MAPK signaling pathway–plant pathways played a crucial role in thrips-induced plant resistance in alfalfa. In addition, we found that thrips infestation could also induce numerous changes in plant primary metabolism, such as carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism as compared to the control. Overall, our results described here should improve fundamental knowledge of molecular responses to herbivore-inducible plant defenses and contribute to the design of strategies against thrips in alfalfa.
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- Zhiqiang Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources of the Ministry of Education, Technology Engineering Center of Drought and Cold-Resistant Grass Breeding in North of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Grassland, Resources and Environment, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010011, China; (Z.Z.); (Q.C.); (S.S.); (X.J.)
- Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources of the Ministry of Education, College of Grassland, Resources and Environment, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010011, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources of the Ministry of Education, Technology Engineering Center of Drought and Cold-Resistant Grass Breeding in North of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Grassland, Resources and Environment, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010011, China; (Z.Z.); (Q.C.); (S.S.); (X.J.)
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010011, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources of the Ministry of Education, Technology Engineering Center of Drought and Cold-Resistant Grass Breeding in North of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Grassland, Resources and Environment, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010011, China; (Z.Z.); (Q.C.); (S.S.); (X.J.)
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- Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources of the Ministry of Education, College of Grassland, Resources and Environment, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010011, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources of the Ministry of Education, Technology Engineering Center of Drought and Cold-Resistant Grass Breeding in North of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Grassland, Resources and Environment, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010011, China; (Z.Z.); (Q.C.); (S.S.); (X.J.)
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- Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources of the Ministry of Education, Technology Engineering Center of Drought and Cold-Resistant Grass Breeding in North of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Grassland, Resources and Environment, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010011, China; (Z.Z.); (Q.C.); (S.S.); (X.J.)
- Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources of the Ministry of Education, College of Grassland, Resources and Environment, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010011, China;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-0471-4316259
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Mouden S, Leiss KA. Host plant resistance to thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) - current state of art and future research avenues. Curr Opin Insect Sci 2021; 45:28-34. [PMID: 33278641 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2020.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is endorsed as the future standard for crop protection worldwide. This holistic concept integrates preventative and curative measures amongst which host plant resistance (HPR) plays an essential role. Up to now HPR has been a somewhat under-utilized tool in pest management due to widespread use of pesticides and technological hindrance. Thrips are key pests in agriculture and horticulture worldwide. Here we provide an overview on the current status of research on constitutive and induced HPR including thrips-host relationships and thrips as virus vectors. We stress modulation of plant defense responses by abiotic and biotic elicitors to increase HPR and provide an outlook on the increasing potential of HPR inspired by the fast advancement of -omics techniques.
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- Sanae Mouden
- Wageningen University & Research, Business Unit Horticulture, Violierenweg 1, 2665 MV Bleiswijk, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University & Research, Business Unit Horticulture, Violierenweg 1, 2665 MV Bleiswijk, The Netherlands.
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Maciel GPS, Dias-Pini NS, Melo JWS, Lima ÉFB, Lima MGADE, Saraiva WVA. Population dynamics and infestation of Holopothrips fulvus Morgan (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) in dwarf cashew genotypes. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2020; 92 Suppl 1:e20190091. [PMID: 32491137 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202020190091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the Holopothrips fulvus Morgan (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) population dynamics and to identify dwarf cashew genotypes less infested by the pest in 2015 and 2016, under field conditions. H. fulvus population evaluations were carried out by monthly observations in the plants and using a score scale varying from 0 to 4. H. fulvus infestation occurred from October to December, and in the cashew genotypes CAP 112/8, CAP 121/1, CAP 131/2, CAP 145/2, CAP 145/7, CAP 128/2, CAP 120/4, CAP 123/6, CAP 130/1, and CAP 157/2 was dependent on the flowering period of the crop in 2015. In 2016, there was dependence in all evaluated genotypes between H. fulvus infestation and the cashew flowering period. In 2015, no significant differences were observed between the evaluated genotypes regarding H. fulvus infestation. In 2016, genotypes CAP 105/5, CAP 143/7, CAP 150/3, CAP 155/2, CAP 158/8, CAP 161/7, CAP 163/8, CAP 31, CAP 71, CAP 92, CAP 113, CAP 120, CAP 155, CAP 165, CAP 106/1, CAP 111/2, CAP 127/3, CAP 157/2, and BRS 226 were less infested. H. fulvus occurs from October to December and we could identify the dwarf cashew genotypes less infested by the pest.
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