Transcriptomic and Gene Expression Analysis of Chemosensory Genes from White Grubs of Hylamorpha elegans (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), a Subterranean Pest in South America.

ABSTRACT: Olfaction and gustation processes play key roles in the life cycle of insects, such as finding and accepting food sources, oviposition sites, and mates, among other fundamental aspects of insect development. In this context, chemosensory genes found in sensory organs (e.g., antennae and maxillary palps) are crucial for understanding insect behaviour, particularly the phytophagous behaviour of insect pests that attack economically important crops. An example is the scarab beetle Hylamorpha elegans, which feeds on the roots of several crops important for livestock in its larval stage. In this study, chemosensory gene candidates of H. elegans white grubs identified through the head transcriptome and phylogenetic and tissue-biased gene expression (antennae, head without antennae,

SUBMITTER: Lizana P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11432230 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature