Symbiotic microbial population composition of <i>Apolygus lucorum</i> under temperature and pesticide pressures.

ABSTRACT: Insect population control using pesticides faces new challenges as global temperatures change. Symbiotic bacteria of insects play a key role in insect resistance to pesticides, and these symbiotic bacteria themselves are sensitive to the effects of temperature changes. Apolygus lucorum, a sucking pest, survives in a wide range of temperatures (15°C-35°C), and is presently controlled predominantly using the pesticide imidacloprid. Here, we investigated the effects of temperature and imidacloprid on A. lucorum microbial population composition using 16S rRNA sequencing. We found that the application of imidacloprid in high-temperature environments led to an increase in the species diversity of bacteria in the body of A. lucorum. High temperatures may disrupt the symbiotic

SUBMITTER: Ma M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11656308 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature