Application of insulin signaling to predict insect growth rate in Maruca vitrata (Lepidoptera: Crambidae).

ABSTRACT: Insect growth is influenced by two major environmental factors: temperature and nutrient. These environmental factors are internally mediated by insulin/insulin-like growth factor signal (IIS) to coordinate tissue or organ growth. Maruca vitrata, a subtropical lepidopteran insect, migrates to different climate regions and feeds on various crops. The objective of this study was to determine molecular tools to predict growth rate of M. vitrata using IIS components. Four genes [insulin receptor (InR), Forkhead Box O (FOXO), Target of Rapamycin (TOR), and serine-threonine protein kinase (Akt)] were used to correlate their expression levels with larval growth rates under different environmental conditions. The functional association of IIS and larval growth was confirmed because RNA interferenc

SUBMITTER: Al Baki MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6171882 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature