Reproductive pattern in the solanum mealybug, Phenacoccus solani: A new perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The reproductive pattern of most scale insects is ovoviviparity. The solanum mealybug, Phenacoccus solani (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), is known as a thelytokous parthenogenetic species, but there is still debate about the reproductive strategies of this species.

Methods

Here, we investigated the oviposition characteristics of P. solani and used scanning/transmission electron microscopy and RNA-seq to identify the differences between two types of eggs.

Results

We found that P. solani laid two types of eggs in one batch, with no significant difference in apparent size: one with eyespots that hatched and another without eyespots that failed to hatch. Furthermore, the physiological and molecular differences between the two types of eggs wer

SUBMITTER: Huang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7453925 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature