Anosmic flies: what Orco silencing does to olive fruit flies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae) is the most destructive pest of the olive cultivation worldwide causing significant production losses and olive fruit impoverishment, as its larvae feed exclusively on the olive fruit. Reproductive and sexual behavior, as well as host-plant recognition of the fly, are highly dependent on its chemosensory system. Therefore, exploring the role of genes that play a critical role in olfaction, could reveal potential molecular targets that determine species-specific features on chemical communication and could be used to impair sexual behavior.

Results

In this study we identified the gene that encodes the conserved olfactory co-receptor Orco (Odorant receptor co-receptor), which interacts with all divergent insect odorant receptor

SUBMITTER: Tsoumani KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7747369 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature