Comparative Analysis of Adelphocoris suturalis Jakovlev (Hemiptera: Miridae) Immune Responses to Fungal and Bacterial Pathogens.

ABSTRACT: The wide-spread culture of transgenic Bt cotton resisting the infamous cotton bollworms has reduced the adoption of broad-spectrum insecticides to a large extent. Consequently, the non-targeted insect Adelphocoris suturalis Jakovlev has become a major cotton pest in China. Entomopathogenic microbes show promising results for controlling this pest in the future, but A. suturalis innate immune responses to these pathogens are poorly understood. Here, we used the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana and the Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria Enterobactor cloacae to infect A. suturalis nymphs, followed by high throughput RNA-seq to analyze the immune transcriptomes of A. suturalis in response to the two pathogens. A total of 150 immunity-related g

SUBMITTER: Ma M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8012897 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature