Expression Profiles of Digestive Genes in the Gut and Salivary Glands of Tarnished Plant Bug (Hemiptera: Miridae).

ABSTRACT: Host plant preference of agricultural pests may shift throughout the growing season, allowing the pests to persist on wild hosts when crops are not available. Lygus Hahn (Hemiptera: Miridae) bugs are severe pests of cotton during flowering and fruiting stages, but can persist on alternative crops, or on weed species. Diversity of digestive enzymes produced by salivary glands and gut tissues play a pivotal role in an organism's ability to utilize various food sources. Polyphagous insects produce an array of enzymes that can process carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. In this study, the digestive enzyme repertoire of the tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois), was identified by high-throughput sequencing followed by cDNA cloning and sequencing. This study identified 87

SUBMITTER: Perera OP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8112305 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature