Chronic Effects of Imidacloprid on Honey Bee Worker Development-Molecular Pathway Perspectives.

ABSTRACT: Sublethal dosages of imidacloprid cause long-term destructive effects on honey bees at the individual and colony levels. In this review, the molecular effects of sublethal imidacloprid were integrated and reported. Several general effects have been observed among different reports using different approaches. Quantitative PCR approaches revealed that imidacloprid treatments during the adult stage are expressed as changes in immuneresponse, detoxification, and oxidation-reduction response in both workers and queens. In addition, transcriptomic approaches suggested that phototransduction, behavior, and somatic muscle development also were affected. Although worker larvae show a higher tolerance to imidacloprid than adults, molecular evidence reveals its potential impacts. Sublethal imidaclopr

SUBMITTER: Chen YR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8584158 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature