Spatio-Temporal Profiling of Metarhizium anisopliae-Responsive microRNAs Involved in Modulation of Plutella xylostella Immunity and Development.

ABSTRACT: Metarhizium anisopliae, a ubiquitous pathogenic fungus, regulates a wide array of the insect pest population. The fungus has been employed to control Plutella xylostella, an insecticide-resistant destructive lepidopteran pest, which causes substantial economic losses in crops worldwide. Integration of modern gene-silencing technologies in pest control strategies has become more crucial to counter pesticide-resistant insects. MicroRNAs (miRNA) play essential roles in the various biological process via post-transcriptional gene regulation. In the present study, RNA-seq analysis of control (CK36h, CK72h) and fungal-infected (T36h, T72h) midguts was performed to reveal underlying molecular mechanisms occurring in larval midgut at different time courses. We aimed at exploring M

SUBMITTER: Zafar J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8620415 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature