Effects of Host Plant and Insect Generation on Shaping of the Gut Microbiota in the Rice Leaffolder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis.

ABSTRACT: Gut microbes in insects may play an important role in the digestion, immunity and protection, detoxification of toxins, development, and reproduction. The rice leaffolder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is a notorious insect pest that can damage rice, maize, and other gramineous plants. To determine the effects of host plants and generations on the gut microbiota of C. medinalis, we deciphered the bacterial configuration of this insect pest fed rice or maize for three generations by Illumina MiSeq technology. A total of 16 bacterial phyla, 34 classes, 50 orders, 101 families, 158 genera, and 44 species were identified in C. medinalis fed rice or maize for three generations. Host plants, insect generation, and their interaction did not influen

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9037797 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature