Ecdysteroid Biosynthesis Halloween Gene Spook Plays an Important Role in the Oviposition Process of Spider Mite, Tetranychus urticae
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Expression Dynamics of the Halloween Genes in the Oviposition Period
2.2. RNAi of Halloween Gene Spook Reduced the Female Oviposition of T. urticae
2.3. Effect of Halloween Gene Spook Silencing on the Transcript Levels of Other Genes Downstream
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Culturing of Mites and Oviposition Statistics
4.2. Expression Dynamics of the Halloween Genes in the Oviposition Period
4.3. RNAi of TuSpo
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Wang, L.; Li, Z.; Yi, T.; Li, G.; Smagghe, G.; Jin, D. Ecdysteroid Biosynthesis Halloween Gene Spook Plays an Important Role in the Oviposition Process of Spider Mite, Tetranychus urticae. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 14797. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241914797
Wang L, Li Z, Yi T, Li G, Smagghe G, Jin D. Ecdysteroid Biosynthesis Halloween Gene Spook Plays an Important Role in the Oviposition Process of Spider Mite, Tetranychus urticae. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(19):14797. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241914797
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Liang, Zhuo Li, Tianci Yi, Gang Li, Guy Smagghe, and Daochao Jin. 2023. "Ecdysteroid Biosynthesis Halloween Gene Spook Plays an Important Role in the Oviposition Process of Spider Mite, Tetranychus urticae" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, no. 19: 14797. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241914797