Nutritional Relationship between Bemisia tabaci and Its Primary Endosymbiont, Portiera aleyrodidarum, during Host Plant Acclimation
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Insect and Plants
2.2. Host Plant Shifting and Acclimation
2.3. Performance of B. tabaci
2.4. Expression of Nutrient-Related Genes of P. aleyrodidarum
2.5. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Effects of Host Plant Shifting and Acclimation on the Performance of B. tabaci
3.2. Relationship between Host Plant Shifting and Acclimation and the Expression of Nutrient-Related Genes of P. aleyrodidarum
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Gene | ID 1 | Sequence (5′ to 3′) | Amplicon |
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trpA | Por0185 | trpA-F: ACCACCAGAACACGCTCAAGAA trpA-R: CTTCCTCCCGTAACTCCATTTATTG | 165 bp |
trpB | Por0186 | trpB-F: CGGGTCTAACGCAATGGGAT trpB-R: ACTCCAGGCACACCTCCATTTAA | 135 bp |
leuB | Por0099 | leuB-F: TGGTATAGGGCCCGAAGTGATC leuB-R: AGCGAGATGCTTTTGCTGCTT | 170 bp |
leuC | Por0263 | leuC-F: CAGATGGAGGCACAGGATATGC leuC-R: CCAACTTTTGCTCCTGCTTCAA | 115 bp |
ilvC | Por0140 | ilvC-F: TGTGGTGGCGTATCAGCATTAA ilvC-R: TCACCCAAACCCCCTTCATATA | 140 bp |
ilvD | Por0090 | ilvD-F: AGGCAATGGGACGTTGTTATCA ilvD-R: CCACCCATTGCTATATCCATTATCAT | 180 bp |
gyrA | Por0266 | gyrA-F: TATGGCAACGAATGTACCTCCTC gyrA-R: ACAATCCCAGCAGTCCCATAAAT | 159 bp |
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Hu, F.-Y.; Tsai, C.-W. Nutritional Relationship between Bemisia tabaci and Its Primary Endosymbiont, Portiera aleyrodidarum, during Host Plant Acclimation. Insects 2020, 11, 498. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11080498
Hu F-Y, Tsai C-W. Nutritional Relationship between Bemisia tabaci and Its Primary Endosymbiont, Portiera aleyrodidarum, during Host Plant Acclimation. Insects. 2020; 11(8):498. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11080498
Chicago/Turabian StyleHu, Fang-Yu, and Chi-Wei Tsai. 2020. "Nutritional Relationship between Bemisia tabaci and Its Primary Endosymbiont, Portiera aleyrodidarum, during Host Plant Acclimation" Insects 11, no. 8: 498. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11080498