scholarly journals Identification of a female determinant gene for the sexual determination of a hemipteran insect, the brown planthopper

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji-Chong Zhuo ◽  
Hou-Hong Zhang ◽  
Yu-Cheng Xie ◽  
Han-Jing Li ◽  
Qing-Ling Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Determination ◽  
Brown Planthopper ◽  
Nilaparvata Lugens ◽  
Female Development ◽  
Upstream Gene ◽  
Sexual Determination ◽  
Specific Alternative ◽  
Hemipteran Insect ◽  
Female Determinant

AbstractThe sex determination mechanism for hemipteran species remains poorly understood. During the sex determination of the brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens, one species of Hemiptera, the functions of doublesex (Nldsx) and NlTra-2 (NlTra-2) genes were identified in our previous studies. Here, we identify an upstream gene for Nldsx in the sex determination cascade, NlFmd, which acts as female determinant gene for N. lugens. The sex-specific transcript of NlFmd (NlFmd-F) encodes an arginine/serine-, and proline-rich protein that is essential for female development. The knockdown of NlFmd resulted in the development of pseudomales, with sex-specific alternative Nldsx processing, and maternal RNA interference (RNAi) against NlFmd generates male-only progeny. Moreover, homologous genes for NlFmd have also been identified in two rice planthopper species, the white-backed planthopper (WBPH, Sogotalla furcifera) and the small brown planthopper (SBPH, Laodelphax striatellus), and these genes appear to be involved in the sex determination cascades for these species. Our data suggest that the sex determination cascade in Delphacidae is conserved.

scholarly journals Development of thermotolerant isolates of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill. with ethyl methanesulfonate

2018 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanisa Wongwanich ◽  
Payorm Cobelli ◽  
Duangkamon Boonchuay ◽  
Teerada Wangsomboondee
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Beauveria Bassiana ◽  
Brown Planthopper ◽  
Fungal Growth ◽  
Nilaparvata Lugens ◽  
Ethyl Methanesulfonate ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Pest Insects ◽  
Increasing Temperature

AbstractBeauveria bassianais an entomopathogenic fungus that is widely used in Thailand to control pest insects. However, the increasing temperature has influenced the insect control efficiency of the fungus. Therefore, determination of thermotolerant isolates ofB. bassianathat can grow and remain pathogenic at higher temperatures than its current optimum temperature may be a better way to control pest insects in a high temperature environment. Three isolates ofB. bassianaobtained from the Rice Department, Thailand were selected for mutagenesis using ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) with subsequent screening at high temperatures (33 and 35°C). In addition, the recovery of fungal growth after exposure to a high temperature for a period of time (5–15 days) and then transferring to 25°C was evaluated. No isolates were found that grew at 35°C but one mutant isolate (BCNT002MT) produced larger diameter colonies and more spores than the corresponding wild type (WT) at 33°C. Growth and spore production of the BCNT002MT isolate were greater than its WT when incubated at 25°C for 14 days following exposure to 33°C for 7 days. In addition, the spore germination level (%) of BCNT002MT was significantly higher than its WT during culture at 25°C after prior exposure to 33°C for 5, 10 and 15 days. The pathogenicity against the brown planthopper,Nilaparvata lugens(Stål), of this mutant isolate was also prominent.

scholarly journals An MD-2-related lipid-recognition protein is required for insect reproduction and integument development

Open Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wang ◽  
Ya Ma ◽  
Rui-Rui Yang ◽  
Xu Cheng ◽  
Hai-Jian Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fat Body ◽  
Brown Planthopper ◽  
Nilaparvata Lugens ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Female Reproductive Success ◽  
Adult Transition ◽  
Recognition Protein ◽  
Hemipteran Insect ◽  
Insect Reproduction ◽  
Myeloid Differentiation Factor

The myeloid differentiation factor 2 (MD-2)-related lipid-recognition protein is involved in immune responses through recognizing bacteria lipopolysaccharide in mammals, arthropods and plants. However, the physiological roles of MD-2 in other biological processes are largely unknown. Here, we identified three homologue MD-2 genes ( NlML1 , NlML2 and NlML3 ) by searching the genome and transcriptome databases of the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens , a hemipteran insect species. Temporospatial analysis showed that the NlML1 gene was highly expressed in the fat body but much less so in the other tissues, while the NlML2 and NlML3 genes were highly expressed in the testis or digestive tract. RNA interference-mediated depletion of the NlML1 gene significantly downregulated the transcription of numerous integument protein genes. The NlML1 knockdown led to moulting failure and mortality at the nymph–adult transition phase, impaired egg laying and hatching, and reduced 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) production in the nymphs. 20E could rescue the deficient moulting phenotypes derived from ds NlML1 RNAi. These novel findings indicate that NlML1 is required for nymphal moulting and female reproductive success as it plays an important role in regulating 20E synthesis, lipid and chitin metabolisms in N. lugens , thus contributing to our understanding of developmental and reproductive mechanisms in insects.

Monotreme sex chromosomes - implications for the evolution of amniote sex chromosomes

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul D. Waters ◽  
Jennifer A. Marshall Graves
Keyword(s):  
Sex Determination ◽  
Sex Chromosomes ◽  
Sex Chromosome ◽  
Female Development ◽  
Comparative Gene Mapping ◽  
Y Chromosomes ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
Platypus Genome ◽  
Genetic Events

In vertebrates, a highly conserved pathway of genetic events controls male and female development, to the extent that many genes involved in human sex determination are also involved in fish sex determination. Surprisingly, the master switch to this pathway, which intuitively could be considered the most critical step, is inconsistent between vertebrate taxa. Interspersed in the vertebrate tree there are species that determine sex by environmental cues such as the temperature at which eggs are incubated, and then there are genetic sex-determination systems, with male heterogametic species (XY systems) and female heterogametic species (ZW systems), some of which have heteromorphic, and others homomorphic, sex chromosomes. This plasticity of sex-determining switches in vertebrates has made tracking the events of sex chromosome evolution in amniotes a daunting task, but comparative gene mapping is beginning to reveal some striking similarities across even distant taxa. In particular, the recent completion of the platypus genome sequence has completely changed our understanding of when the therian mammal X and Y chromosomes first arose (they are up to 150 million years younger than previously thought) and has also revealed the unexpected insight that sex determination of the amniote ancestor might have been controlled by a bird-like ZW system.

scholarly journals Determination of brown planthopper resistant genes in some rice varieties by molecular markers

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-269
Author(s):  
Nguyễn Thị Kim Liên ◽  
Nguyễn Huy Hoàng ◽  
Lê Bắc Việt ◽  
Phan Thị Bích Thu ◽  
Nguyễn Huy Chung
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Markers ◽  
Resistance Genes ◽  
Brown Planthopper ◽  
Nilaparvata Lugens ◽  
Rice Varieties ◽  
Genomic Platform ◽  
The One ◽  
Nilaparvata Lugens Stål ◽  
Brown Plant Hopper

Brown plant hopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stal.) is the one of dangerous pests for rice that were reported in most of rice growing countries. Twenty seven BPH resistance genes have been detected in cultivated and wild rice. However, each resistance gene is able to resist with only strain or certain biotype. Besides, many studies indicated that the toxicity of BPH strains tend to change and loss the resistance of rice lines. The breeding of rice varieties that resist to many BPH biotypes is being the breeders towards. With helping of the development of molecular markers and genetic engineering, the breeders are hopping to identify the molecular markers that linked tightly with BPH resistance genes and develop the rice varieties can gather many resistance genes in a well genomic platform. In this study, we assessed the resistance of rice lines of Vietnam and imported rice lines. The resistance was ditermined by using assessement method in the galvanized box and molecular markers linkage with resistance genes (Bph1, bph2, Bph3, Bph9 and Bph17). The results showed that there was a high affinity between the two methods with 70.59% and 86.27% of lines that have the resistance (respectively). Among of 51 surveyed rice lines, 44 lines (86.27%) were determined to have at least one marker linkage with resistance genes. 19 lines (37.25%) harbored two or three markers linkage with resistance genes. These lines will be a good genetic resource for screening and breeding the resistant rice varieties.

SEX DETERMINATION OF FETUS PRENATAL FROM MATERNAL PLASMA BY USING DUPLEX PCR TECHNIQUE IN GOAT

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-59
Author(s):  
A NisreenYasirJasim ◽  
Tahir A. Fahid ◽  
Talib Ahmed Jaayid
Keyword(s):  
Sex Determination ◽  
Maternal Plasma ◽  
Duplex Pcr

Study of Significance of Pelvic Brim Chord and Pelvic Brim Depth in Sex Determination of Human Hip Bone

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 384-386
Author(s):  
Dr. Sudarshan Gupta ◽  
◽  
Dr. Bhadresh Vaghela ◽  
Dr. Deepak Howale ◽  
Dr. Mehul Tandel
Keyword(s):  
Sex Determination ◽  
Pelvic Brim

Screening of rice genotypes for resistance to the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens Stål

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 502-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. Ali ◽  
Salem S. Alghamdi ◽  
M. A. Begum ◽  
A. B. M. Anwar Uddin ◽  
M. Z. Alam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brown Planthopper ◽  
Nilaparvata Lugens ◽  
Rice Genotypes
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