Conserved infections and reproductive phenotypes of Wolbachia symbionts in Asian tortrix moths.

Wolbachia is a ubiquitous endosymbiotic bacterium that manipulates insect reproduction. A notable feature of Wolbachia is male killing (MK), whereby sons of infected females are killed during development; however, the evolutionary processes by which Wolbachia acquired the MK ability remain unclear. The tea tortrix moth Homona magnanima (Tortricidae) harbours three non-MK Wolbachia strains (wHm-a, wHm-b and wHm-c) and an MK strain wHm-t.

Current Status and Complexity of Three Species in Pepper Plants in Lowlands and Highlands in Java Island, Indonesia.

Three primary species from the genus, (PepYLCIV), (TYLCKaV), and (ToLCNDV), are suspected of spreading throughout pepper production centers, and plants are infected by a single species or a combination of two or three species. This study was conducted to provide complete information about the symptoms, incidence and severity, whitefly biotypes, as well as the dominance status of the three species in pepper-producing areas in Java. A DNA analysis was carried out on leaf samples to identify species and biotypes of collected from 18 areas (16 districts) in lowlands (<400 m asl) and highlands (>700 m asl).

RNA-seq data of tea mosquito bugs, antennae.

Tea Mosquito Bug (TMB), (Hemiptera: Miridae) is one of the major pest infesting tea and cocoa plantations worldwide. Developing olfaction-based control methods was urges as an alternative to commonly used but non-environmental friendly chemical pesticides. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying TMB reception mechanism are still lacking.

Inheritance and Realized Heritability of Resistance to Imidacloprid in the Brown Planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), From Indonesia.

The brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens Stål., is a major insect pest causing serious damage to the rice crop in many rice-producing countries. The aim of the study was to determine the inheritance characteristics and realized heritability of resistance to imidacloprid in N.