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The Thermoperiod Alters Boper Gene Expression and Thereby Regulates the Eclosion Rhythm of Bradysia odoriphaga (Diptera: Sciaridae)
- Source :
- Environmental Entomology. 50:1241-1247
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021.
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Abstract
- In most organisms, various physiological and behavioral functions are expressed rhythmically. Previous studies have shown that thermoperiod is an important factor affecting circadian clock-related genes that regulate insect locomotor activity. Bradysia odoriphaga Yang & Zhang is an underground pest that attacks more than 30 crops but is especially damaging to Chinese chives. In this study, we analyzed the adult eclosion time and period (Boper) gene expression in B. odoriphaga as affected by temperature (cycling vs constant temperature), insect stage, and tissue specific. We found that the eclosion time and expression of the Boper gene changed during the temperature cycle but not under a constant temperature. Silencing of Boper expression significantly decreased the adult eclosion rate and significantly increased adult mortality and malformation. The findings indicate that thermoperiod alters Boper expression and regulates the eclosion rhythm.
- Subjects :
- Ecology
Chive
Diptera
Period (gene)
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Temperature
Gene Expression
Insect
Biology
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Circadian Rhythm
Cell biology
Nematocera
Insect Science
Eclosion rhythm
Gene expression
Animals
Gene silencing
Sciaridae
Circadian rhythm
PEST analysis
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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Details
- ISSN :
- 19382936 and 0046225X
- Volume :
- 50
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Environmental Entomology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4e384625b05fb729f6ea5e086a4e30a2