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Open AccessRice ragged stunt virus-induced apoptosis affects virus transmission from its insect vector, the brown planthopper to the rice plant
Most plant viruses that seriously damage agricultural crops are transmitted by insects. However, the mechanisms enabling virus transmission by insect vectors are poorly understood. The brown planthopper (Nilaparv...
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Two insulin receptors determine alternative wing morphs in planthoppers
Some insects have alternative wing morphs, one that is long-winged and changes habitat to follow resources, and one that is short-winged and flightless but has high fertility; here, the molecular details of th...
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Open AccessGenomes of the rice pest brown planthopper and its endosymbionts reveal complex complementary contributions for host adaptation
The brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, the most destructive pest of rice, is a typical monophagous herbivore that feeds exclusively on rice sap, which migrates over long distances. Outbreaks of it have re-occ...
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Open AccessGenomic insights into the serine protease gene family and expression profile analysis in the planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens
The brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens) is one of the most destructive rice plant pests in Asia. N. lugens causes extensive damage to rice by sucking rice phloem sap, which results in hopper burn (complete dea...
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Open AccessThe genome- and transcriptome-wide analysis of innate immunity in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens
The brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens) is one of the most serious rice plant pests in Asia. N. lugens causes extensive rice damage by sucking rice phloem sap, which results in stunted plant growth and the tra...
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Open AccessDe novo characterization of a whitefly transcriptome and analysis of its gene expression during development
Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) causes extensive crop damage throughout the world by feeding directly on plants and by vectoring hundreds of species of begomoviruses. Yet little is understood about its genes involved i...
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Comparative analysis of the genomes of Bombyx mandarina and Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedroviruses
The Bombyx mandarina nucleopolyhedrovirus (BomaNPV) S1 strain can infect the silkworm, Bombyx mori, but is significantly less virulent than B. mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) T3 strain. The complete nucleotide ...
