Comparative analyses of transcriptional responses of Dectes texanus LeConte (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) larvae fed on three different host plants and artificial diet

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 11448 - 19
• Main Authors: Aguirre-Rojas, Lina M., Scully, Erin D., Trick, Harold N., Zhu, Kun Yan, Smith, C. Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.06.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/208/199; 631/208/514/1949; 631/601/1466; Allelochemicals; Ambrosia; Animal Feed; Animals; Apolipoproteins; Artificial diets; Biotransformation; Cell walls; Coleoptera - genetics; Coleoptera - metabolism; Comparative analysis; cytochrome P-450; Dectes; Dectes texanus; Diet; digestion; Gene expression; Gene Expression Regulation; gene ontology; Girdling; Glycine max; Glycoside hydrolase; Helianthus; Helianthus annuus; Host plants; Humanities and Social Sciences; Insect Proteins - biosynthesis; Insect Proteins - genetics; Larva - genetics; Larva - metabolism; Larvae; Lipids; Lipocalin; multidisciplinary; Oxidoreductase; Pests; Polygalacturonase; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Solutes; Soybeans; Transcription; transcription (genetics); Transcription, Genetic; unigenes

Dectes texanus is an important coleopteran pest of soybeans and cultivated sunflowers in the Midwestern United States that causes yield losses by girdling stems of their host plants. Although sunflower and giant ragweed are primary hosts of D. texanus , they began colonizing soybeans approximately 5...