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- Title
Microbiota Profile of Melanaphis sacchari. A Destructive Pest of Sorghum bicolor.
- Authors
Gómez-Govea, Mayra A.; Bravo-Acosta, Alondra M.; Lourdes Ramírez- Ahuja, María de; Villanueva-Segura, Olga Karina; Ruiz-Aymá, Gabriel; Velasco, Antonio Guzmán-; González-Rojas, José Ignacio; Martínez-Fierro, Margarita; Enciso, Ivan Delgado; Ramírez-Valles, Eda G.; Martínez-Dávila, Jorge A.; Cruz-Fierro, Norma; Trujillo-Murillo, Karina del C.; Ponce-García, Gustavo; Flores-Suárez, Adriana E.; Rodríguez-Sánchez, Iram P.
- Abstract
Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner) is a pest of agricultural importance because of its ability to destroy crops of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Association with endosymbiotic bacteria affect aphid fitness and are influenced by such aspects as geography and association with the host plant. Composition of microbiota of M. sacchari was determined by extracting DNA from the gut of adult individuals (n = 60) and sequencing the 16s rRNA gene by next-generation sequencing (Ion TorrentTM). The most abundant phylum was Proteobacteria (98.88%), and the dominant genera were Leclercia (25.28%), Pantoea (16.54%), Trabulsiella (9.06%), and Serratia (2.94%). These results can be use to study the importance of primary symbiotic bacteria of M. sacchari and their relationship with agricultural production.
- Subjects
AGRICULTURAL productivity; PESTS; AGRICULTURAL pests; HOST plants; NUCLEOTIDE sequencing; SORGHUM; MEDICAGO
- Publication
Southwestern Entomologist, 2021, Vol 46, Issue 2, p373
- ISSN
0147-1724
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3958/059.046.0208