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Ramya,Shanivarsanthe Leelesh; Venkatesan,Thiruvengadam; Srinivasa Murthy,Kottilingam; Jalali,Sushil Kumar; Verghese,Abraham. |
Abstract Diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus), is a notorious pest of brassica crops worldwide and is resistant to all groups of insecticides. The insect system harbors diverse groups of microbiota, which in turn helps in enzymatic degradation of xenobiotic-like insecticides. The present study aimed to determine the diversity of gut microflora in DBM, quantify esterase activity and elucidate their possible role in degradation of indoxacarb. We screened 11 geographic populations of DBM in India and analyzed them for bacterial diversity. The culturable gut bacterial flora underwent molecular characterization with 16S rRNA. We obtained 25 bacterial isolates from larvae (n = 13) and adults (n = 12) of DBM. In larval gut isolates,... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Plutella xylostella; Bacteria; 16S rRNA; Phylogeny; Carboxylesterase; Indoxacarb. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822016000200327 |
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