Reduced Glutamine Synthetase Activity Alters the Fecundity of Female Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Insects
2.2. Gene Expression in Adults
2.3. RNAi Bioassay
2.4. The MSX Bioassay
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Gene Expression during Sex Maturation
3.2. RNAi Bioassay
3.3. MSX Feeding
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Wei, D.; Zhang, M.-Y.; Zhang, Y.-X.; Zhang, S.-Y.; Smagghe, G.; Wang, J.-J. Reduced Glutamine Synthetase Activity Alters the Fecundity of Female Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel). Insects 2019, 10, 186. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10070186
Wei D, Zhang M-Y, Zhang Y-X, Zhang S-Y, Smagghe G, Wang J-J. Reduced Glutamine Synthetase Activity Alters the Fecundity of Female Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel). Insects. 2019; 10(7):186. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10070186
Chicago/Turabian StyleWei, Dong, Meng-Yi Zhang, Ying-Xin Zhang, Su-Yun Zhang, Guy Smagghe, and Jin-Jun Wang. 2019. "Reduced Glutamine Synthetase Activity Alters the Fecundity of Female Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)" Insects 10, no. 7: 186. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10070186