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ArticleJournal of economic entomology2017

Onion Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Feeding Promotes Infection By Pantoea ananatis in Onion.

Ari Grode, Shicheng Chen, Edward D Walker, Zsofia Szendrei

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Article in Journal of economic entomology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ari GrodeDepartment of Entomology, Michigan State University.
Shicheng ChenDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University.
Edward D WalkerDepartment of Entomology, Michigan State University.
Zsofia SzendreiDepartment of Entomology, Michigan State University.
Michigan State University · US

Funding

Larval Mosquito Feeding and Microbial InteractionsR37AI021884 · NIAID · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WALKER, EDWARD D · 2008 to 2017
$3.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI021884
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman, is a primary insect pest of onions (Allium cepa) worldwide. Onion thrips cause feeding damage by destroying epidermal tissue. They are also vectors of Pantoea ananatis (Serrano) Mergaert, the bacteria that causes center rot. Onions with center rot develop white streaks with water-soaked margins along the onion leaves, which turn necrotic and lead to bulb rot during storage. The role of thrips feeding on the establishment and progression of bacterial infection in onions has not been investigated. Onions infested with thrips and inoculated with P. ananatis had more necrotic tissue and symptoms were more severe with increasing thrips density. We conducted a fluorescence microscopy study that examined how P. ananatis (expressing a fluorescence protein gene) colonized a control group of onions without thrips in comparison to a test group of onions with thrips. We found that P. ananatis colonized some onions in the control group because of naturally existing wounds in the epidermal tissue but more colonization was found in the thrips infested group because of the increased presence of entry points caused by thrips feeding. Overall, our results demonstrate that wounds caused by thrips feeding facilitate center rot development by providing entry sites for the bacteria into leaf tissue.

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HerbivoryAnimalsOnionsPantoeaPlant LeavesThysanopterabacterial center rotfluorescence microscopyinsect–bacteria interactionThrips tabaci

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PMID29112728
PMCPMC6281329
OpenAlexW2767115645

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