ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2023
Role of gut symbionts of insect pests: A novel target for insect-pest control.
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- Symbiont-mediated mechanisms of insecticide resistance in insects.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2026Review
- Integrated Pest Management Strategies for ControllingInsects · 2026Review
- Dyella stictolepturae sp. nov., isolated from the larva gut of red-brown longhorn beetle (Stictoleptura succedanea).Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2026Article
- Gut microbiota-mediated nitrogen recycling in the white Grub Holotrichia longipennis: A model for microbiome-targeted pest control.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Article
- The Microbiome of an Invasive Antarctic insect, Eretmoptera Murphyi (Diptera: Chironomidae), and its Potential Role in Nutrient Cycling.Microbial ecology · 2026Article
- Developmental and Reproductive Impacts ofInsects · 2026Article
- Behavioral and lethal effects of yeast based bioformulations on Bactrocera dorsalis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Subterranean synergies: termite bacterial diversity and eugenol-mediated selective dysbiosis.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Gut Symbiont-Driven Adaptive Evolution of Herbivorous Insect-Plant Interactions and Its Ecological Implications.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- The biochemical and molecular mechanisms of plants: a review on insect herbivory.Plant signaling & behavior · 2025Review
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Abstract
Insects possess beneficial and nuisance values in the context of the agricultural sector and human life around them. An ensemble of gut symbionts assists insects to adapt to diverse and extreme environments and to occupy every available niche on earth. Microbial symbiosis helps host insects by supplementing necessary diet elements, providing protection from predators and parasitoids through camouflage, modulation of signaling pathway to attain homeostasis and to trigger immunity against pathogens, hijacking plant pathways to circumvent plant defence, acquiring the capability to degrade chemical pesticides, and degradation of harmful pesticides. Therefore, a microbial protection strategy can lead to overpopulation of insect pests, which can drastically reduce crop yield. Some studies have demonstrated increased insect mortality
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