Insects share an intimate relationship with their gut microflora and this symbiotic association
has developed into an essential evolutionary outcome intended for their survival through …

The rapid advances in available transcriptomic and genomic data and our understanding of
the physiology and biochemistry of whitefly–plant interactions have allowed us to gain new …

Abstract Background The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is among the
100 worst invasive species in the world. As one of the most important crop pests and virus …

Metabolism of an organism is composed of hundreds to thousands of interconnected
biochemical reactions responding to environmental or genetic constraints. This metabolic …

Symbionts can regulate animal reproduction in multiple ways, but the underlying
physiological and biochemical mechanisms remain largely unknown. The presence of …

Symbiosis between organisms is an important driving force in evolution. Among the diverse
relationships described, extensive progress has been made in insect–bacteria symbiosis …

Emerging bacterial pathogens threaten global health and food security, and so it is important
to ask whether these transitions to pathogenicity have any common features. We present a …

Highlights•Hamiltonella defensa is a bacterial symbiont protecting aphids against
parasitoids.•APSE viruses infect H. defensa and play key roles in the defensive …

Sumx Insects evolve dependence—often extreme—on microbes for nutrition. This includes
cases in which insects harbor multiple endosymbionts that function collectively as a …

Highlights•Whiteflies are plant phloem feeders and have diverse interactions with host
plants.•Plants defend against whitefly attacks by alternations of morphology and …