Gut Microbiota Accelerate the Insecticidal Activity of Plastid-Expressed Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Bb to a Leaf Beetle, <i>Plagiodera versicolora</i>
Xiaoyu Lei, Fengjuan Zhang, Jiang Zhang
Abstract
The contribution of gut microbiota to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Bb insecticidal activity in a leaf beetle was demonstrated using transplastomic poplar plants, providing a potential new approach to improve the efficiency of plastid transformation technology for pest control by expression of Bt toxins.
Topics & Concepts
Bacillus thuringiensisBiologyAxenicMidgutBiopesticideGut floraLymantria disparBotanyAntibiosisMicrobiologyPEST analysisBacteriaLarvaEcologyPesticideGeneticsImmunologyInsect Resistance and GeneticsInsect symbiosis and bacterial influencesEntomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control