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PLANT HOST INDUCED VARIATION OF ENDOSYMBIONTS ASSOCIATED WITH KUSMI LAC INSECTS

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Title PLANT HOST INDUCED VARIATION OF ENDOSYMBIONTS ASSOCIATED WITH KUSMI LAC INSECTS
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Creator Thamilarasi Kandasamy
Sajiya Ekbal
Monika Gupta
KanchanKumari
Vaibhav D Lohot
Mohanasundaram A
K K Sharma
 
Subject Kerria lacca
Schleichera oleosa
endosymbiotic bacteria
 
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Kerrialacca (Kerr), a sap sucking insect, is widely grown commercially on Butea monosperma (Palas), Schleicheraoleosa (Kusum),
Ziziphusmauritania(Ber) and Flemingiasemialata in India. Lac insects secrete resin, wax and dye for self-protection, which have numerous
applications in different fields. Lac cultivation is one of the major sources of income for the tribal community of the country. Kusmi lac
insects is specific to India and contribute good quality and quantity lac. Lac insects live on nutrient-poor diets of phloem sap; hence to
compensate for other important nutrients they have evolved obligate associations with microorganisms. Endosymbionts are supposed to have
various roles in insect development and physiology. Some bacteria consociates with lac insects have been identified and understood, but
several remain unknown. Our objective is to identify the diversity and variation of endosymbiotic bacteria in kusmilac insects grown on
kusum, berandsemialatausing molecular methods. We followed culturing method to isolate bacterial endosymbionts from kusmi lac insects
from different host plants. 16S rDNA of the bacterial isolates were amplified and sequenced for their identification, which could be used to
decipher their role in lac insects. This study shows ten different bacteria to be associated with lac insects and differences in the bacterial
species from lac insects grown on different host plants. Our study would contribute to a broader understanding of the diversity of
endosymbionts and their symbiotic associations with lac insects.
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Date 2020-04-28T05:03:23Z
2020-04-28T05:03:23Z
2018-08-31
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Thamilarasi, K., Ekbal S., Gupta, M., Kumari, K., Lohot, V.D., Mohanasundaram, A. and Sharma, K.K. (2018). PLANT HOST INDUCED VARIATION OF ENDOSYMBIONTS ASSOCIATED WITH KUSMI LAC INSECTS. MULTILOGIC IN SCIENCE. VIII(C). 99-102.
2277-7601
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/35175
 
Language English
 
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