Indianmeal moth Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is an economical pest of stored grains and their products, causing severe loss by feeding and producing silken web containing frass and exuvia. An ectoparasitoid Bracon hebetor Say (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) attacks this pest as a natural enemy and induce paralysis and developmental arrest in it. At molecular level its venom induce many physiological changes in host P. interpunctella to make it suitable source of food and development for its young ones. To explore these physiological changes at molecular level in P. interpunctella, we observed expression level of different genes having different functions related to immunity, defense and development at different intervals followed by B. hebetor envenomation. Fifth instar day 5 old larvae of P. interpunctella were used in experiment. Our results showed that B. hebetor envenomation effect the gene expression differently in host P. interpunctella. This basic study will be the starting point to understand the role of envenomation in host regulation studies.

• Tahir Shafeeq(College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
• Jae Kyoung Shim(College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
• Sang-Mok Cha(College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National Universit)
• Kyeong-Yeoll Lee(College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Institute of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University)