천적유지식물은 재배지에 천적을 지속적으로 유지할 수 있도록 하기 위하여 필요한 비작물성 식물이다. 미끌애꽃노린재는 총채벌레 등 원 예작물 해충의 주요 천적이지만, 재배지의 장기적인 유지를 위해서 효율적인 천적유지식물의 개발이 필요하다. 미끌애꽃노린재의 우수한 천적유 지식물을 선발하기 위하여 다양한 화밀식물 7종류(돌나물, 채송화 그리고 국화 5 품종)를 대상으로 미끌애꽃노린재의 산란율을 비교해 본 결과, 노란색 꽃을 가진 국화 품종에서 가장 높게 나타났다. 본 연구결과는 총채벌레 방제를 위한 미끌애꽃노린재의 효과를 증대하는데 기여할 것으로 판단된다.

Bemisia tabaci is a species complex consist of about 40 cryptic species. This species is also a vector of at least 100 begomovirus including Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV). TYLCV transmitted by B. tabaci in a circulative propagative manner but its molecular mechanism is remain unclear. We investigate the transcriptional response of B. tabaci MED to TYLCV infection using next generation sequencing (NGS) analysis. In total 16757 differentially expressed genes between viruliferous and non-viruliferous whiteflies were analyzed. Among them 289 transcripts found significant, where 116 up-regulated and 173 down-regulated. Our results reveal the whitefly-TYLCV relationship and provide important molecular information about virus transmission of vector insects.

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) and its vector insect, the sweet potato whitefly Bemisia tabaci, are major threats to tomato and pepper production in all around world. Since the last three decades, both B. tabaci and TYLCV have been invaded into many countries via different routes. Our studies showed that various geminiviruses including TYLCV can be transmissible by seeds as well as whiteflies. Furthermore, commercially developed resistant tomato strains against TYLCV infection can serve as TYLCV reservoirs and potentially influence on TYLCV epidemics. Therefore, transmission pathways through both insect vectors and seeds should be concerned for suitable management of geminiviruses and whiteflies.

Bemisia tabaci is a vector of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) but Trialeurodes vaporariorum is not. To determine the effect of TYLCV acquisition on vector and non-vector, we compared various physiological characteristics between two species. Our results showed that TYLCV acquisition significantly affected B. tabaci but not T. vaporariorum. The B. tabaci increased susceptibility against thermal stress but weakened chill coma recovery, shortening of longevity, low fecundity and abbreviated developmental time by virus acquisition. At the molecular level, B. tabaci increased hsp70 and hsp90 levels by TYLCV ingestion. However, T. vaporariorum did not shown any changes of those characteristics. Therefore, the physiological manipulation of TYLCV was specific to vector species but not non-vector species.

The sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci is one of the most serious pests in the greenhouse. They can infest variouscrop plants even in high warm greenhouse condition in summer. To understand the effect of heat acclimation ability ofB. tabaci, mortality was determined at various temperature conditions of the greenhouse. Adult whiteflies survived evenin 63°C in tomato greenhouse. The median lethal temperature (LT50) of the greenhouse colony was 59.9°C however LT50of the lab colony was 47.6°C. The relative expression level of heat shock proteins (hsp23, hsp70 and hsp90) were significantlylower in the greenhouse colony compare to the lab colony. This result suggests B. tabaci has very high thermal adaptability(acclimation) and its mechanism is associated with heat shock protein system.

The sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci is a serious pest and virus vector of many crops. To understand thermal tolerance of B. tabaci at molecular level, effects of rapid and acclimated thermal stress were analyzed by measuring mRNA levels of two heat shock proteins (hsp), hsp23 and hsp90, of B. tabaci using quantitative real-time RT-PCR. Mortality of adult whiteflies were 65.5% by 45°C for 1 h but 100% by 50°C for 1 h. However, mortality by subsequent exposures to 35°C for 1 h then 45°C for 1 h was 43.3%. Comparison between rapid and acclimated heat shock treatments showed that different patterns between hsp23 and hsp90 levels. At acclimated condition, hsp90 was higher but hsp23 was lower than rapid heat shock. The results suggest that the heat acclimation response is possibly advantageous to whiteflies that are often exposed to drastic temperature fluctuations.

The toxicity of neem extracts that induce abnormality and lethality is strongly enhanced by the ingestion rather than surface contact. Oral toxicity of neem extracts was analyzed using a plant sapping pest Bemisia tabaci. When adults were allowed to ingest various doses (0, 5, 10, and 50 ppm) of azadirachtin diluted in 20% sugar solution in a double-layered parafilm chamber for 72 h, mortality was 12.5, 77.5, 97.5, 100%, respectively. When a cucumber leaf which has many nymphs were submerged into the solution of neem extract, adult eclosion was decreased to 87.0, 16.6, 16.1, and 6.6%, respectively. Further, when neem extracts were irrigated into the tomato cultivar the average number of nymphs per leaf was decreased to 60.3% in comparison with the untreated control. These result suggest that systemic treatment of neem extracts was effective for the control of whiteflies as well as other sucking insect pests.

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) causes a highly serious disease in tomatoes in many countries. The most important thing in management is the prevention of virus transmission. TYLCV had been known to be only transmitted by a vector, the sweetpotato whitelfy, Bemisia tabaci. However, we identified two other important routes of TYLCV transmission into tomatoes. It is seed-transmissible. Many seeds available in domestic and global markets were infected by TYLCV. It is also infective into various weeds and other horticultural crops and transmit virus through vector insects. Therefore, we need a new strategy for the virus and vector management.

Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is a rapid, specific, cost-effective detection method by amplifying nucleic acid under isothermal conditions. In this study, we used LAMP for detection of Hamiltonella defensa that lives as a facultive endosymbiont of whitefly ‘Bemisia tabaci’. We designed the Hamiltonella-specific primers by targeting 16S ribosomal RNA gene and validated the specificity of one primer set. To find the optimum temperature for our primer set, the LAMP reaction was held at the temperature, 60℃, 62℃ and 65℃. As a result, 62℃ was the optimum reation temperature for LAMP reaction. Specificity of primer set was tested by the reaction to both Trialeurodes vaporariorum and B. tabaci. After the whole procedure, the amplicons by LAMP were visualized by adding SYBR Green to the reaction tube.

Differential gene regulation is crucial for development. Indianmeal moth is a global pest of stored and processed food products. Here, we determined the whole developmental expression patterns of 13 genes (shsp, hsp70, grp78, and hsp90), ecdysone receptor (EcR), ultraspiracle (USP), hemolin, β-1,3-glucan recognition protein (βgrp), prophenoloxidase (ProPO), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and thioredoxin peroxidase (Tpx), and two hexamerin storage protein genes (SP1 and SP2) related to growth, stress, metabolism, and host defense. We also studies effects of Bracon hebetor envenomation on these gene expressions to explore their role in host regulation. We found unexpected transcriptional peaks especially hsps which were high in egg and adult stages. This study provides comprehensive understanding about development and parasitoid regulation at molecular level.

The bluetongue is a serious vector-borne viral disease that affect wild and domestic ruminants. It is transmitted by midges belonging to the genus of Culicoides which count more than 1350 species. Since 1998, the disease has been spread in Europe and North Africa in 2000 including Algeria, while Korea reported serotype 1 of the virus on 2015. To know further about the existence and distribution of Culicoides species in Algeria, adult midges were collected from 17 different regions in Algeria from 2009 to 2015. The Interactive Identification Key of Culicoides (IIKC) has been used, followed by molecular identification by the sequencing of partial COI gene. At least 21 genetically different species have been identified. Among them, at least 5 potential virus vector species are present in Algeria. This study provides important insights for the understanding of genetic diversity of Culicoides and the existing potential of bluetongue spread in Algeria.

The sweetpotato whitelfy Bemisia tabaci distribute worldwide and infests more than 500 species of plants. To determine nutritional stress of whiteflies at molecular level, we identified a full cDNA of glucose regulated protein 78 (grp78) which is known to be respond to nutritional restriction in vertebrate species. GRP78 of B. tabaci was highly conserved motifs of the HSP70 family and the C-terminal motif of KDEL characteristic of endoplasmic reticulum-specific HSPs. Real-time RT-PCR analysis showed that the grp78 level was not changed by thermal stress treatment from 4°C to 40°C for 1 h. However, the grp78 level was proportionally increased to the ingestion of a sucrose solution ranging in concentrations from 0% to 30% in a Parafilm feeding chamber. In addition, the grp78 levels were various by the ingestion of leaves of 10 different plants for 24 h; its level was higher with eggplant and pepper but lower with rice and apple. Our study suggests that the grp78 may have a role for cellular chaperones in relation to nutritional uptake of B. tabaci.

Glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) is a member of the heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) family that is specific to endoplasmic reticulum (ER). It is known as chaperones and signaling regulators that respond to ER stresses in vertebrates. However, its function in invertebrates, including insects, is uncertain. Here we determined a full cDNA sequence and the expression patterns of grp78 of Aphis gossypii, which is a major pest of numerous crop plants worldwide. Its cDNA had highly conserved motifs of the HSP70 family and the C-terminal motif of KDEL characteristic of ER-specific HSPs. It showed 98.5% identity with the GRP78 of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Real-time RT-PCR analysis showed that the grp78 level was higher in the fourth instar nymph than in the younger instar and adult stages. Its level was not affected by thermal stress of 10 to 40°C for 1 h. The grp78 level was proportional to the ingestion of a sucrose solution ranging in concentration from 0% to 30% in a Parafilm feeding chamber. In addition, the grp78 level varied among aphids feeding on leaves from 14 different host plants for 24 h; it was higher with eggplant and pepper but lower with pigweed and tobacco than any other plants. Our study suggests that the grp78 level is regulated by nutritional condition of A. gossypii.

Cotton aphid infests more than 700 plants and a major pest of various horticultural crops worldwide. The glucose regulated protein 78 (GRP78) is a member of heat shock protein 70. Its expression is associated with the nutritional changes as well as environmental stresses. The full sequences of grp78 cDNA of Aphis gossypii was determined. It had conserved motifs of hsp genes and terminated in KDEL which is common to GRP78. Quantitative realtime PCR showed that its level was changed during development and also upregulated by starvation. However, its level was not much changed by heat stress. The level of grp78 can be use to understand nutritional physiology on insects.

The sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is a disastrous pest in horticultural plants worldwide. B. tabaci is a species complex including at least 24 biotypes in the world. In Korea, B-biotype has been invaded in 1998, Q-biotype in 2005 and widely spread into the country. B. tabaci is also a vector of more than 100 plant viruses, especially begomoviruses. Since 2008, Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) has been invaded into Korea and severely damaged tomato cultivar in all over of the country. B. tabaci is the only vector insect of TYLCV. Here we demonstrated whether TYLCV influence on the vector physiology during virus transmission. Pesticide susceptibility of whiteflies on TYLCV acquisition was determined in B. tabaci using the two-layered parafilm feeding chamber which containing 20% sugar solution including different doses of imidacloprid. Our result showed that TYLCV-viruliferous whiteflies were more susceptible to imidacloprid ingestion than non-viruliferous whiteflies. This study suggests that plant virus can manipulate the physiological conditions of vector insects.

The sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is a species complex, including at least 24 biotypes which express different ecological and physiological characteristics. B. tabaci is one of the most serious pests in the horticultural crops in worldwide level. B. tabaci infests over 600 plant species and also indirectly damages plants by the honeydew excretion. Moreover, whiteflies transmit more than 100 plant viruses, especially begomoviruses. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) which infested severely in tomato cultivars is transmitted by the vector insect, B. tabaci. Here, we demonstrated whether gene expression of B. tabaci is regulated by the oral ingestion of dsRNA. Double strand RNA (dsRNA) of heat shock protein 70 gene (hsp70) was produced from cDNA by using the specific primer. Whitefly adults were allowed to ingest sugar solution containing dsRNA for 3 hr in the two-layered parafilm feeding tube. Quantitative realtime PCR showed that whiteflies which ingest hsp70 dsRNA completely knockdown its transcript expression. Whiteflies ingestded dsRNA increased mortality by heat shock but not by cold shock. Further research will focus the role of hsp70 in various environmental stresses against insects.

Bemisia tabaci is a serious pest in various horticultural crops in the world. Due to use of chemical pesticide for their management they develop pesticide resistance and environmental contamination. It is necessary to develop alternative bio-pesticides using natural products from plants and natural enemies. Nicotiana benthamiana is a variety of wild tobacco plants and produce acyl sugars from glandular trichomes in the leaves. When adult whiteflies were reared with fresh N. benthamiana leaves, they were completely dead within 84 h. Oral feeding of 20% N. benthamiana extracts using ethanol and water showed complete mortality of whiteflies within 48 hours. Spray of N. benthamiana extracts into the leaves was lethal to eggs but not to nymphs of whiteflies. Further, tomato plants sprayed with N. benthamiana extracts were highly repellent to adult whiteflies. Quantitative real-time PCR indicated that the expression of various genes of B. tabaci was changed by oral feeding of N. benthamiana extract. This study suggests N. benthamiana extract is a useful for the control of whiteflies and can be used as an alternative natural pesticide for the whitefly management.