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Journal Article
Inter-Population Variability of Endosymbiont Densities in the Asian Citrus Psyllid (Diaphorina citri Kuwayama)
2016
Overview
The Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri Kuwayama) is an insect pest capable of transmitting Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), the causal agent of citrus greening in North America. D. citri also harbors three endosymbionts, Wolbachia, Candidatus Carsonella ruddii, and Candidatus Profftella armatura, which may influence D. citri physiology and fitness. Although genomic researches on these bacteria have been conducted, much remains unclear regarding their ecology and inter-population variability in D. citri. The present work examined the densities of each endosymbiont in adult D. citri sampled from different populations using quantitative PCR. Under field conditions, the densities of all three endosymbionts positively correlated with each other, and they are associated with D. citri gender and locality. In addition, the infection density of CLas also varied across populations. Although an analysis pooling D. citri from different populations showed that CLas-infected individuals tended to have lower endosymbiont densities compared to uninfected individuals, the difference was not significant when the population was included as a factor in the analysis, suggesting that other population-specific factors may have stronger effects on endosymbiont densities. To determine whether there is a genetic basis to the density differences, endosymbiont densities between aged CLas-negative females of two D. citri populations reared under standardized laboratory conditions were compared. Results suggested that inter-population variability in Wolbachia infection density is associated with the genotypes of the endosymbiont or the host. Findings from this work could facilitate understanding of D. citri-bacterial associations that may benefit the development of approaches for managing citrus greening, such as prevention of CLas transmission.
Publisher
Springer US,Springer Science + Business Media,Springer Nature B.V
Subject
/ Alphaproteobacteria - classification
/ Alphaproteobacteria - genetics
/ Animals
/ Bacteria
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus
/ Citrus
/ Density
/ Ecology
/ Female
/ females
/ Florida
/ Fruits
/ Gender
/ genotype
/ Geoecology/Natural Processes
/ Helicobacter - classification
/ Insects
/ Kuwayama
/ Male
/ quantitative polymerase chain reaction
/ Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
/ rearing
