关键词:
brown planthopper
resistant rice
response mechanism
RNA sequencing
ABC transporters
摘要:
The brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), is a major pest that has been causing substantial losses in rice production across Asia for decades [1]. BPHs feed on rice phloem sap by using their piercing–sucking mouthparts. Rice plants infested with a BPH population show various symptoms, such as dwarfing, wilting, browning, and drying. In addition, BPHs act as a vector for viral diseases that can lead to the death of rice plants [2,3].In this study, we utilized two rice cultivars: Taichung Native 1 (TN1), a susceptible variety, and YHY15, a resistant variety carrying the Bph15 resistance gene [6]. These were used to rear two populations of BPH, designated as biotype 1 and biotype Y. Biotype 1, an avirulent population, was maintained on TN1 rice. In contrast, a virulent biotype Y population was developed through the adaptation of biotype 1 on YHY15 plants starting in January 2007, over the course of more than 160 generations (samples were collected in July 2019) [16]. All rice plants were cultivated from seeds sown in sponges with dimensions of 6 cm in diameter and 2 cm in height, with six plants per cup. These plants were grown in a controlled-environment incubator maintained at 30 ± 2 °C during the day (16 h, 06:00–22:00) and 28 ± 2 °C at night (8 h, 22:00–06:00). Depending on the experimental requirements, the rice plants were grown for approximately 2 to 5 weeks post-sowing. The BPH populations were maintained at Xinyang Normal University, China, under conditions of 26 ± 1 °C with a 16-h light/8-h dark cycle. Third-instar BPH nymphs were utilized for both the feeding and micro-injection *** to the feeding treatment, the third-instar nymphs underwent a starvation period of 1 h. Post-starved, third-instar nymphs of both biotype 1 and biotype Y were introduced onto three-week-old YHY15 rice plants for feeding. On average, each rice seedling hosted approximately 15 insect individuals. For RNA-seq analysis, nymphs were