New Insights into Cockroach Control: Using Functional Diversity of Symbionts

Overview

Journal Insects

Specialty Biology

Date 2020 Oct 17

PMID 33066069

Citations 8

Authors

Xiaoyuan Pan

Xuejun Wang

Fan Zhang

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Abstract

Insects have close symbiotic relationships with several microbes, which extends the limited metabolic networks of most insects. Using symbiotic microorganisms for the biological control of pests and insect-borne diseases has become a promising direction. (L.) (Blattaria: Blattidae) is a public health pest worldwide, which is difficult to control because of its strong reproductive ability, adaptability, and resistance to insecticides. In this paper, the diverse biological functions (nutrition, reproductive regulation, insecticide resistance, defense, and behavior) of symbionts were reviewed, and new biological control strategies on the basis of insect-symbiont interaction were proposed. We highlight new directions in control, such as suppressing cockroach population using or paratransgenes, and combining fungal insecticides with synergistic agents to enhance insecticidal efficacy.

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