Implications of mitonuclear interactions for the Trojan Female Technique in pest biocontrol: A case study on the seed beetle Acanthoscelides obtectus

IF 2.7 2区 农林科学 Q1 ENTOMOLOGY
Lea Vlajnić , Filip Vukajlović , Sanja Budečević , Uroš Savković , Biljana Stojković , Mirko Đorđević
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The seed beetle (Acanthoscelides obtectus) is a pest of common beans and other legumes that causes considerable losses of stored products. Its populations are universally regulated with insecticides, but novel, safer and more efficient methods of control are needed. One such method is the Trojan Female Technique (TFT) which is based on the existence of male harming/female benign mitochondrial haplotypes. The introduction of females carrying haplotypes with male-specific negative effect into the target population can lead to its self-perpetuating suppression over generations. Due to the coevolution of mitochondrial and nuclear genomes, it is possible for nuclear variants that compensate for the negative effects of male harming mitochondrial haplotypes to evolve. Therefore, one of the requirements for the applicability of TFT is that candidate mitochondrial haplotypes confer their negative effects on males in diverse nuclear backgrounds. In this study, we used the previously described mitochondrial haplotype, MG3b, which reduces male-only fertility, and placed it in a range of nuclear backgrounds from three different natural populations. The goal was to test whether its effects on male and female fertility are dependent on interactions with different nuclei. Our results showed that MG3b consistently decreases male fertility independently of the nuclear environments, while having no negative effect on females. Additionally, we found no statistically significant effect of mitonuclear interactions, suggesting that there is no standing variation of compensatory mutations in nuclear backgrounds. These results indicate that the MG3b haplotype could be used in the TFT in different natural seed beetle populations.

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有丝分裂核相互作用对害虫生物控制中特洛伊雌虫技术的影响:种甲虫 Acanthoscelides obtectus 案例研究
种子甲虫(Acanthoscelides obtectus)是一种普通豆类和其他豆类的害虫,造成储存产品的相当大的损失。普遍使用杀虫剂控制其数量,但需要新的、更安全、更有效的控制方法。其中一种方法是特洛伊女性技术(TFT),它基于男性有害/女性良性线粒体单倍型的存在。将携带具有雄性特异性负面效应的单倍型的雌性引入目标种群可能导致其在几代之间自我延续抑制。由于线粒体和核基因组的共同进化,核变异有可能补偿雄性线粒体单倍型的负面影响。因此,TFT适用性的要求之一是候选线粒体单倍型对不同核背景的男性具有负面影响。在这项研究中,我们使用了先前描述的线粒体单倍型MG3b,它降低了雄性的生育能力,并将其置于三个不同自然种群的核背景中。目的是测试其对男性和女性生育能力的影响是否取决于与不同细胞核的相互作用。我们的研究结果表明,MG3b持续地降低雄性生殖能力,而不依赖于核环境,而对雌性没有负面影响。此外,我们没有发现有丝核相互作用的统计显著影响,这表明在核背景中不存在代偿性突变的长期变化。这些结果表明,MG3b单倍型可用于不同天然种子甲虫群体的TFT。
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5.70
自引率
18.50%
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112
审稿时长
45 days
期刊介绍: The Journal of Stored Products Research provides an international medium for the publication of both reviews and original results from laboratory and field studies on the preservation and safety of stored products, notably food stocks, covering storage-related problems from the producer through the supply chain to the consumer. Stored products are characterised by having relatively low moisture content and include raw and semi-processed foods, animal feedstuffs, and a range of other durable items, including materials such as clothing or museum artefacts.
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