Zhaojiang Guo, Yang Bai, Xinyi Zhang, Le Guo, Liuhong Zhu, Dan Sun, Kaiyue Sun, Xudan Xu, Xin Yang, Wen Xie, Shaoli Wang, Qingjun Wu, Neil Crickmore, Xuguo Zhou, Youjun Zhang
Bioinsecticides and transgenic crops based on the bacterial pathogen Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) can effectively control diverse agricultural insect pests, nevertheless, the evolution of resistance without obvious fitness costs has seriously eroded the sustainable use of these Bt products. Recently, it has been discovered that an increased titer of juvenile hormone (JH) favors an insect host (Plutella xylostella) to enhance fitness whilst resisting the Bt pathogen, however, the underlying regulatory mechanisms of the increased JH titer are obscure...
December 12, 2023: Advanced Science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)