A comparative study of microbial community and dynamics of Asaia in the brown planthopper from susceptible and resistant rice varieties

Abstract Background The brown planthopper (BPH) is likely the most destructive, piercing and sucking monophagous insect pest of rice that causes substantial economic losses to farmers. Although yeast-like symbionts (YLS) and virus transmission have been observed in the BPH, the bacterial population...

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Main Authors: Abhishek Ojha, Wenqing Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-019-1512-9