There is increasing interest in exploring how endosymbionts could be useful in pest control,
including in aphids, which can carry a diversity of endosymbionts. Endosymbionts often …

Floral plantings adjacent to crops fields can recruit populations of natural enemies by
providing flower nectar and non‐crop prey to increase natural pest regulation. Observed …

Facultative vertically transmitted symbionts are a common feature of insects that determine
many aspects of their hosts' phenotype. Our capacity to understand and exploit these …

The barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) of cereals is thought to substantially increase the high-
temperature tolerance of its aphid vector, Rhopalosiphum padi, which may enhance its …

Endosymbionts are widespread in arthropods, living in host cells with effects that extend
from parasitic to mutualistic. Newly acquired endosymbionts tend to be parasitic, but vertical …

There is increasing interest in the use of endosymbionts in pest control, which will benefit
from the identification of endosymbionts from potential donor species for transfer to pest …

BACKGROUND Myzus persicae, a serious sap‐sucking pest of a large variety of host plants
in agriculture, is traditionally controlled using chemical insecticides but there is interest in …

Aphids are major crop pests in southeastern regions of Australia. Some aphid species
harbor heritable facultative endosymbionts that may induce beneficial or detrimental impacts …

Heritable symbionts are common among animals in nature, but the molecular mechanisms
underpinning symbiont invasions of host populations have been elusive. In this study, we …

Endosymbiotic bacteria are being increasingly considered in novel methods of suppressing
pest populations and/or reducing their potential to vector viruses. Here, we develop a …