Insects possess beneficial and nuisance values in the context of the agricultural sector and
human life around them. An ensemble of gut symbionts assists insects to adapt to diverse …

Microbes play crucial roles in the biology of herbivorous insects, and the last decade has
provided exciting new evidence for a prominent role of microbial symbiosis in detoxification …

Gut bacteria play a crucial role in the several metabolic activity of the insects. In the present
work, effort has been made to decipher the gut microbiota associated with the …

Beneficial plant-associated microorganisms, such as fungal endophytes, are key partners
that normally improve plant survival under different environmental stresses. It has been …

Microbes play a key role in the biology, ecology, and evolution of arthropods. Despite
accumulating data on microbial communities in arthropods that feed on plants using piercing …

Microbiota associated with insects play several important roles in their host, including
protection against pathogens, provision of nutrition, and survival in hostile environments …

The diversity and health of insects that feed on plants are closely related to their mutualistic
symbionts and host plants. These symbiotic partners significantly influence various …

Thrips, tiny to medium sized insects with fringed wings are economically important due to
their pestiferous and predatory behaviour. They have a wide range of feeding habitats ie leaf …

The last few decades have witnessed revolutionary advances in all biological disciplines in
DNA sequencing technologies at a fraction of the cost with respect to traditional sequencing …

Wolbachia is an obligate intracellular bacterium with a high frequency of infection and a
continental distribution in arthropods and nematodes. This endosymbiont can induce …