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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2013, Vol. 12 Issue (2): 283-295    DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(13)60227-0
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Wolbachia Infection in Populations of Ostrinia furnacalis: Diversity, Prevalence, Phylogeny and Evidence for Horizontal Transmission
 LI Jing, WANG Zhen-ying, Denis Bourguet , HE Kang-lai
1.State Key Laboratory for the Biology of the Plant Diseases and Insect Pests/Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, P.R.China
2.Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP), UMR INRA-IRD-CIRAD-Montpellier SupAgro, Campus International de Baillarguet, Montferrier/Lez 34988, France
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摘要  Wolbachia are maternally inherited endosymbiotic bacteria infecting a wide range of arthropods and filarial nematodes. They can induce various reproduction alterations in their hosts, including thelytokous parthenogenesis, cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), feminization of genetic males and male killing. Here we investigated diversity and prevalence patterns of Wolbachia infection in 43 geographical populations of the Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis, in China and one population in North Korea. Based on Wolbachia surface protein gene (wsp) sequences, nine strains of Wolbachia (wFur1-wFur9), belonging to supergroups A and B, were identified in populations of O. furnacalis with an average infection rate of 10.5%. Superinfection commonly appeared in individuals of O. furnacalis and coinfection patterns were very complex. There was no specific pattern for the prevalence and distribution of the nine Wolbachia strains suggesting an intricate evolutionary history of Wolbachia infection in this species. The genetic similarity of the wFur1-wFur9 strains with those detected in two parasitoids of O. furnacalis, Macrocentrus cingulum and Lydella grisescens, strongly suggests host-parasitoid horizontal transmission.

Abstract  Wolbachia are maternally inherited endosymbiotic bacteria infecting a wide range of arthropods and filarial nematodes. They can induce various reproduction alterations in their hosts, including thelytokous parthenogenesis, cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), feminization of genetic males and male killing. Here we investigated diversity and prevalence patterns of Wolbachia infection in 43 geographical populations of the Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis, in China and one population in North Korea. Based on Wolbachia surface protein gene (wsp) sequences, nine strains of Wolbachia (wFur1-wFur9), belonging to supergroups A and B, were identified in populations of O. furnacalis with an average infection rate of 10.5%. Superinfection commonly appeared in individuals of O. furnacalis and coinfection patterns were very complex. There was no specific pattern for the prevalence and distribution of the nine Wolbachia strains suggesting an intricate evolutionary history of Wolbachia infection in this species. The genetic similarity of the wFur1-wFur9 strains with those detected in two parasitoids of O. furnacalis, Macrocentrus cingulum and Lydella grisescens, strongly suggests host-parasitoid horizontal transmission.
Keywords:  Wolbachia       Ostrinia furnacalis       infection diversity       prevalence pattern       horizontal transmission  
Received: 13 March 2012   Accepted:
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This work was funded by China Agriculture Research System (CARS-02).

Corresponding Authors:  Correspondence WANG Zhen-ying, Tel: +86-10-62815945, Fax: +86-10-62896114, E-mail: zywang@ippcaas.cn     E-mail:  zywang@ippcaas.cn

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LI Jing, WANG Zhen-ying, Denis Bourguet , HE Kang-lai. 2013. Wolbachia Infection in Populations of Ostrinia furnacalis: Diversity, Prevalence, Phylogeny and Evidence for Horizontal Transmission. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 12(2): 283-295.

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