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Molecular Identification of Yeast Like Microorganisms Associated with Field Populations of Aphid Predator, Chrysoperla zastrowi sillemi (Esben-Petersen) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) and Their Role in Fecundity


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1 National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, H.A. Farm Post, Hebbal, Bangalore-560024, India
 

Resident microflora of alimentary canal and fat bodies associated with eleven field collected Chrysoperla zastrowi sillemi (Esben-Petersen) adult females were characterized and their possible role in influencing the fecundity was studied. The isolated yeasts varied among different populations of the predator. Culturable yeasts viz., Wickerhamomyces anomalus, Pichia anomala, Candida blankii, C. apicola, C. pimensis, Torulaspora delbrueckii, Zygosaccharomyces rouxii and Kodamea ohmeri were isolated from gut, diverticulum and fat bodies of the adult females and characterized by biochemical and molecular tools. The yeast isolate of T. delbrueckii in combination with honey and castor pollen grains were found to increase the fecundity of the adult females as compared to those that were reared on honey and pollen in different generations.

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Chrysoperla Zastrowi Sillemi, Yeast, Molecular Characterization, Fecundity.
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B. N. Hemalatha
National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, H.A. Farm Post, Hebbal, Bangalore-560024, India
T. Venkatesan
National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, H.A. Farm Post, Hebbal, Bangalore-560024, India
S. K. Jalali
National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, H.A. Farm Post, Hebbal, Bangalore-560024, India
S. Sriram
National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, H.A. Farm Post, Hebbal, Bangalore-560024, India
B. Reetha
National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, H.A. Farm Post, Hebbal, Bangalore-560024, India

Abstract


Resident microflora of alimentary canal and fat bodies associated with eleven field collected Chrysoperla zastrowi sillemi (Esben-Petersen) adult females were characterized and their possible role in influencing the fecundity was studied. The isolated yeasts varied among different populations of the predator. Culturable yeasts viz., Wickerhamomyces anomalus, Pichia anomala, Candida blankii, C. apicola, C. pimensis, Torulaspora delbrueckii, Zygosaccharomyces rouxii and Kodamea ohmeri were isolated from gut, diverticulum and fat bodies of the adult females and characterized by biochemical and molecular tools. The yeast isolate of T. delbrueckii in combination with honey and castor pollen grains were found to increase the fecundity of the adult females as compared to those that were reared on honey and pollen in different generations.

Keywords


Chrysoperla Zastrowi Sillemi, Yeast, Molecular Characterization, Fecundity.

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