Bio-efficacy of botanical insecticides against rice gall midge (Orseolia oryzae) in Ranchi, Jharkhand

Isolation and Characterization of Microsatellite Loci in the Asian Rice Gall Midge (Orseolia oryzae) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

Microsatellite loci were isolated from the genomic DNA of the Asian rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzae (Wood-Mason) using a hybridization capture approach. A total of 90 non-redundant primer pairs, representing unique loci, were designed. These simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers represented di (72%), tri (15.3%), and complex repeats (12.7%). Three biotypes of gall midge (20 individuals for each...

The Asian Rice Gall Midge (Orseolia oryzae) Mitogenome Has Evolved Novel Gene Boundaries and Tandem Repeats That Distinguish Its Biotypes

The complete mitochondrial genome of the Asian rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzae (Diptera; Cecidomyiidae) was sequenced, annotated and analysed in the present study. The circular genome is 15,286 bp with 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs and 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and a 578 bp non-coding control region. All protein coding genes used conventional start codons and terminated with a complete stop c...

Pyrosequencing-Based Transcriptome Analysis of the Asian Rice Gall Midge Reveals Differential Response during Compatible and Incompatible Interaction

The Asian rice gall midge (Orseolia oryzae) is a major pest responsible for immense loss in rice productivity. Currently, very little knowledge exists with regard to this insect at the molecular level. The present study was initiated with the aim of developing molecular resources as well as identifying alterations at the transcriptome level in the gall midge maggots that are in a compatible (SH...

Isolation and Characterization of Chlorpyrifos Degrading Bacterial Isolates from Rice Soil

The use of synthetic pesticides as crop protection agents has become the widely accepted ecological weapon for higher crop production. With the restricted use of most of the organochlorine insecticides, the organophosphorus compounds are taking the major share of insecticide consumption in India (Adityachaudhury et al., 1997). Chlorpyrifos [O, O diethylO-(3, 5, 6trichloro-2-pyridyl) phosphoroth...

Susceptibility status of dengue vectors against various insecticides in Koderma (Jharkhand), India.