Response of Energy Reserves in Entomopathogenic Nematodes to Drought-Stress and Expression Analysis of Energy Metabolism-Related Genes in Arid Areas
Xia Wu, Wenliang Li, Tingwei Zhang, Hong Chen, Wende Zhang, Xingduo Wang, Xiujuan Qian · 2025
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Xia Wu and co-authors report a nematode study, published in 2025, on how insect killing worms budget their stored energy through drought. The infective young of these nematodes are sprayed as living pest control, and their staying power in dry fields rides on fat, protein, and sugar reserves. Two strains, one drought hardy and one less so, were exposed to graded dryness.
Lipids formed the main reserve, then proteins and sugars. Under drying stress both strains raised their stores of protein, fat, and the protective sugar trehalose, the hardy strain more strongly. Oddly, fatter reserves tracked lower survival and weaker pest killing, a trade off the authors probe further through gene activity in energy pathways.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xia Wu, Wenliang Li, Tingwei Zhang, Hong Chen, Wende Zhang, Xingduo Wang, Xiujuan Qian |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |