Endosymbionts in Insects: Functional Roles and Applications in Pest Management
Chandan Kumar Panigrahi
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Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, deemed to be University – 751029, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Mouli Paul
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Kolkata, India.
Anjali Verma
Department of Plant Pathology, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, U.P., India.
Satya Narayan Satapathy
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, deemed to be University – 751029, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Bhubanananda Adhikari
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, deemed to be University – 751029, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Sangeeta Panigrahi
Department of Botany, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Odisha, India.
Priyadarshani Mohapatra
OUAT, Bhubaneswar-751003, Odisha, India.
B. Rama Devi
Department of Agronomy, KL College of Agriculture, KL University, India.
Anchal Choudhary
Department of Entomology, Chandrashekhar Azard University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur (U.P.),208002, India.
Jyoti Gawaria
Department of Entomology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar-125004, India.
Debashree Sarangi
CDP- MLIP, WOSCA, Keonjhar, Odisha, India.
Prittam Das
Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, deemed to be University – 751029, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Rupali S. Parida
Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, deemed to be University – 751029, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
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Abstract
The mutualistic relationship in which one organism resides inside another is known as endosymbiosis. Insects with a wide range of abundance and relative diversity have endosymbionts in many body regions, especially in the digestive tract. Insect Nutrition, nitrogen recycling, secondary metabolite detoxification, amino acid supply, and plant phenotypic alteration are all greatly aided by these endosymbionts. They also have positive impact on pest management as they manipulate pest’s reproduction. The study of endosymbionts has major challenges as the symbiotic relationships are complicated and the host interactions are unclear, necessitating the development of new advanced techniques and interdisciplinary methodologies. Additionally, this provides crucial information for sustainable agriculture and efficient pest control methods. The importance of endosymbionts in insect biology, as well as their roles, approaches to managing pests, difficulties, and future prospects, are the main insights of this paper.
Keywords: Endosymbionts, ecological impact, insect-microbe interactions, insect-plant interactions, insect nutrition