Yeast like symbiotes and their nutritional function in rice planthoppers.
Author of the article:WANG Guo-Chao,FU Qiang,ZHANG Zhi-Tao
Author's Workplace:(State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China)
Key Words:rice planthoppers; yeast like symbiotesm; nutrition
Abstract:Yeast like symbiotes(YLS) are one kind of intracellular symbiotes in rice planthoppers. They are found in the fat body cells, reproduce by budding, and are transmitted vertically from a mother to her progeny. The number of YLS increases as the host develo