Joint FAO/IAEA coordinated research project on “use of symbiotic bacteria to reduce mass-rearing costs and increase mating success in selected fruit pests in support of SIT application”

摘要

Insects represent the most abundant and speciose group of animals on this planet having established diverse and rather complex interactions with many prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. Although the interactions of insects with plants and vertebrates have been extensively studied, their interactions with microorganisms, despite their major significance from the ecological and evolutionary point of view, are still poorly characterized. However, the importance of the microorganisms on insects’ biology and physiology is gradually being unravelled.