Symbiosis of thrips and gut bacteria

Authors	E.J. de Vries
Supervisors	S.B.J. Menken M.W. Sabelis
Cosupervisors	J.A.J. Breeuwer
Award date	04-02-2010
ISBN	9789076894850
Number of pages	173
Organisations	Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
Document type	PhD thesis
Note	Research conducted at: Universiteit van Amsterdam
Language	English
Downloads	Thesis Front cover Title pages Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The association of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, with a near Erwinia species gut bacteria: transient or permanent? Chapter 3: Growth and transmission of gut bacteria in the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis Chapter 4: Diet-dependent effects of gut bacteria on their insect host : the symbiosis of Erwinia spec and western flower thrips Chapter 5: Western flower thrips preference for thrips-damaged leaves over fresh leaves enables uptake of symbiotic gut bacteria Chapter 6: No effects of symbiotic gut bacteria of thrips on tospovirus transmission efficiency Chapter 7: Onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) have gut bacteria that are closely related to the symbionts of western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) Chapter 8: Lack of evidence for western flower thrips biotypes based on intra and inter-strain variation in gut bacteria Chapter 9: General conclusions and summary References Curriculum vitae Publications Dankwoord Samenvatting Stellingen
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