Enhanced Vitellogenesis in a Whitefly via Feeding on a Begomovirus-Infected Plant
Figure 4
Comparison of vitellin and vitellogenin levels in whiteflies feeding on uninfected and virus-infected plants.
Virus-infected plants were inoculated with TYLCCNV+TYLCCNB. Expression patterns of hemolymph Vg (A) and ovarian Vt (B) (ng/female): all the data are expressed as Mean±S.E. (n = 25). On the same day, values followed by the asterisk (*) represent significant differences (P<0.05, Student t-test). Fat body Vg mRNA (C): Grey columns correspond to Vg mRNA transcript levels using β-actin as reference according to the ΔΔCT method. Mean±S.E. of three biological and three experimental replicates are represented.