Jun-Tao Gong

TL;DR: A field trial succeeded in eliminating populations of the mosquito Aedes albopictus through inundative mass release of incompatible Wolbachia-infected males, which were also irradiated to sterilize any accidentally-released females, and so prevent population replacement.

TL;DR: This research demonstrates a type of mutualism that involves a facultative interaction between Wolbachia and plant-sap feeding insects involving vitamin Bs and comparative genomic analysis suggested that the riboflavin synthesis genes are conserved among Wolbachian supergroups.

TL;DR: Stable introduction of Wolbachia into the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, the most destructive rice pest, inhibited infection and transmission of Rice ragged stunt virus and mitigated virus-induced symptoms in rice plants, opening up the development of Wol Bachia-based strategies against major agricultural pests and their transmitted pathogens.

TL;DR: A link between the Vg-related mode of transovarial transmission and efficient maternal transmission of Wolbachia is established between Laodelphax striatellus and host germ lines.

TL;DR: Results indicate that Wolbachia may decrease male fertility in L. striatellus by acting on iLvE, a key factor of BCAA biosynthesis, and delaying sperm maturation, and low amino acid nutrition may enhance exposure time of sperm to Wolbachian endosymbionts in the testes to affect adult reproduction.