Covert infection with an RNA virus affects medfly fitness and the interaction with its natural parasitoid Aganaspis daci

With the advent of high-throughput sequencing, large sets of insect-infecting RNA viruses producing apparent asymptomatic infections are being discovered. In the Mediterranean fruit fy (medfy) Ceratitis capitata, an agricultural key pest of a wide range of fruits, 13 diferent RNA viruses have be...

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Autores principales: Hernández-Pelegrín, Luis, García-Martínez, Ricardo, Llácer, Elena, Nieves, Lorena, Llopis-Giménez, Ángel, Català-Oltra, Marta, Dembilio, Óscar, Pérez-Hedo, Meritxell, Urbaneja, Alberto, Vera I.D., Ros, Beitia, Francisco J., Herrero, Salvador
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/9030
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10340-023-01617-5
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author Hernández-Pelegrín, Luis
García-Martínez, Ricardo
Llácer, Elena
Nieves, Lorena
Llopis-Giménez, Ángel
Català-Oltra, Marta
Dembilio, Óscar
Pérez-Hedo, Meritxell
Urbaneja, Alberto
Vera I.D., Ros
Beitia, Francisco J.
Herrero, Salvador
author_browse Beitia, Francisco J.
Català-Oltra, Marta
Dembilio, Óscar
García-Martínez, Ricardo
Hernández-Pelegrín, Luis
Herrero, Salvador
Llopis-Giménez, Ángel
Llácer, Elena
Nieves, Lorena
Pérez-Hedo, Meritxell
Urbaneja, Alberto
Vera I.D., Ros
author_facet Hernández-Pelegrín, Luis
García-Martínez, Ricardo
Llácer, Elena
Nieves, Lorena
Llopis-Giménez, Ángel
Català-Oltra, Marta
Dembilio, Óscar
Pérez-Hedo, Meritxell
Urbaneja, Alberto
Vera I.D., Ros
Beitia, Francisco J.
Herrero, Salvador
author_sort Hernández-Pelegrín, Luis
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description With the advent of high-throughput sequencing, large sets of insect-infecting RNA viruses producing apparent asymptomatic infections are being discovered. In the Mediterranean fruit fy (medfy) Ceratitis capitata, an agricultural key pest of a wide range of fruits, 13 diferent RNA viruses have been described so far. Recent analysis demonstrated a wide distribution of these viruses in diferent medfy strains collected worldwide, but little is known about the interactions between those viruses and the medfy host. Previous studies suggested that a higher abundance of Ceratitis capitata nora virus (CcaNV) correlated with a shorter lifespan in adults. Here, we investigated the efect of CcaNV on a broad range of parameters related to host ftness and its interaction with other trophic levels. CcaNV purifed from a naturally infected medfy strain was added to the larval diet. Pupal weight, adult emergence, fying ability, and longevity were monitored after oral infections. Our results revealed detrimental efects associated with a CcaNV infection in the medfy, in terms of reduced pupal weight and reduced adult longevity. Moreover, we tested the infuence of a CcaNV infection in medfies on the parasitism performance of Aganaspis daci, an endoparasitoid used in biological control programs against medfies. Our results showed that A. daci progeny increased when parasitizing on CcaNV-infected larvae. Overall, we proved that covert RNA viruses can impact the insect ecology, directly afecting its insect host biology and indirectly infuencing multitrophic interactions.
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spelling ReDivia90302025-04-25T14:49:49Z Covert infection with an RNA virus affects medfly fitness and the interaction with its natural parasitoid Aganaspis daci Hernández-Pelegrín, Luis García-Martínez, Ricardo Llácer, Elena Nieves, Lorena Llopis-Giménez, Ángel Català-Oltra, Marta Dembilio, Óscar Pérez-Hedo, Meritxell Urbaneja, Alberto Vera I.D., Ros Beitia, Francisco J. Herrero, Salvador Covert infections Multitrophic effects Insect ecology H10 Pests of plants Parasitism Tephritidae Fruit flies With the advent of high-throughput sequencing, large sets of insect-infecting RNA viruses producing apparent asymptomatic infections are being discovered. In the Mediterranean fruit fy (medfy) Ceratitis capitata, an agricultural key pest of a wide range of fruits, 13 diferent RNA viruses have been described so far. Recent analysis demonstrated a wide distribution of these viruses in diferent medfy strains collected worldwide, but little is known about the interactions between those viruses and the medfy host. Previous studies suggested that a higher abundance of Ceratitis capitata nora virus (CcaNV) correlated with a shorter lifespan in adults. Here, we investigated the efect of CcaNV on a broad range of parameters related to host ftness and its interaction with other trophic levels. CcaNV purifed from a naturally infected medfy strain was added to the larval diet. Pupal weight, adult emergence, fying ability, and longevity were monitored after oral infections. Our results revealed detrimental efects associated with a CcaNV infection in the medfy, in terms of reduced pupal weight and reduced adult longevity. Moreover, we tested the infuence of a CcaNV infection in medfies on the parasitism performance of Aganaspis daci, an endoparasitoid used in biological control programs against medfies. Our results showed that A. daci progeny increased when parasitizing on CcaNV-infected larvae. Overall, we proved that covert RNA viruses can impact the insect ecology, directly afecting its insect host biology and indirectly infuencing multitrophic interactions. 2025-02-20T12:59:00Z 2025-02-20T12:59:00Z 2024 article publishedVersion Hernández-Pelegrín, L., García-Martínez, R., Llácer, E., Nieves, L., Llopis-Giménez, Á., Catalá-Oltra, M., ... & Herrero, S. (2024). Covert infection with an RNA virus affects medfly fitness and the interaction with its natural parasitoid Aganaspis daci. Journal of Pest Science, 97(1), 269-280. 1612-4766 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/9030 10.1007/s10340-023-01617-5 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10340-023-01617-5 en Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. This study was supported by the INSECT DOCTORS program, funded under the European Union Horizon 2020 Framework Program for Research and Innovation (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement 859850) and projects IVIA-52202 and IVIA-51916 from Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (both projects are susceptible of being co-financed by the European Union through the FEDER). V.I.D.R. is supported by a VIDI-grant of the Dutch Research Council (NWO; VI. Vidi. 192.041). info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ERDF/PCV 2021-2027/52202/ES/Control biológico de plagas y enfermedades como pieza clave en el impulso de la Sostenibilidad de los cultivos agrarios de la Comunidad Valenciana/SOSTENIBLE Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ openAccess Springer electronico
spellingShingle Covert infections
Multitrophic effects
Insect ecology
H10 Pests of plants
Parasitism
Tephritidae
Fruit flies
Hernández-Pelegrín, Luis
García-Martínez, Ricardo
Llácer, Elena
Nieves, Lorena
Llopis-Giménez, Ángel
Català-Oltra, Marta
Dembilio, Óscar
Pérez-Hedo, Meritxell
Urbaneja, Alberto
Vera I.D., Ros
Beitia, Francisco J.
Herrero, Salvador
Covert infection with an RNA virus affects medfly fitness and the interaction with its natural parasitoid Aganaspis daci
title Covert infection with an RNA virus affects medfly fitness and the interaction with its natural parasitoid Aganaspis daci
title_full Covert infection with an RNA virus affects medfly fitness and the interaction with its natural parasitoid Aganaspis daci
title_fullStr Covert infection with an RNA virus affects medfly fitness and the interaction with its natural parasitoid Aganaspis daci
title_full_unstemmed Covert infection with an RNA virus affects medfly fitness and the interaction with its natural parasitoid Aganaspis daci
title_short Covert infection with an RNA virus affects medfly fitness and the interaction with its natural parasitoid Aganaspis daci
title_sort covert infection with an rna virus affects medfly fitness and the interaction with its natural parasitoid aganaspis daci
topic Covert infections
Multitrophic effects
Insect ecology
H10 Pests of plants
Parasitism
Tephritidae
Fruit flies
url https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/9030
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10340-023-01617-5
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