Impact evaluation of transgenic cry1Ab japonica rice on the diversity of intestinal microbial community in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens using Biolog-Eco method
Abstract:The diversity of intestinal microbial community in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens fed on transgenic cry1Ab rice (KMD1 and KMD2) or non-transgenic control (Xiushui 11) was compared using Biolog-Eco method to define the impacts of transgenic cry1Ab rice on the diversity of intestinal microbial community in the planthopper. Laboratory results showed that the diversity indexes including Shannon index, Simpson index and McIntosh index of the intestinal microbial community in the brown planthoppers fed on KMD1 and KMD2 for either of one, three or five generations were not significantly different from those fed on the control. In contrast, the average well color development (AWCD) of the intestinal microbial community in the brown planthoppers fed on KMD1 was markedly higher than that fed on either KMD2 or the control. As to the field test, the result was almost the same as that of the laboratory tests. In conclusion, it is suggested that impacts of both KMD1 and KMD2 on the diversity of the intestinal microbial community of non-target insect pest, Nilaparvata lugens were not significantly negative.