The microorganisms associated with insects and their application in agriculture

Authors

  • Jorge Poveda Arias Mealfood Europe - Universidad de León

Keywords:

insects, gut, microorganism, symbiosis, faeces

Abstract

Insects represent the most numerous and widely distributed group of animals, in part due to their association with varied intestinal microorganisms (gut microbiota). These microorganisms greatly benefit their hosts, through a nutritional symbiosis that, regulating their physiology and development, protects them against pathogens and harmful substances or collaborates in communicative tasks. Because insects and plants have coexisted and evolved together millions of years and the microbiota of both organisms also has characteristics to be taken into account in agriculture, such as the production of plant hormones, nutrient fixation and solubilization, or modulation of plant defense responses.

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Author Biography

Jorge Poveda Arias, Mealfood Europe - Universidad de León

Investigador predoctoral. Mealfood Europe – Universidad de León. Doctorando en Ingeniería de Biosistemas (Universidad de León), Grado en Biología (Universidad de Salamanca), Máster Universitario en Agrobiotecnología (Universidad de Salamanca), Experto universitario en Biotecnología Alimentaria (UNED), ExpertouUniversitario en Entomología Aplicada (UNED), Experto Universitario en Diagnóstico Molecular Ambiental (UNED), Especialista universitario en Redacción Científica (UNED), Máster Europeo en Calidad y Seguridad Alimentaria (EQF). Temas de interés: investigación en fitopatología, fisiología vegetal y entomología aplicada.

Published

2020-03-25