title: Ultrastructural exploration on the histopathological change in Phenacoccus fraxinus infected with Lecanicillium lecanii.
abstract: The histopathological changes of the second instar nymph of the mealybug Phenacoccus fraxinus infected with Lecanicillium lecanii strain 3.4505 were investigated using light, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The results demonstrated that L. lecanii 3.4505 could infect P. fraxinus in a short period. At 24 h post-inoculation, the conidia of L. lecanii 3.4505 adhered to the indented gloves or intersegmental folds of the insect body surface. Subsequently, the germinated conidia produced germ-tubes, appressoria and extended hyphae, which tightly adhered to the cuticle. Penetration of cuticle could be achieved either by peg form appressoria or directly by hyphae. Also, the conidia and hyphae could secrete massive mucilages causing visible damage to the host cuticle. After 48 h, the body wall, tissues and organs, including cuticle, trachea, fat body, muscle, Malpighian tubules and nerve ganglion, were destroyed by ramification of hyphae as a result of infection. The endoplasmic reticulum hypertrophied and formed obvious fingerprint agglomerates, and the mitochondria swelled and deformed in the haemocytes. Finally, the mycelium fully occupied the entire haemocoel. The entire bodies were wrapped in a white mycelium, with the mycelium extending radically outward.
authors: School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.
authors: Ying
authors: Y
authors: Gao
authors: School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.
authors: Ying Ping
authors: YP
authors: Xie
authors: School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.
authors: Qi
authors: Q
authors: Xiong
authors: Institute of Applied Biology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.
authors: Wei Min
authors: WM
authors: Liu
authors: School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.
authors: Jiao Liang
authors: JL
authors: Xue
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001042:Aphids / Q000382:microbiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D032661:Cordyceps; D025301:Hyphae / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009181:Mycoses / Q000473:pathology*; D009758:Nymph / Q000382:microbiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000648:ultrastructure
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