Read article Fungicide treatments drive changes in the diversity and species richness of tissue-resident bacteria in agrobiont cobweb-weaving and epigeic spiders published by our scientists in a prestigious journal Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment.
Agrochemicals have the potential to induce large-scale changes in the abundance and diversity of endosymbionts. Moreover, although there is still no direct proof of the ability of Rickettsia and Wolbachia to degrade or detoxify insecticides or other agrochemicals, changes in the abundance or diversity of endosymbiotic bacteria were reported to alter insecticide resistance.
