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The brown plant hopper is one of the most destructive known pests of rice. We studied the roles of the JH receptor Met and the downstream transcription factor Kr-h1 in ovariole development and egg maturation. The predicted Met protein in  N. lugens  (NlMet) contained 517 amino acids. qRT-PCR showed that  NlMet  was expressed in all tissues and that the highest expression occurred in the embryonic stage. In  NlMet-  or  NlKr-h1 -silenced female adults, ovarian development varied significantly, whereas the numbers of ovarioles were less variable in those injected with dsRNA targeting  NlMet, NlKrh-1  or both  NlMet  and  NlKr-h1 . In females injected with dsNlKr-h1 or with dsNlMet in combination with dsNlKr-h1 dsRNA, the preoviposition period was prolonged, whereas the females injected with  NlMet  dsRNA showed no significant changes. Moreover, we found no differences in the length of the preoviposition period between macropterous and brachypterous females. The disruption of  Nlmet  or  NlKr-h1  or the dual knockdown of  NlMet  and  NlKr-h1  significantly reduced the number of eggs laid. Moreover, significant differences were also found between the macropterous and the brachypterous brown plant hoppers. These results indicated that Met and Kr-h1 are required for ovariole development and egg maturation in the brown plant hopper.

Methoprene-tolerant (Met) and Krüpple-homologue 1 (Kr-h1) are required for ovariole development and egg maturation in the brown plant hopper