摘要：Tuta absoluta (L .) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), a major pest of solanaceous plant species, causes serious losses in the agriculture sector around the globe . For better pest management, entomopathogenic fungi such as Beauveria bassiana and Purpureocillium lilacinum, play an efcient role in suppressing the pest population . The present study was carried out to analyse the efects post fungal infections through proteome profling using an Orbitrap Fusion Tribrid mass spectrometer. A total of 2,201 proteins were identifed from the fourth instar larvae of T. absoluta, of which 442 and 423 proteins were signifcantly dysregulated upon infection with P. lilacinum and B. bassiana respectively. The potential proteins related to immune systems as well as detoxifcation processes showed signifcant alterations after post fungal infection . Studies on T. absoluta proteomics and genomics as well as the consequences of entomopathogenic fungal infection on the immune response of this insect could provide an initial framework for exploring more fungus-host interactions for the development of better strategies for integrated pest management .
