4 DISCUSSION
A promising new area of RNA epigenetic research has emerged following
the identification of m6A modifications in numerous
organisms. We are only beginning to understand the m6A
modification’s involvement in this processes (Shinde et al., 2023). In
this study, we focused on the most important and destructive pest
influencing rice production, that is, BPH, to investigate the effect of
BPH infestation on rice m6A methylation and the
relationship between m6A and the expression of target
gene bodies involved in plant defense and growth, thereby revealing its
overall regulatory patterns (Figure 7). To the best of our knowledge, no
studies has been previously reported in plants coping with herbivore
stress.