| Title: | "Insight into weevil biology from a reference quality genome of the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)" |
| Author(s): | Cohen ZP; Perkin LC; Sim SB; Stahlke AR; Geib SM; Childers AK; Smith TPL; Suh C; |
| Address: | "Insect Control and Cotton Disease Research Unit, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, 2771 F and B Road, College Station, TX 77845, USA. Tropical Crop and Commodity Protection Research Unit, U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, 64 Nowelo Street, Hilo, HI 96720, USA. Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA. Genetics and Breeding Research Unit, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, State Spur 18D, Clay Center, NE 68933, USA" |
| DOI: | 10.1093/g3journal/jkac309 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2160-1836 (Electronic) 2160-1836 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman, is one of the most historically impactful insects due to its near destruction of the US cotton industry in the early 20th century. Contemporary efforts to manage this insect primarily use pheromone baited traps for detection and organophosphate insecticides for control, but this strategy is not sustainable due to financial and environmental costs. We present a high-quality boll weevil genome assembly, consisting of 306 scaffolds with approximately 24,000 annotated genes, as a first step in the identification of gene targets for novel pest control. Gene content and transposable element distribution are similar to those found in other Curculionidae genomes; however, this is the most contiguous and only assembly reported to date for a member in the species-rich genus Anthonomus. Transcriptome profiles across larval, pupal, and adult life stages led to identification of several genes and gene families that could present targets for novel control strategies" |
| Keywords: | Animals *Weevils/genetics *Coleoptera/genetics *Insecticides Larva Biology Gossypium Anthonomus grandis grandis HiFi genome assembly boll weevil cotton pest; |
| Notes: | "MedlineCohen, Zachary P Perkin, Lindsey C Sim, Sheina B Stahlke, Amanda R Geib, Scott M Childers, Anna K Smith, Timothy P L Suh, Charles eng Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. England 2022/12/02 G3 (Bethesda). 2023 Feb 9; 13(2):jkac309. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac309" |
