Differential gene expression analysis in adult rotation-resistant (RR) and wild-type (WT) western corn rootworm digestive tracts

ABSTRACT: The western corn rootworm (WCR, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) is an important pest of corn (Zea mays) in the US. Annual crop rotation between corn and soybean (Glycine max) disrupts the corn-dependent WCR lifecycle and was widely adopted to manage WCR. However, this strategy selected for a rotation-resistant (RR) variant with reduced ovipositional fidelity to cornfields. Previous studies indicated that RR-WCR adults exhibit greater tolerance of soybean tissue diet, different gut physiology, and host-microbe interactions compared to wild-types (WT). To identify genetic mechanisms underlying these phenotypic changes, a de novo assembly of the WCR adult gut transcriptome was constructed and used for RNA-sequencing analyses on RNA libraries from different WCR phenotypes (RR and WT)

ORGANISM(S): Diabrotica virgifera virgifera

SUBMITTER: Chia-Ching Chu 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-62480 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress