De novo assembly and annotation of Popillia japonica's genome with initial clues to its potential as an invasive pest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The spread of Popillia japonica in non-native areas (USA, Canada, the Azores islands, Italy and Switzerland) poses a significant threat to agriculture and horticulture, as well as to endemic floral biodiversity, entailing that appropriate control measures must be taken to reduce its density and limit its further spread. In this context, the availability of a high quality genomic sequence for the species is liable to foster basic research on the ecology and evolution of the species, as well as on possible biotechnologically-oriented and genetically-informed control measures.

Results

The genomic sequence presented and described here is an improvement with respect to the available draft sequence in terms of completeness and contiguity, and includes structural and fun

SUBMITTER: Cucini C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10936072 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature