Putative chemosensory receptors of the codling moth, Cydia pomonella, identified by antennal transcriptome analysis.

ABSTRACT: The codling moth, Cydia pomonella, is an important fruit pest worldwide. As nocturnal animals, adults depend to a large extent on olfactory cues for detection of food and mates, and, for females, oviposition sites. In insects, odor detection is mediated by odorant receptors (ORs) and ionotropic receptors (IRs), which ensure the specificity of the olfactory sensory neuron responses. In this study, our aim was to identify chemosensory receptors in the codling moth as a means to uncover new targets for behavioral interference. Using next-generation sequencing techniques, we identified a total of 43 candidate ORs, one gustatory receptor and 15 IRs in the antennal transcriptome. Through Blast and sequence similarity analyses we annotated the insect obligatory co-receptor ORco, five genes cluste

SUBMITTER: Bengtsson JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3282773 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature