Transcriptomic analysis of the salivary glands of an invasive whitefly.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some species of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci complex cause tremendous losses to crops worldwide through feeding directly and virus transmission indirectly. The primary salivary glands of whiteflies are critical for their feeding and virus transmission. However, partly due to their tiny size, research on whitefly salivary glands is limited and our knowledge on these glands is scarce.

Methodology/principal findings

We sequenced the transcriptome of the primary salivary glands of the Mediterranean species of B. tabaci complex using an effective cDNA amplification method in combination with short read sequencing (Illumina). In a single run, we obtained 13,615 unigenes. The quantity of the unigenes obtained from the salivary glands of the whitefly is at least four folds

SUBMITTER: Su YL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3379992 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature