Draft genome of the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, a major forest pest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, is the most serious insect pest of western North American pine forests. A recent outbreak destroyed more than 15 million hectares of pine forests, with major environmental effects on forest health, and economic effects on the forest industry. The outbreak has in part been driven by climate change, and will contribute to increased carbon emissions through decaying forests.

Results

We developed a genome sequence resource for the mountain pine beetle to better understand the unique aspects of this insect's biology. A draft de novo genome sequence was assembled from paired-end, short-read sequences from an individual field-collected male pupa, and scaffolded using mate-paired, short-read genomic sequences from

SUBMITTER: Keeling CI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4053930 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature