Genome sequence of a rice pest, the white-backed planthopper (Sogatella furcifera).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sogatella furcifera is an important phloem sap-sucking and plant virus-transmitting migratory insect of rice. Because of its high reproductive potential, dispersal capability and transmission of plant viral diseases, S. furcifera causes considerable damage to rice grain production and has great economical and agricultural impacts. Comprehensive studies into ecological aspects and virus-host interactions of S. furcifera have been limited because of the lack of a well-assembled genome sequence.

Findings

A total of 241.3 Gb of raw reads from the whole genome of S. furcifera were generated by Illumina sequencing using different combinations of mate-pair and paired-end libraries from 17 insert libraries ranging between 180 bp and 40 kbp. The final genome assembly (0.72

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5437944 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature