Identification of miRNAs in Response to Sweet Potato Weevil (Cylas formicarius) Infection by sRNA Sequencing.

ABSTRACT: The sweet potato weevil (Cylas formicarius) is an important pest in the growing and storage of sweet potatoes. It is a common pest in the sweet potato production areas of southern China, causing serious harm to the development of the sweet potato industry. For the existing cultivars in China and abroad, there is no sweet potato variety with complete resistance to the sweet potato weevil. Thus, understanding the regulation mechanisms of sweet potato weevil resistance is the prerequisite for cultivating sweet potato varieties that are resistant to the sweet potato weevil. However, very little progress has been made in this field. In this study, we inoculated adult sweet potato weevils into sweet potato tubers. The infected sweet potato tubers were collected at 0, 24, 48, and 72 h. The

SUBMITTER: Lei J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9222952 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature