Quantitative transcriptomics of pheromone biosynthetic midgut and fat body tissues in the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderoase Hopkins

ABSTRACT: Bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) are pests of many forests around the world. The mountain pine beetle (MPB), Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, is a significant pest of western North American pine forests. The MPB is able to overcome the defences of pine trees through pheromone-assisted aggregation that results in a mass attack of host trees. These pheromones, both male and female produced, are believed to be biosynthesized in the midgut and/or fat body of these insects. We have used transcriptomics (RNA-seq) to identify transcripts differentially expressed between sexes and between tissues, with juvenile hormone III treatment, which is known to induce pheromone biosynthesis.

ORGANISM(S): Dendroctonus ponderosae

PROVIDER: GSE69061 | GEO | 2016/02/04

REPOSITORIES: GEO