Draft Genome Assembly of the False Spider Mite Brevipalpus yothersi

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Navia, Denise ^[1] ; Novelli, Valdenice M. ^[2] ; Rombauts, Stephane ^{[3, 4]} ; Freitas-Astua, Juliana ^{[5, 6]} ; de Mendonca, Renata Santos ^[7] ; Nunes, Maria Andreia ^[2] ; Machado, Marcos A. ^[2] ; Lin, Yao-Cheng ^{[3, 4]} ; Le, Phuong ^{[3, 4]} ; Zhang, Zaichao ^{[3, 4]} ; Grbic, Miodrag ^[8] ; Wybouw, Nicky ^[9] ; Breeuwer, Johannes A. J. ^[10] ; Van Leeuwen, Thomas ^[9] ; Van de Peer, Yves ^{[3, 4, 11]}

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^[1] EMBRAPA Genet Resources & Biotechnol, Brasilia, DF - Brazil

^[2] Agron Inst IAC Cordeiropolis, Sylvio Moreira Citrus Ctr, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Univ Ghent, Dept Plant Biotechnol & Bioinformat, Ghent - Belgium

^[4] VIB, Ctr Plant Syst Biol, Ghent - Belgium

^[5] Embrapa Cassava & Fruits, Cruz Das Almas, BA - Brazil

^[6] Biol Inst, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[7] Univ Brasilia UnB, FAV, Brasilia, DF - Brazil

^[8] Univ Western Ontario, Dept Biol, London, ON - Canada

^[9] Univ Ghent, Dept Plants & Crops, Ghent - Belgium

^[10] Univ Amsterdam, Inst Biodivers & Ecosyst Dynam, Dept Evolutionary & Populat Biol, Amsterdam - Netherlands

^[11] Univ Pretoria, Dept Biochem Genet & Microbiol, Pretoria - South Africa

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS; v. 8, n. 6 FEB 2019.
• Web of Science Citations: 2

Abstract

The false spider mite Brevipalpus yothersi infests a broad host plant range and has become one of the most economically important species within the genus Brevipalpus. This phytophagous mite inflicts damage by both feeding on plants and transmitting plant viruses. Here, we report the first draft genome sequence of the false spider mite, which is also the first plant virus mite vector to be sequenced. The similar to 72 Mb genome (sequenced at 42x coverage) encodes similar to 16,000 predicted protein-coding genes. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 09/13959-9 - Otimization of citrus leprosis management through the interaction of the different components of the pathosystem
• Grantee: Maria Andreia Nunes
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 14/50880-0 - INCT 2014: comparative and functional genomics and citrus-assisted breeding
• Grantee: Marcos Antonio Machado
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants