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Sequencing, De Novo assembly and annotation of the Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Transcriptome.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Kumar Abhishek, Congiu Leonardo, Lindström Leena, Piiroinen Saija, Vidotto Michele, Grapputo Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) is a major pest and a serious threat to potato cultivation throughout the northern hemisphere. Despite its high importance for invasion biology, phenology and pest management, little is known about L. decemlineata from a genomic perspective. We subjected European L. decemlineata adult and larval transcriptome samples to 454-FLX massively-parallel...
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