Comprehensive sex- and tissue-specific transcriptome of the destructive invasive pest Tuta absoluta adults

Abstract The South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is a newly emerged invasive pests causing devastating loss on tomato production globally. Semiochemical-based management is a promising method for controlling this pest. However, there is little known about how T. absoluta recognize...

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Main Authors: Zhiwei Kang, Aoli Lin, Mengqi Ji, Shizhao Jing, Zichao Song, Zhenxaing Li, Limei Song, Jianghua Sun, Cheng Qu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-12-01
Series:Scientific Data
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04326-5
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Summary:Abstract The South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is a newly emerged invasive pests causing devastating loss on tomato production globally. Semiochemical-based management is a promising method for controlling this pest. However, there is little known about how T. absoluta recognizes the semiochemical compounds. In this study, we generated a comprehensive sex- and tissue-specific transcriptome data of T. absoluta adults, which is a perfect sequel to the recently released chromosome-level genome data. Several tissues that we selected are important for semiochemicals perceptions in insects. Thus, the differentially expressed genes among the different tissues and sexes lays a good foundation for the olfaction researches in T. absoluta. Taken together, this transcriptomic data not only contribute to the molecular investigations about olfactory perception of T. absoluta, but also provided important information to developing innovative controlling methods based on the olfaction process of T. absoulta.
ISSN:2052-4463