Bemisia tabaci
Summary
| Type |
organism
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| Genus |
Bemisia
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| Species |
tabaci
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| Common Name |
Whitefly
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| Genome Browser | |
| Description |
The whitefly Bemisia tabaci is an important vector transmitting hundreds of plant viruses. It causes serious yield loss to several major crops such as tomato, cassava, cotton, cucurbits and sweet potato, affecting global food security. |
| Publication |
Chen W, Hasegawa DK, Kaur N, Kliot A, Pinheiro PV, Luan J, Stensmyr MC, Zheng Y, Liu W, Sun H, Xu Y, Luo Y, Kruse A, Yang X, Kontsedalov S, Lebedev G, Fisher TW, Nelson DR, Hunter WB, Brown JK, Jander G, Cilia M, Douglas AE, Ghanim M, Simmons AM, Wintermantel WM, Ling KS, Fei Z. The draft genome of whitefly Bemisia tabaci MEAM1, a global crop pest, provides novel insights into virus transmission, host adaptation, and insecticide resistance. . BMC biology. 2016 12 14; 14(1):110.
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| Organism Image |
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| Image Credit |
International Whitefly Genome Initiative. View Source. |
Assembly Stats
| Contig N50 |
1.9 Mb |
|---|---|
| GC Content |
39.5% |
| Scaffold N50 |
57.2 Mb |
Other Information
| Community Contact |
Kai-Shu Ling, USDA-ARS |
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| Links |