Transcriptome sequencing and annotation of the predatory mite Metaseiulus occidentalis (Acari: Phytoseiidae): A cautionary tale about possible contamination by prey sequences

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 283-296

  Hoy, Marjorie A ^a   Yu, Fahong ^a   Meyer, Jason M ^b   Tarazona, Oscar A ^a   Jeyaprakash, A ^a,c   Wu, Ke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

454 sequencing; Metaseiulus (= Typhlodromus or Galendomus) occidentalis; Phytoseiidae; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; DATABASE; DIAPAUSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; MITE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NATURAL ENEMY; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REARING;

ACARI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HOMO SAPIENS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; METASEIULUS OCCIDENTALIS; PHYTOSEIIDAE;

EID: 84873128552     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-012-9603-4     Document Type: Article

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