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Research Project: Improvement of Cotton through Genetic Base Diversification and Enhancement of Agronomic, Fiber, and Nematode Resistance Traits

Location: Genetics and Sustainable Agriculture Research

Title: Transcriptome assemblies representing five discrete life stages of the reniform nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford & Oliveira

Author
item SHOWMAKER, KURT - University Of Mississippi Medical Center
item SANDERS, WILLIAM - The Jackson Laboratory
item EVES-VAN DEN AKKER, SEBASTIAN - University Of Cambridge
item MARTIN, BRIGITTE - University Of Illinois
item HUDSON, MATTHEW - University Of Illinois
item Callahan, Franklin
item PETERSON, DANIEL - Mississippi State University
item Wubben, Martin

Submitted to: Journal of Nematology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/8/2018
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: The reniform nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford & Oliveira) is a major pathogen of many important crops such as cotton and soybean. To develop properly, the reniform nematode must express different suites of genes at exactly the right time during development. In this report, we describe the total gene expression that is occurring at specific life stages of the reniform nematode. This information will help researchers to better understand the biology of this pathogen and identify new ways of developing resistant crops.

Technical Abstract: The reniform nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford & Oliveira) is a semi-endoparasitic phytonematode that is a pathogen of numerous major crops such as cotton and soybean. Here, we present transcriptome assemblies of the egg, second-stage juvenile (J2), J3, vermiform adult, and sedentary female life stages of this important plant pathogen.