The genome of the forest insect pest Pissodes strobi reveals genome expansion and evidence of a Wolbachia endosymbiont

The genome of the forest insect pest Pissodes strobi reveals genome expansion and evidence of a Wolbachia endosymbiont

The highly diverse insect family of true weevils, Curculionidae, includes many agricultural and forest pests. Pissodes strobi, commonly known as the spruce weevil or white pine weevil, is a major pest of spruce and pine forests in North America. Pissodes strobi larvae feed on the apical shoots of yo...

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Main Authors: Birol, I. (Author), Bohlmann, J. (Author), Coombe, L. (Author), Culibrk, L. (Author), Gagalova, K.K (Author), Jones, S.J.M (Author), Keeling, C.I (Author), Lévesque-Tremblay, V. (Author), Lin, D. (Author), Whitehill, J.G.A (Author), Yuen, M.M.S (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NLM (Medline) 2022
Subjects:
animal
Animals
Curculionidae
endosymbiont
forest
forest pest
Forests
genetics
genome size
insect
Insecta
Picea
Pissodes strobi
spruce
spruce weevil
transposable elements
weevil
Weevils
Wolbachia
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