1. The virome of Drosophila suzukii, an invasive pest of soft fruit
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Fergal M Waldron, Jerry V Cross, Darren J. Obbard, Anne Xuéreb, Simon Fellous, Nathan C Medd, Madoka Nakai, University of Edinburgh, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (UMR CBGP), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), NIAB EMR, Partenaires INRAE, Wellcome Trust : WT085064, WT095831, Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board grant, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Wellcome Trust, WT085064, WT095831, and Medd, Nathan C
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,RNA virus ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Zoology ,Reoviridae ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Microbiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Virology ,Botany ,Drosophila suzukii ,Human virome ,pathologie végétale ,Drosophila ,030304 developmental biology ,metatranscriptomic ,0303 health sciences ,virome ,biology ,Microbiology and Parasitology ,fungi ,biology.organism_classification ,Microbiologie et Parasitologie ,invasive ,010602 entomology ,Biopesticide ,Tombusviridae ,030104 developmental biology ,[SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology ,Evolutionary biology ,Picornavirales ,PEST analysis ,Nodaviridae - Abstract
Drosophila suzukii(Matsumura) is one of the most damaging and costly pests to invade temperate horticultural regions in recent history. Conventional control of this pest is challenging, and an environmentally benign microbial biopesticide is highly desirable. A thorough exploration of the pathogens infecting this pest is not only the first step on the road to the development of an effective biopesticide, but also provides a valuable comparative dataset for the study of viruses in the model familyDrosophilidae.Here we use a metatransciptomic approach to identify viruses infecting this fly in both its native (Japanese) and invasive (British and French) ranges. We describe 18 new RNA viruses, including members of the Picornavirales, Mononegavirales, Bunyavirales, Chuviruses,Nodaviridae, Tombusviridae, Reoviridae,and Nidovirales, and discuss their phylogenetic relationships with previously known viruses. We also detect 18 previously described viruses of otherDrosophilaspecies that appear to be associated withD. suzukiiin the wild.
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- 2018
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