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The genome of Tetranychus urticae reveals herbivorous pest adaptations

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  • Miodrag Grbić

    (The University of Western Ontario, London N6A 5B7, Canada
    Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y el Vino (CSIC, UR, Gobiernode La Rioja), 26006 Logroño, Spain)

  • Thomas Van Leeuwen

    (Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Richard M. Clark

    (University of Utah)

  • Stephane Rombauts

    (VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
    Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Pierre Rouzé

    (VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
    Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Vojislava Grbić

    (The University of Western Ontario, London N6A 5B7, Canada
    Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y el Vino (CSIC, UR, Gobiernode La Rioja), 26006 Logroño, Spain)

  • Edward J. Osborne

    (University of Utah)

  • Wannes Dermauw

    (Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Phuong Cao Thi Ngoc

    (VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
    Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Félix Ortego

    (Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Pedro Hernández-Crespo

    (Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Isabel Diaz

    (Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas,UPM-INIA, 28223 Madrid, Spain)

  • Manuel Martinez

    (Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas,UPM-INIA, 28223 Madrid, Spain)

  • Maria Navajas

    (INRA, UMR CBGP (INRA/IRD/Cirad/Montpellier SupAgro), Campus international de Baillarguet, 34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez, France)

  • Élio Sucena

    (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal
    Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal)

  • Sara Magalhães

    (Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Centro de Biologia Ambiental, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal)

  • Lisa Nagy

    (University of Arizona)

  • Ryan M. Pace

    (University of Arizona)

  • Sergej Djuranović

    (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)

  • Guy Smagghe

    (Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Masatoshi Iga

    (Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Olivier Christiaens

    (Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Jan A. Veenstra

    (Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d’Aquitaine Université de Bordeaux 1, 33405 Talence, France)

  • John Ewer

    (Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2360102, Chile)

  • Rodrigo Mancilla Villalobos

    (Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2360102, Chile)

  • Jeffrey L. Hutter

    (The University of Western Ontario, N6A 5B7 London, Canada)

  • Stephen D. Hudson

    (The University of Western Ontario, N6A 5B7 London, Canada)

  • Marisela Velez

    (Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica CSIC, Madrid, Spain; IMDEA Nanociencias, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 28050 Madrid, Spain
    IMDEA Nanociencias, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 28050 Madrid, Spain)

  • Soojin V. Yi

    (School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology)

  • Jia Zeng

    (School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology)

  • Andre Pires-daSilva

    (University of Texas at Arlington)

  • Fernando Roch

    (Universite de Toulouse, UPS, Centre de Biologie du Developpement, Universite Paul Sabatier, 31062 Toulouse, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 5547, Centre de Biologie du Developpement, 31062 Toulouse, France
    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 5547, Centre de Biologie du Developpement, 31062 Toulouse, France)

  • Marc Cazaux

    (The University of Western Ontario, London N6A 5B7, Canada)

  • Marie Navarro

    (The University of Western Ontario, London N6A 5B7, Canada)

  • Vladimir Zhurov

    (The University of Western Ontario, London N6A 5B7, Canada)

  • Gustavo Acevedo

    (The University of Western Ontario, London N6A 5B7, Canada)

  • Anica Bjelica

    (The University of Western Ontario, London N6A 5B7, Canada)

  • Jeffrey A. Fawcett

    (VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
    Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
    Present addresses: Institut Curie, 26 rue d’Ulm, Paris 75248, France; INSERM, U900, Paris 75248, France ; Mines ParisTech, Fontainebleau 77300, France (E.B.); Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0193, Japan (J.A.F.).)

  • Eric Bonnet

    (VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
    Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
    Present addresses: Institut Curie, 26 rue d’Ulm, Paris 75248, France; INSERM, U900, Paris 75248, France ; Mines ParisTech, Fontainebleau 77300, France (E.B.); Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0193, Japan (J.A.F.).)

  • Cindy Martens

    (VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
    Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Guy Baele

    (VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
    Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Lothar Wissler

    (Westfälische Wilhelms University, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Evolutionary Bioinformatics Group, Hüfferstrasse 1, D-48149 Münster, Germany)

  • Aminael Sanchez-Rodriguez

    (CMPG, K.U. Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium)

  • Luc Tirry

    (Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Catherine Blais

    (UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR CNRS 7622, Equipe Biogenèse des signaux hormonaux, Case 29, 75005 Paris, France)

  • Kristof Demeestere

    (Research Group EnVOC, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Stefan R. Henz

    (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany)

  • T. Ryan Gregory

    (University of Guelph, N1G 2W1 Guelph, Canada)

  • Johannes Mathieu

    (Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research)

  • Lou Verdon

    (Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, N5V 4T3 London, Canada)

  • Laurent Farinelli

    (Fasteris SA, CH-1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland)

  • Jeremy Schmutz

    (HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology Huntsville, Alabama 35806, USA
    DOE Joint Genome Institute)

  • Erika Lindquist

    (DOE Joint Genome Institute)

  • René Feyereisen

    (UMR 1301, INRA, CNRS and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 06903 Sophia Antipolis, France)

  • Yves Van de Peer

    (VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
    Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium)

Abstract

The spider mite Tetranychus urticae is a cosmopolitan agricultural pest with an extensive host plant range and an extreme record of pesticide resistance. Here we present the completely sequenced and annotated spider mite genome, representing the first complete chelicerate genome. At 90 megabases T. urticae has the smallest sequenced arthropod genome. Compared with other arthropods, the spider mite genome shows unique changes in the hormonal environment and organization of the Hox complex, and also reveals evolutionary innovation of silk production. We find strong signatures of polyphagy and detoxification in gene families associated with feeding on different hosts and in new gene families acquired by lateral gene transfer. Deep transcriptome analysis of mites feeding on different plants shows how this pest responds to a changing host environment. The T. urticae genome thus offers new insights into arthropod evolution and plant–herbivore interactions, and provides unique opportunities for developing novel plant protection strategies.

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  • Miodrag Grbić & Thomas Van Leeuwen & Richard M. Clark & Stephane Rombauts & Pierre Rouzé & Vojislava Grbić & Edward J. Osborne & Wannes Dermauw & Phuong Cao Thi Ngoc & Félix Ortego & Pedro Hernández-C, 2011. "The genome of Tetranychus urticae reveals herbivorous pest adaptations," Nature, Nature, vol. 479(7374), pages 487-492, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:479:y:2011:i:7374:d:10.1038_nature10640
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10640
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    1. Meiyuan Ji & Marilou Vandenhole & Berdien Beer & Sander Rouck & Ernesto Villacis-Perez & René Feyereisen & Richard M. Clark & Thomas Leeuwen, 2023. "A nuclear receptor HR96-related gene underlies large trans-driven differences in detoxification gene expression in a generalist herbivore," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-17, December.
    2. Magdalena Jakubowska & Renata Dobosz & Daniel Zawada & Jolanta Kowalska, 2022. "A Review of Crop Protection Methods against the Twospotted Spider Mite— Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae)—With Special Reference to Alternative Methods," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-21, June.
    3. Amine Assouguem & Mohammed Kara & Hamza Mechchate & Yesim Bulak Korkmaz & Safaâ Benmessaoud & Amal Ramzi & Khaled R. Abdullah & Omar Mohammed Noman & Abdellah Farah & Abderahim Lazraq, 2022. "Current Situation of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Northern Africa: The Sustainable Control Methods and Priorities for Future Research," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-14, February.

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