The severe impact of Pierce’s Disease upon the U.S. grape industry has generated the need to rapidly understand the epidemiology of this disease. The primary insect vector is a leafhopper, the glassy-winged sharpshooter, GWSS. Our objectives are to develop environmentally friendly, sound management programs to reduce the spread of Pierce’s Disease. Producing cDNA libraries of the GWSS has resulting in a vast amount of information being generated by examining the genes being expressed within adults feeding on citrus. Over 9,000 sequences were generated, from adult GWSS collected from citrus in a California grove. The gene sequences forming the top 10 contigs and their putative functions are listed. Information on the library cDNA population dynamics is provided.
Species 1: Homoptera Cicadellidae Homalodisca coagulata (glassy-winged sharpshooter)
Keywords: Pierce's disease, cDNA expression library
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