Project description:B. bassiana regulates transcriptional adaptation to host hemocoel, which is a determinant to the biocontrol potential of fungal entomopathogens. The global transcriptome related to fungal development in host was analyzed by using high throughput sequencing (RNA-Seq). Our transcriptional profiles revealed that majority of fungal genes are involved in fungal growth in host environmental, and are associated with various cellular processes.
Project description:We investigated the transcriptional response of invasive Mediterranean (MED) species of the whitefly B. tabaci complex (commonly referred to as Q biotype) to entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana using Illumina sequencing technology. Nearly 1,000 of control whiteflies, 48h fungal-induced whiteflies and 72h fungal-induced whiteflies were collected, respectively.
