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- Title
Improved draft reference genome for the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis), a vector for Pierce's disease.
- Authors
Ettinger, Cassandra L.; Byrne, Frank J.; Collin, Matthew A.; Carter-House, Derreck; Walling, Linda L.; Atkinson, PeterW.; Redak, Rick A.; Stajich, Jason E.
- Abstract
Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), known as the glassy-winged sharpshooter, is a xylem feeding leafhopper and an important agricultural pest as a vector of Xylella fastidiosa, which causes Pierce's disease in grapes and a variety of other scorch diseases. The current H. vitripennis reference genome from the Baylor College of Medicine's i5k pilot project is a 1.4-Gb assembly with 110,000 scaffolds, which still has significant gaps making identification of genes difficult. To improve on this effort, we used a combination of Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing technology combined with Illumina sequencing reads to generate a better assembly and first-pass annotation of the whole genome sequence of a wild-caught Californian (Tulare County) individual of H. vitripennis. The improved reference genome assembly for H. vitripennis is 1.93-Gb in length (21,254 scaffolds, N50¼650Mb, BUSCO completeness ¼ 94.3%), with 33.06% of the genome masked as repetitive. In total, 108,762 gene models were predicted including 98,296 protein-coding genes and 10,466 tRNA genes. As an additional community resource, we identified 27 orthologous candidate genes of interest for future experimental work including phenotypic marker genes like white. Furthermore, as part of the assembly process, we generated four endosymbiont metagenome-assembled genomes, including a high-quality near complete 1.7-Mb Wolbachia sp. genome (1 scaffold, CheckM completeness = 99.4%). The improved genome assembly and annotation for H. vitripennis, curated set of candidate genes, and endosymbiont MAGs will be invaluable resources for future research of H. vitripennis.
- Subjects
BAYLOR College of Medicine; WHOLE genome sequencing; GENOMES; XYLELLA fastidiosa; PHENOTYPES; SHOOTERS of firearms
- Publication
G3: Genes | Genomes | Genetics, 2021, Vol 11, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
2160-1836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/g3journal/jkab255