Abstract
BackgroundThe adzuki bean weevil, Callosobruchus chinensis L., is one of the most destructive pests of stored legume seeds such as mungbean, cowpea, and adzuki bean, which usually cause considerable loss in the quantity and quality of stored seeds during transportation and storage. However, a lack of genetic information of this pest results in a series of genetic questions remain largely unknown, including population genetic structure, kinship, biotype abundance, and so on. Co-dominant microsatellite markers offer a great resolving power to determine these events. Here, we report rapid microsatellite isolation from C. chinensis via high-throughput sequencing.Principal FindingsIn this study, 94,560,852 quality-filtered and trimmed reads were obtained for the assembly of genome using Illumina paired-end sequencing technology. In total, the genome with total length of 497,124,785 bp, comprising 403,113 high quality contigs was generated with de novo assembly. More than 6800 SSR loci were detected and a suit of 6303 primer pair sequences were designed and 500 of them were randomly selected for validation. Of these, 196 pair of primers, i.e. 39.2%, produced reproducible amplicons that were polymorphic among 8 C. chinensis genotypes collected from different geographical regions. Twenty out of 196 polymorphic SSR markers were used to analyze the genetic diversity of 18 C. chinensis populations. The results showed the twenty SSR loci were highly polymorphic among these populations.ConclusionsThis study presents a first report of genome sequencing and de novo assembly for C. chinensis and demonstrates the feasibility of generating a large scale of sequence information and SSR loci isolation by Illumina paired-end sequencing. Our results provide a valuable resource for C. chinensis research. These novel markers are valuable for future genetic mapping, trait association, genetic structure and kinship among C. chinensis.
Highlights
The adzuki bean weevil, Callosobruchus chinensis (L.), is one of the most destructive pests of leguminous stored seeds in Asia
This study presents a first report of genome sequencing and de novo assembly for C. chinensis and demonstrates the feasibility of generating a large scale of sequence information and simple sequence repeats (SSRs) loci isolation by Illumina pairedend sequencing
Our results provide a valuable resource for C. chinensis research
Summary
The adzuki bean weevil, Callosobruchus chinensis (L.), is one of the most destructive pests of leguminous stored seeds in Asia. C. chinensis larvae utilize a variety of dried legume seeds as their hosts, primarily Vigna species and genera such as Cajanus and Lens [1], [2]. This insect often causes considerable damage to stored mungbean (Vigna radiata L.), cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.), adzuki bean (Vigna angularis Ohwi & Ohashi), faba bean (Vicia faba L.), pea (Pisum sativum L.), chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), soybean The adzuki bean weevil, Callosobruchus chinensis L., is one of the most destructive pests of stored legume seeds such as mungbean, cowpea, and adzuki bean, which usually cause considerable loss in the quantity and quality of stored seeds during transportation and storage. We report rapid microsatellite isolation from C. chinensis via high-throughput sequencing
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