Author:
Lei Jian,Mei Yuqin,Jin Xiaojie,Liu Yi,Wang Lianjun,Chai Shasha,Cheng Xianliang,Yang Xinsun
Abstract
The sweet potato weevil (Cylas formicarius) is an important pest in the growing and storage of sweet potatoes. It is a common pest in the sweet potato production areas of southern China, causing serious harm to the development of the sweet potato industry. For the existing cultivars in China and abroad, there is no sweet potato variety with complete resistance to the sweet potato weevil. Thus, understanding the regulation mechanisms of sweet potato weevil resistance is the prerequisite for cultivating sweet potato varieties that are resistant to the sweet potato weevil. However, very little progress has been made in this field. In this study, we inoculated adult sweet potato weevils into sweet potato tubers. The infected sweet potato tubers were collected at 0, 24, 48, and 72 h. Then, a miRNA library was constructed for Eshu 6 and Guang 87 sweet potato tubers infected for different lengths of time. A total of 407 known miRNAs and 298 novel miRNAs were identified. A total of 174 differentially expressed miRNAs were screened out from the known miRNAs, and 247 differentially expressed miRNAs were screened out from the new miRNAs. Moreover, the targets of the differentially expressed miRNAs were predicted and their network was further investigated through GO analysis and KEGG analysis using our previous transcriptome data. More importantly, we screened 15 miRNAs and their target genes for qRT-PCR verification to confirm the reliability of the high-throughput sequencing data, which indicated that these miRNAs were detected and most of the expression results were consistent with the sequencing results. These results provide theoretical and data-based resources for the identification of miRNAs in response to sweet potato weevil infection and an analysis of the molecular regulatory mechanisms involved in insect resistance.
Funder
Leading talent training plan of Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences
National Key R&D Program of China
Subject
Genetics (clinical),Genetics
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