Rhopalosiphum maidis (Corn leaf aphid, BTI-1) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Rhopalosiphum maidis

Rhopalosiphum maidis, common names corn leaf aphid (Rhopalosiphum maidis) and corn aphid, is an insect, and a pest of maize and other crops. It has a nearly worldwide distribution and is typically found in agricultural fields, grasslands, and forest-grassland zones. Among aphids that feed on maize, it is the most commonly encountered and most economically damaging, particularly in tropical and warmer temperate areas. In addition to maize, R. maidis damages rice, sorghum, and other cultivated and wild monocots.

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Taxonomy ID 43146

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Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_003676215.2].

The total length of the assembly is 326023155 bp contained within 689 contigs. The contig N50 value is 9046396, the contig L50 value is 10. Assembly gaps span 46900 bp. The GC% content of the assembly is 0.0%.

Annotation

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from NCBI RefSeq annotation release v101. Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Metazoa.