# SBRM-DB: Sugar beet root maggot database

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a database for the sugar beet root maggot genome to help improve sugar beet farming.

## Contribution

The paper presents the first annotated draft genome database for the sugar beet root maggot.

## Key findings

- The T. myopaeformis TmSBRM_v1.0 draft genome was generated from DNA isolated from field-grown sugar beet.
- The SBRM database is created to support agronomic improvement of sugar beet for stakeholders.
- The sugar beet root maggot is identified as the most devastating pathogen of sugar beet in North America.

## Abstract

Sugar beet (SB), Beta vulgaris ssp, vulgaris (B. vulgaris), is one of only two plants in the world
from which significant amounts of raw sugar is produced. This value of sugar, derived from SB, is 55% in the United States and 35% of
global raw sugar with an annual farm worth in the U.S. alone of $1B, $4.6B globally. Tetanops myopaeformis
(von Röder), the sugar beet root maggot (SBRM), is a devastating insect pathogen of SB and the most devastating SB pathogen in
North America, decreasing production by up to 100%. The T. myopaeformis TmSBRM_v1.0 draft genome has been generated
from DNA isolated from field-grown B. vulgaris from North Dakota, USA. A genome database for the annotated
T. myopaeformis TmSBRM_v1.0 draft genome, SBRM database, has been generated and is presented here with the aim of
aiding in agronomic improvement of SB for stakeholders.