# Transcriptome sample statistics for the sugar beet root maggot (Tetanops myopaeformis) infecting sugar beet

## TL;DR

This study analyzes the transcriptome of sugar beet root maggot larvae to understand their response to resistant and susceptible sugar beet plants.

## Contribution

The study provides new transcriptomic data and gene expression insights into SBRM responses to sugar beet resistance.

## Key findings

- RNA-seq data was collected at multiple time points during larval infection.
- Transcripts were mapped to the newly sequenced SBRM genome to identify resistance-related genes.
- The study supports improved sugar beet resistance and pest control strategies.

## Abstract

The sugar beet root maggot (SBRM), Tetanops myopaeformis (von Röder) insect pathogen devastates sugar beet (SB),
Beta vulgaris ssp, vulgaris (B. vulgaris), one of only two plants from which significant global raw
sugar is produced, $1B, U.S., $4.6 B, globally. Larval SBRMs experiencing F1010 and L19 susceptible or F1016 and F1024 resistant SB
responses are RNA sequenced, sampled at time = 0 hours post infection [hpi], 24, 48 and 72 hpi. Transcriptomic analyses determined the
number of reads per sample, mapped the transcripts to the recently sequenced SBRM TmSBRM_v1.0 draft genome and identified genes that
relate to the resistant and susceptible responses. The RNA-seq study provides data for generating differential expression analyses,
yielding an understanding SBRM biology, control strategy development, relationship to model and non-model organisms and aiding sugar
beet improvement for stakeholders.