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ArticleInsects2021

The USDA-ARS Ag100Pest Initiative: High-Quality Genome Assemblies for Agricultural Pest Arthropod Research.

Anna K Childers, Scott M Geib, Sheina B Sim, Monica F Poelchau, Brad S Coates, Tyler J Simmonds, Erin D Scully, Timothy P L Smith, Christopher P Childers, Renee L Corpuz and 2 more

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Article in Insects, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Anna K ChildersBee Research Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0747-8539
Scott M GeibTropical Crop and Commodity Protection Research Unit, Daniel K Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 64 Nowelo Street, Hilo, HI 96720, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9511-5139
Sheina B SimTropical Crop and Commodity Protection Research Unit, Daniel K Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 64 Nowelo Street, Hilo, HI 96720, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0914-6914
Monica F PoelchauNational Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4584-6056
Brad S CoatesCorn Insects & Crop Genetics Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 2310 Pammel Dr., Ames, IA 50011, USA.
Tyler J SimmondsTropical Crop and Commodity Protection Research Unit, Daniel K Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 64 Nowelo Street, Hilo, HI 96720, USA.
Erin D ScullyStored Product Insect and Engineering Research Unit, Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 1515 College Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8315-5619
Timothy P L SmithGenetics and Breeding Research Unit, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, State Spur 18D, Clay Center, NE 68933, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1611-6828
Christopher P ChildersNational Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1253-5550
Renee L CorpuzTropical Crop and Commodity Protection Research Unit, Daniel K Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 64 Nowelo Street, Hilo, HI 96720, USA.
Kevin HackettOffice of National Programs, Crop Production and Protection, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7459-7175
Brian SchefflerGenomics and Bioinformatics Research Unit, Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 141 Experiment Station Road, Stoneville, MS 38776, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The phylum Arthropoda includes species crucial for ecosystem stability, soil health, crop production, and others that present obstacles to crop and animal agriculture. The United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service initiated the Ag100Pest Initiative to generate reference genome assemblies of arthropods that are (or may become) pests to agricultural production and global food security. We describe the project goals, process, status, and future. The first three years of the project were focused on species selection, specimen collection, and the construction of lab and bioinformatics pipelines for the efficient production of assemblies at scale. Contig-level assemblies of 47 species are presented, all of which were generated from single specimens. Lessons learned and optimizations leading to the current pipeline are discussed. The project name implies a target of 100 species, but the efficiencies gained during the project have supported an expansion of the original goal and a total of 158 species are currently in the pipeline. We anticipate that the processes described in the paper will help other arthropod research groups or other consortia considering genome assembly at scale.

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Arthropodagenome assemblygenome sequencinggenomicsHiC scaffoldinginvasive pestslong-read sequencinglow-input DNApests

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PMID34357286
PMCPMC8307976

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