Brontispa longissima
Brontispa longissima is a leaf beetle that feeds on young leaves and damages seedlings and mature coconut palms. It has become an increasingly serious pest of coconuts throughout various growing regions in the Pacific, especially over the last 3 decades, including Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Vietnam, Nauru, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Maldives, Myanmar, Hainan Island, and Aru Islands, and most recently, the Philippines.
Host Genome
Related Symbionts
1 recordsSymbiont records associated with Brontispa longissima
| Classification | Function | Function Tags | Reference | |
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Candidatus Mesenet longicola
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Candidatus Mesenet longicola induced complete Cytoplasmic Incompatibility (CI) (100% mortality). |
cytoplasmic incompatibility
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Metagenome Information
2 recordsMetagenome sequencing data associated with Brontispa longissima
Amplicon Information
0 recordsAmplicon sequencing data associated with Brontispa longissima
| Run | Classification | Platform | Location | Environment |
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No amplicons foundNo amplicon records associated with this host species. |
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Related Articles
1 recordsResearch articles related to Brontispa longissima
| Title | Authors | Journal | Year | DOI |
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Takano, SI; Tuda, M; Takasu, K ... Tavares, M; Amaral, AC
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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2017
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10.1073/pnas.1618094114 |