Funding period: 2020-2024
Lead: Armand Séguin
Total GRDI funding: $449,017
Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has been a major stress for North American forests where ash is the dominant species. The insect is now a firmly established pest that will profoundly modify the forest ecosystems of Eastern North America. As first steps to maintain or restore ash populations, an evaluation of its adaptive capacity to climate change as well as an understanding of underlying genome components promoting insect resistance must be acquired. This GRDI project will provide insight to restore ash in urban and natural landscapes to enable the recovery of both ecological services and socioeconomically benefits of this important Canadian species.
Publications
- Béliveau C, Gagné P, Picq S, Vernygora O, Keeling CI, Pinkney K, ... Cusson M. 2022. The Spruce Budworm Genome: Reconstructing the Evolutionary History of Antifreeze Proteins. Genome Biology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evac087
- Chiu CC, Pelletier G, Stival Sena J, Roux-Dalvai F, Prunier J, Droit A, Séguin A. 2023. Integrative analysis of green ash phloem transcripts and proteins during an emerald ash borer infestation. BMC Plant Biology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-023-04108-y
- Mitchell RF, Doucet D, Bowman S, Bouwer MC, Allison JD. 2022. Prediction of a conserved pheromone receptor lineage from antennal transcriptomes of the pine sawyer genus Monochamus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-022-01583-w
- Olatinwo RO, Schowalter TD, Doucet D, Bowman S, Johnson WC, Allison JD. 2020. Intergenic spacer single nucleotide polymorphisms for genotyping Amylostereum areolatum (Russulales: Amylostereacea) symbionts of native and non-native Sirex species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 113(4), 280-287. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saz058
- Shin NR, Doucet D, Pauchet Y. 2022. Duplication of horizontally acquired GH5_2 enzymes played a central role in the evolution of long horned beetles. Molecular Biology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac128
- Torson AS, Zhang ML, Ong K, Mohammad L, Smith AJ, Doucet D, Roe AD, Sinclair BJ. 2021. Cold tolerance of laboratory-reared Asian longhorned beetles. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 257:110957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.110957
- Torson AS, Des Marteaux LE, Bowman S, Zhang ML, Ong K, Doucet D, Roe AD. 2020. Dissection of Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) larval tissues for physiological and molecular studies. The Canadian Entomologist, 152(3): 399-409. https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2020.22
- Torson AS, Zhang ML, Smith AJ, Mohammad L, Ong K, Doucet D, Sinclair BJ. 2020. Dormancy in laboratory-reared Asian longhorned beetles, Anoplophora glabripennis. Journal of Insect Physiology, 104179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2020.104179
- Torson AS, Bowman S, Doucet D, Roe AD, Sinclair BJ. 2023. Molecular signatures of diapause in the Asian longhorned beetle: Gene expression. Current Research in Insect Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cris.2023.100054
- Touchette L, Beaudoin JM, Isabel N, Gélinas N, Porth I. 2021. Comment mettre la génomique forestière et la génomique de la conservation au service des communautés autochtones? The Forestry Chronicle. 97: 233-249. https://doi.org/10.5558/tfc2021-026 (English version available).
Contact us
For additional information, please contact:
Genomics R&D Initiative
Email: info@grdi-irdg.collaboration.gc.ca