The coffee berry borer: the centenary of a biological invasion in Brazil

Infante, Francisco; Pérez, J. Enrique; Vega, Fernando E.

doi:10.1590/1519-6984.15913

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“…The insect exhibits sibling mating inside the coffee berry, with females being preponderant, and males never leave the berry 1 . Even though the insect has been the subject of study for more than 100 years 3 , it still remains a major threat to coffee production and no consistently reliable pest management strategies are available to manage the insect.…”

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Draft genome of the most devastating insect pest of coffee worldwide: the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei

Vega

Brown

Chen

et al. 2015

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The coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei, is the most economically important insect pest of coffee worldwide. We present an analysis of the draft genome of the coffee berry borer, the third genome for a Coleopteran species. The genome size is ca. 163 Mb with 19,222 predicted protein-coding genes. Analysis was focused on genes involved in primary digestion as well as gene families involved in detoxification of plant defense molecules and insecticides, such as carboxylesterases, cytochrome P450, gluthathione S-transferases, ATP-binding cassette transporters, and a gene that confers resistance to the insecticide dieldrin. A broad range of enzymes capable of degrading complex polysaccharides were identified. We also evaluated the pathogen defense system and found homologs to antimicrobial genes reported in the Drosophila genome. Ten cases of horizontal gene transfer were identified with evidence for expression, integration into the H. hampei genome, and phylogenetic evidence that the sequences are more closely related to bacterial rather than eukaryotic genes. The draft genome analysis broadly expands our knowledge on the biology of a devastating tropical insect pest and suggests new pest management strategies.

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Draft genome of the most devastating insect pest of coffee worldwide: the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei

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Chen

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“…This beetle species possesses a sexual determination system that is referred to as functional haplodiploidy (Brun et al 1995). The coffee berry borer was introduced into the Americas through Brazil presumably in 1913 in coffee seeds imported from Democratic Republic of Congo (Infante et al 2014) and from there it colonized other coffee producing countries in the Americas and the Caribbean region. It is still unclear though, whether a single introduction of several lineages, or multiple introductions were the source of the insect in the Americas.…”

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Genome-wide analysis of transposable elements in the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): description of novel families

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The coffee berry borer (CBB) Hypothenemus hampei is the most limiting pest of coffee production worldwide. The CBB genome has been recently sequenced; however, information regarding the presence and characteristics of transposable elements (TEs) was not provided. Using systematic searching strategies based on both de novo and homology-based approaches, we present a library of TEs from the draft genome of CBB sequenced by the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation. The library consists of 880 sequences classified as 66% Class I (LTRs: 46%, non-LTRs: 20%) and 34% Class II (DNA transposons: 8%, Helitrons: 16% and MITEs: 10%) elements, including families of the three main LTR (Gypsy, Bel-Pao and Copia) and non-LTR (CR1, Daphne, I/Nimb, Jockey, Kiri, R1, R2 and R4) clades and DNA superfamilies (Tc1-mariner, hAT, Merlin, P, PIF-Harbinger, PiggyBac and Helitron). We propose the existence of novel families: Hypo, belonging to the LTR Gypsy superfamily; Hamp, belonging to non-LTRs; and rosa, belonging to Class II or DNA transposons. Although the rosa clade has been previously described, it was considered to be a basal subfamily of the mariner family. Based on our phylogenetic analysis, including Tc1, mariner, pogo, rosa and Lsra elements from other insects, we propose that rosa and Lsra elements are subfamilies of an independent family of Class II elements termed rosa. The annotations obtained indicate that a low percentage of the assembled CBB genome (approximately 8.2%) consists of TEs. Although these TEs display high diversity, most sequences are degenerate, with few full-length copies of LTR and DNA transposons and several complete and putatively active copies of non-LTR elements. MITEs constitute approximately 50% of the total TEs content, with a high proportion associated with DNA transposons in the Tc1-mariner superfamily.

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“…introducido a Brasil en 1913, de donde se dispersó a los demás países productores de café de América y el Caribe (Infante et al 2014). En 1978, la broca del café ingresó a México desde guatemala a través del Soconusco, Chiapas (Baker 1984), dispersándose a todas las áreas productoras de café en el país.…”

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Hongos asociados a Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) en Tabasco, México

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Gerónimo-Torres

Ortiz-García

et al. 2020

Rev. Colomb. Entomol.

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En el estado de Tabasco, México, la broca del café Hypothenemus hampei, se registró por primera vez en 2004. Desde entonces se ha convertido en la principal limitante insectil de la producción de café. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue identificar la micobiota asociada a adultos de H. hampei, recolectados en plantaciones de café en tres municipios de Tabasco: Teapa, Tacotalpa y Huimanguillo. Se recolectaron cerezas infestadas con la broca y se extrajeron los adultos de H. hampei. Los hongos que crecieron sobre los cadáveres de este Scolytinae se aislaron e identificaron morfológicamente. Dos aislamientos de cada especie morfológica se identificaron molecularmente. Se obtuvo un total de 74 aislamientos de la cutícula de H. hampei, de los cuales, 52 presentaron afinidad morfológica con Fusarium solani, cinco con F. oxysporum, cinco con F. verticillioides, uno con Geotrichum candidum y 11 con Beauveria bassiana. Las secuencias de ADN mostraron similitud con secuencias del GenBank, con homologías de 99 y 100 %, las cuales coincidieron con cada especie morfológica. La especie más abundante fue F. solani (70,2 %), seguida de B. bassianna (14,8 %). Las especies F. verticillioides y F. oxysporum representaron cada una el 6,7 %. La menos abundante fue G. candidum (1,3 %). Los hallazgos de F. verticillioides y G. candidum son nuevos registros de hongos micromicetos asociados a H. hampei.

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The coffee berry borer: the centenary of a biological invasion in Brazil

Cited by 32 publications

References 7 publications

Draft genome of the most devastating insect pest of coffee worldwide: the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei

Draft genome of the most devastating insect pest of coffee worldwide: the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei

Genome-wide analysis of transposable elements in the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): description of novel families

Hongos asociados a Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) en Tabasco, México

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