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Contarinia nasturtii
Summary
| Resource Type | Organism |
|---|---|
| Genus | Contarinia |
| Species | nasturtii |
| Common Name | swede midge |
| Description | Contarinia nasturtii, the swede midge, is a small fly, the larvae of which infest brassica plants, causing twisting and distortion of the leaf stems and foliage including death of the growing point in seedlings, or damage to developing flower heads. It is native to Europe and Turkey, and has been introduced into North America where it is regarded as an invasive species. Text source: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contarinia_nasturtii) This dataset is not published - please follow Toronto/Ft. Lauderdale conditions of data re-use. |
| Publication | Mori BA, Coutu C, Chen YH, Campbell EO, Dupuis JR, Erlandson MA, Hegedus DD. De Novo Whole-Genome Assembly of the Swede Midge (Contarinia nasturtii), a Specialist of Brassicaceae, Using Linked-Read Sequencing.. Genome biology and evolution. 2021 Mar 01; 13(3). |
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| Image Credit | swede midge, Contarinia nasturtii (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) - 1253040 by Susan Ellis, USDA APHIS PPQ, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License |
