PRJNA418329
Bemisia tabaci isolate:SSA1 Genome sequencing and assembly
The superabundant cassava whitefly Bemisia tabaci transmit viruses that affect about half of all cassava plants in Africa and result in annual production losses of more than $US 1 billion. We sequenced and de novo assembled the genome of the cassava whitefly Bemisia tabaci Sub-Saharan Africa 1 (SSA1), which will serve as a valuable resource to facilitate whitefly research and developing strategies to control cassava diseases spread by whitefly.