The Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni, like the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, has a diploid complement of 12 chromosomes, including five pairs of autosomes and a XX/XY sex chromosome pair.Characteristic features of each chromosome are described. The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, is the most important pest in the olive fruit agribusiness industry. This is because female flies lay their eggs in the unripe fruits and upon hatching the larvae feed on the fruits thus destroying them. We produced a draft de novo genome assembly of Australia’s major tephritid pest species, Bactrocera tryoni. The Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt), is a polyphagous horticultural pest in Australia that is capable of causing significant damage to more than 100 different host fruits and vegetables. Bactrocera tryoni were obtained as pupae from the rearing facility at the [Queensland Government] Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, Brisbane.
The Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Diptera, Tephritidae), is a significant pest of Australia's east coast orchards, infesting almost every commercial fruit crop except pineapple and strawberry ().The general approach of biological control through the sterile insect technique (SIT) has been applied to minimize the use of chemical insecticides. The male genome (650 -700 Mbp) includes approximately 150Mb of interspersed repetitive DNA sequences and 60Mb of satellite DNA. Assessment using conserved core eukaryotic sequences indicated 98% completeness. Assembly 2.2 of Bactrocera tryoni genome Organism: Bactrocera tryoni (Queensland fruit fly) Submitter: Queensland Fruit Fly Consortium Date: 2014/05/21 Assembly level: Scaffold Genome representation: full RefSeq category: representative genome GenBank assembly accession: GCA_000695345.1 (latest) RefSeq assembly accession: n/a IDs: 180411[UID] 1073968 [GenBank]
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