Transcriptome sample statistics for the sugar beet root maggot Tetanops myopaeformis ) infecting sugar beet

The sugar beet root maggot (SBRM), <i>Tetanops myopaeformis</i> (von Röder) insect pathogen devastates sugar beet (SB), <i>Beta vulgaris</i> ssp, vulgaris (<i>B. vulgaris</i>), one of only two plants from which significant global raw sugar is produced, $1B, U.S., $4.6 B, globally. Larval SBRMs experiencing F1010 and L19 susceptible or F1016 and F1024 resistant SB responses are RNA sequenced, sampled at time = 0 hours post infection [hpi], 24, 48 and 72 hpi. Transcriptomic analyses determined the number of reads per sample, mapped the transcripts to the recently sequenced SBRM TmSBRM_v1.0 draft genome and identified genes that relate to the resistant and susceptible responses. The RNA-seq study provides data for generating differential expression analyses, yielding an understanding SBRM biology, control strategy development, relationship to model and non-model organisms and aiding sugar beet improvement for stakeholders.