Dendroctonus ponderosae transcriptome sequencing project. Dendroctonus ponderosae strain:Western Nevada

Assembled from ESTs available is dbEST; The mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae, is native to the forests of western North America. The beetle inhabits and kills host pine trees by boring through the bark, and an ongoing outbreak is responsible for millions of acres of dead trees. Sequencing the D. ponderosae transcriptome will reveal important aspects of pine beetle biology that may be useful in combating this pest.